
cypress-real-events
github.com/dmtrkovalenko/cypress-real-events- Category
- Developer Tools
- Rank
- No. 1177Tools index
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Type
- TOOL
- Builder
- dmtrkovalenko
- GitHub
- 837 stars
- Latest release
- v1.15.0
- Added
- May 22, 2026
About
Cypress plugin that fires real native system events — solves the long-standing Cypress limitation around hover, drag, and OS-level interactions.
What it can do
Fire real mouse hover events
Target element selector → Native system hover event on element
Execute real drag and drop operations
Source and target element selectors → Native system drag and drop interaction
Trigger real keyboard events
Key combinations and target elements → Native system keyboard events
Generate real mouse clicks
Element coordinates or selectors → Native system click events
Simulate real focus events
Target element selector → Native system focus event on element
Execute real scroll interactions
Scroll coordinates or target elements → Native system scroll events
Why it made the leaderboard
Fires real native system events in Cypress — finally makes hover, drag, and other OS-level interactions testable, the long-standing gap in Cypress's synthetic events.
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