diff --git a/lib/testing/src/lib/core/pages/data-table/data-table-item.ts b/lib/testing/src/lib/core/pages/data-table/data-table-item.ts
index aed09f8063..cf818a3791 100644
--- a/lib/testing/src/lib/core/pages/data-table/data-table-item.ts
+++ b/lib/testing/src/lib/core/pages/data-table/data-table-item.ts
@@ -84,4 +84,10 @@ export class DataTableItem {
         const locator = `//div[@title="${column.columnName}"]` + column.createLocator(columnValue) + `//ancestor::adf-datatable-row[contains(@class, 'is-selected')]`;
         await BrowserVisibility.waitUntilElementIsNotVisible(element(by.xpath(locator)));
     }
+
+    async selectRowWithKeyboard(columnName: string, columnValue: string): Promise<void> {
+        await browser.actions().sendKeys(protractor.Key.COMMAND).perform();
+        await this.selectRow(columnName, columnValue);
+        await browser.actions().sendKeys(protractor.Key.NULL).perform();
+    }
 }