How do I simulate hitting enter in an input field with Capybara and ChromeDriver?

Question

I have the following helper method to input a string into an input field and press the enter key, but it seems the enter key is never pressed. I see the string entered into

Answer 1

Capybara doesn't have native support for a send_keys type event. You might be able to go down to selenium to do it, or you can try this gem https://github.com/markgandolfo/send-keys