Hi there, like probably a couple other testers before me, I got stuck when I tried to test native dialogs (file selection dialog...).
Until Eclipse makes those dialogs accessible (obviously the best solution), we can do with a work-around. I tried replacing the native dialogs with (testable) SWT-Pendants during the test cycle. I've already done this for a file dialog and for a simple Message box. Replacing the MessageBox is pretty much straightforward, I simply replace it with a MessageDialog. The file selection dialog is more complex. I simply replaced it with an Input-Dialog, where SWTBot can enter the path to the file. Reason for this simplicity. The code, that displays the file selection dialog is only interested in two cases: - Dialog returns some String -> Now, I check, if it represents a usable file (exists, is readable, writeable ...) - null or and empty String is returned -> the user canceled the operation When I'm testing, I don't want to click through my folder structure, I just want to enter some fixed path (as this is known in the test). To switch between production mode with native dialogs and test mode with those fake dialogs, I use a static factory that handles those dialogs. At the beginning of the test cycle, the factory is set to test-mode. If you are interested in this approach, I will happily contribute this workaround. All in all, this solution is far from perfect, but it helps me to test my user interface. As my application is file-centric, it boils down to this workaround or no meaningful GUI-testing. Greetings, Jan Petranek _______________________________________________ swtbot-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/swtbot-dev
