Testing · Junior · Question 50 of 78

What is better for simulating user actions: `fireEvent` or `user-event`?

✓Correct answer: user-event: it reproduces the whole chain of events a real user triggers (focus, keydown, input, click…)
2fireEvent: it's closer to real behaviour
3They are identical

Explanation

fireEvent.click dispatches one event. userEvent.click also moves the pointer, focuses and respects disabled and pointer-events.

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