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userEvent.setup

userEvent.setup() creates a configured user-event session for browser-like interactions. Use its returned instance in a test so input state is shared across consecutive actions.

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setup(options?: Options): UserEvent

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Source: Setup | Testing Library. Checked 2026-11-03.