feat(fireEvent): helper to assign target properties to node

README.md

@@ -509,6 +509,17 @@ fireEvent.click(getByText('Submit'), rightClick)
 // default `button` property for click events is set to `0` which is a left click.
 ```
 
+**target**: When an event is dispatched on an element, the event has the
+subjected element on a property called `target`. As a convenience, if you
+provide a `target` property in the `eventProperties` (second argument), then
+those properties will be assigned to the node which is receiving the event.
+
+This is particularly useful for a change event:
+
+```javascript
+fireEvent.change(getByLabelText(/username/i), {target: {value: 'a'}})
+```
+
 #### `getNodeText`
 
 ```typescript

src/__tests__/events.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {fireEvent} from '../'
+import {fireEvent} from '..'
 
 const eventTypes = [
   {
@@ -149,3 +149,22 @@ describe(`Aliased Events`, () => {
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 })
+
+test('assigns target properties', () => {
+  const node = document.createElement('input')
+  const spy = jest.fn()
+  const value = 'a'
+  node.addEventListener('change', spy)
+  fireEvent.change(node, {target: {value}})
+  expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(node.value).toBe(value)
+})
+
+test('assigning a value to a target that cannot have a value throws an error', () => {
+  const node = document.createElement('div')
+  expect(() =>
+    fireEvent.change(node, {target: {value: 'a'}}),
+  ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+    `"The given element does not have a value setter"`,
+  )
+})

src/events.js

@@ -322,13 +322,37 @@ Object.entries(eventMap).forEach(([key, {EventType = Event, defaultInit}]) => {
 
   fireEvent[key] = (node, init) => {
     const eventInit = {...defaultInit, ...init}
+    const {target: {value, ...targetProperties} = {}} = eventInit
+    Object.assign(node, targetProperties)
+    if (value !== undefined) {
+      setNativeValue(node, value)
+    }
     const event = new EventType(eventName, eventInit)
     return fireEvent(node, event)
   }
 })
 
+// function written after some investigation here:
+// https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/10135#issuecomment-401496776
+function setNativeValue(element, value) {
+  const {set: valueSetter} =
+    Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(element, 'value') || {}
+  const prototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(element)
+  const {set: prototypeValueSetter} =
+    Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(prototype, 'value') || {}
+  if (prototypeValueSetter && valueSetter !== prototypeValueSetter) {
+    prototypeValueSetter.call(element, value)
+  } /* istanbul ignore next (I don't want to bother) */ else if (valueSetter) {
+    valueSetter.call(element, value)
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('The given element does not have a value setter')
+  }
+}
+
 Object.entries(eventAliasMap).forEach(([aliasKey, key]) => {
   fireEvent[aliasKey] = (...args) => fireEvent[key](...args)
 })
 
 export {fireEvent}
+
+/* eslint complexity:["error", 9] */