Im trying to write a chrome extension that automatically writes text in the text box when a user presses a button. Im pretty sure the website I am trying to make the chrome extension work on is using a lexical editor and react.
Does anyone know how I can input text into a lexical editor from its DOM element?
Ive tried sending Keypress events to the lexical editor element and changing its inner text without any luck.
To simulate user input in the editor, we can use InputEvent API to dispatch the appropriate events.
const lexicalEditor = document.querySelector('editor-selector');
const inputEvent = new InputEvent('input', {
data: 'Your text here',
inputType: 'insertText',
dataTransfer: null,
isComposing: false,
bubbles: true,
});
lexicalEditor.dispatchEvent(inputEvent);
Tested on Facebook (automated facebook post through chrome extension)
