There are
mainly two ways to add element to element repository:
1. By
recording test step (See my post about this here)
2. By adding
element explicitly to element repository
There are
two ways to explicitly add element to element repository:
A. From the
browser
B. From the
recorder
A. From the browser:
To do this,
first we have to select "Highlight Element" in the recorder. Once it is
done, we should able to highlight the elements in the browser.
Do following steps to add element to element repository,
a. Go to required element and mouse over it then you should able to see list of options.
Do following steps to add element to element repository,
a. Go to required element and mouse over it then you should able to see list of options.
b. Select Add to Elements, then friendly name pop-up will be
populated.
c. Enter friendly name and click on Add Element.
B. From the recorder:
Do following
steps to add element to element repository,
a. Go to recorder and search for
required element in the DOM.
b. Right click on the DOM and select
"Add to Element Repository", then friendly name pop-up will be
populated
c. Enter friendly name and click on
Add Element.
We can use
this added elements to crate record test step(regular test step). As recorded
test step is created from element repository element, the element will not be
deleted when we delete recorded test step. By adding element explicitly, if any
coded step interacted with this element doesn't causes test case failure. These
type of elements should explicitly delete by us from element repository. In the
auto generated meta data file (.tstest), you can find these type of elements
under "IndependentDescriptors".
We can do
required updates here, they will reflect on element repository.
The
advantage of first approach is, we no need to worry about element repository
clean up where as in second approach, we have to spend some time on element repository
clean up if required. Anyhow, in both cases, if we delete test case then the
elements bounded with that case will be deleted automatically from element
repository.
