Invoke keyboardEvent manually on button click in Primeng

[dermaga]

I using the p-table component with editable cells. Each cell shows a button if the cell is in edit mode. If you go out of the cell by pressing esc or return the save button is not visable.
I am invoking a keydown event on a button click like this:

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const escapeEvent: any = document.createEvent('Event');
escapeEvent.keyCode  = 27; // escape
escapeEvent.initEvent('keydown', true, true);

td.dispatchEvent(escapeEvent);

It invokes the default primeng code wich is this:

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@HostListener('keydown', ['$event'])
    onKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
        if (this.isEnabled()) {
            //enter
            if (event.keyCode == 13) {
                if (this.isValid()) {
                    this.domHandler.removeClass(this.dt.editingCell, 'ui-editing-cell');
                    this.dt.editingCell = null;
                    this.dt.onEditComplete.emit({ field: this.field, data: this.data });
                }

                event.preventDefault();
            }

            //escape
            else if (event.keyCode == 27) {
                if (this.isValid()) {
                    this.domHandler.removeClass(this.dt.editingCell, 'ui-editing-cell');
                    this.dt.editingCell = null;
                    this.dt.onEditCancel.emit({ field: this.field, data: this.data });
                }

                event.preventDefault();
            }

            //tab
            else if (event.keyCode == 9) {
                if (event.shiftKey)
                    this.moveToPreviousCell(event);
                else
                    this.moveToNextCell(event);
            }
        }
    }

source code from primeng table.ts - https://github.com/primefaces/primeng/b ... e.ts#L2388

The actuell cell which I am currently editing should close and it should switch to the output template. The problem is that if I invoke the event manually only the focus is lost but the cell is still in edit mode.

Why is it still in edit mode and not in text ouput mode?