diff --git a/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/running_tour_action_helper.js b/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/running_tour_action_helper.js
index f41c837fee4..0872adf70eb 100644
--- a/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/running_tour_action_helper.js
+++ b/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/running_tour_action_helper.js
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ var RunningTourActionHelper = core.Class.extend({
 
         text = text || "Test";
         if (values.consume_event === "input") {
-            values.$element.trigger("keydown").val(text).trigger("keyup").trigger("input");
+            values.$element
+                .trigger({ type: 'keydown', key: text[text.length - 1] })
+                .val(text)
+                .trigger({ type: 'keyup', key: text[text.length - 1] });
+            values.$element[0].dispatchEvent(new InputEvent('input'));
         } else if (values.$element.is("select")) {
             var $options = values.$element.children("option");
             $options.prop("selected", false).removeProp("selected");
@@ -128,17 +132,31 @@ var RunningTourActionHelper = core.Class.extend({
      },
     _keydown: function (values, keyCodes) {
         while (keyCodes.length) {
-            var keyCode = +keyCodes.shift();
-            values.$element.trigger({type: "keydown", keyCode: keyCode});
-            if ((keyCode > 47 && keyCode < 58) // number keys
-                || keyCode === 32 // spacebar
-                || (keyCode > 64 && keyCode < 91) // letter keys
-                || (keyCode > 95 && keyCode < 112) // numpad keys
-                || (keyCode > 185 && keyCode < 193) // ;=,-./` (in order)
-                || (keyCode > 218 && keyCode < 223)) {   // [\]' (in order))
-                document.execCommand("insertText", 0, String.fromCharCode(keyCode));
+            const eventOptions = {};
+            const keyCode = keyCodes.shift();
+            let insertedText = null;
+            if (isNaN(keyCode)) {
+                eventOptions.key = keyCode;
+            } else {
+                const code = parseInt(keyCode, 10);
+                eventOptions.keyCode = code;
+                eventOptions.which = code;
+                if (
+                    code === 32 || // spacebar
+                    (code > 47 && code < 58) || // number keys
+                    (code > 64 && code < 91) || // letter keys
+                    (code > 95 && code < 112) || // numpad keys
+                    (code > 185 && code < 193) || // ;=,-./` (in order)
+                    (code > 218 && code < 223) // [\]' (in order))
+                ) {
+                    insertedText = String.fromCharCode(code);
+                }
             }
-            values.$element.trigger({type: "keyup", keyCode: keyCode});
+            values.$element.trigger(Object.assign({ type: "keydown" }, eventOptions));
+            if (insertedText) {
+                document.execCommand("insertText", 0, insertedText);
+            }
+            values.$element.trigger(Object.assign({ type: "keyup" }, eventOptions));
         }
     },
 });