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If you have a DOM element with "id=value" attribute, then it is automatically attached to the DOM "window" object under the property "value". Find the full source code at glebbahmutov.com/cypress-examples
If you have a DOM element with "id=value" attribute, then it is automatically attached to the DOM "window" object under the property "value". Find the full source code at glebbahmutov.com/cypress-examples









![Dispatch Custom HTML Events From Cypress Tests
Sometimes an element on the page subscribes to custom events. You can dispatch events using plain HTML method el.dispatchEvent or by using Cypress command cy.trigger
cy.get(#signal).then(function ($el) {
$el[0].dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(go))
})
// using cy.trigger
cy.get(#signal).trigger(warn)
Find the full example recipe at https://glebbahmutov.com/cypress-examples/ Dispatch Custom HTML Events From Cypress Tests](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qCqzS3LtSeI/mqdefault.jpg)
