This isn't ideal, basically some browsers interact with keypress/keydown in different ways so this is a workaround but it's not perma

tests/frontend/specs/bold.js

@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ describe("bold button", function(){
     //select this text element
     $firstTextElement.sendkeys('{selectall}');
 
-    var e = inner$.Event("keypress");
+    if(!inner$.browser.chrome){
+      var evtType = "keypress";
+    }else{
+      var evtType = "keydown";
+    }
+
+    var e = inner$.Event(evtType);
     e.ctrlKey = true; // Control key
     e.which = 66; // b
     inner$("#innerdocbody").trigger(e);

tests/frontend/specs/indentation.js

@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ describe("indentation button", function(){
     //select this text element
     $firstTextElement.sendkeys('{selectall}');
 
-    var e = inner$.Event("keypress");
+    if(!inner$.browser.chrome){        
+      var evtType = "keypress";
+    }else{
+      var evtType = "keydown";
+    }
+
+    var e = inner$.Event(evtType);
     e.keyCode = 9; // tab :|
     inner$("#innerdocbody").trigger(e);
 

tests/frontend/specs/italic.js

@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ describe("italic some text", function(){
     //select this text element
     $firstTextElement.sendkeys('{selectall}');
 
-    var e = inner$.Event("keypress");
+    if(!inner$.browser.chrome){        
+      var evtType = "keypress";
+    }else{
+      var evtType = "keydown";
+    }
+
+    var e = inner$.Event(evtType);
     e.ctrlKey = true; // Control key
     e.which = 105; // i
     inner$("#innerdocbody").trigger(e);

tests/frontend/specs/redo.js

@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ describe("undo button then redo button", function(){
     var modifiedValue = $firstTextElement.text(); // get the modified value
     expect(modifiedValue).not.to.be(originalValue); // expect the value to change
 
-    var e = inner$.Event("keypress");
+    if(!inner$.browser.chrome){        
+      var evtType = "keypress";
+    }else{
+      var evtType = "keydown";
+    }
+
+    var e = inner$.Event(evtType);
     e.ctrlKey = true; // Control key
     e.which = 90; // z
     inner$("#innerdocbody").trigger(e);

tests/frontend/specs/undo.js

@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ describe("undo button", function(){
     var modifiedValue = $firstTextElement.text(); // get the modified value
     expect(modifiedValue).not.to.be(originalValue); // expect the value to change
 
-    var e = inner$.Event("keydown");
+    if(!inner$.browser.chrome){        
+      var evtType = "keypress";
+    }else{
+      var evtType = "keydown";
+    }
+
+    var e = inner$.Event(evtType);
     e.ctrlKey = true; // Control key
     e.which = 90; // z
     inner$("#innerdocbody").trigger(e);