Unable to test interact js with cypress end-to-end testing library

[TimVee]

This issue is the same as #856. That issue was closed because it didn't have a reproducible example, but I've created one here.

Expected behavior

I should be able to automate interaction with Cypress' trigger function, which programmatically creates events.

Actual behavior

Interact js does not pick up any triggered events from cypress.

System configuration

interact.js version: 1.10.0
Browser name and version: Chrome 86, Firefox 81
Operating System: Windows 10

[TimVee]

It seems that Cypress by default creates an event of type Event, and not a more specific type like PointerEvent. Does interact.js use instanceof to check the type?

[TimVee]

I've tried with the more specific Event types like PointerEvent and MouseEvent, and that makes the reproducible test pass. This issue can be closed because it seems to be an issue with Cypress' default behavior.

[taye]

By default only the primary mouse button can be used for actions and this button is checked from event.buttons. It looks like the lib you use for triggering pointer events doesn't set the buttons property on the events so it's probably initialized to 0. You might have to open an issue/PR in that repo or trigger your own pointer events with { buttons: 1 }.

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.