Selenium Test Cases Overview
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A Selenium test case is a set of conditions or actions which are performed in a software application in order to verify the expected functionality. With Selenium test cases, a tester will determine whether an application or one of its features is working as it was originally established.
The test case can be collated into test suites. To learn more about test suites, refer to the article Selenium Test Suites.
Typical Selenium Commands
Command | Target | Value | Description |
open | url |
| Navigates to the given url, usually a partial url: /xxx/. |
click | element |
| Clicks on the element. |
type | element | text | Types text into the element. |
select | element | label=LABEL | Selects label in the picklist. |
copadoCheckbox | element | checked/unchecked | Checks/unchecks the checkbox element. |
copadoPopup | element |
| Opens the lookup field element. |
copadoPopup |
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| Closes the last lookup field. |
assertXXX | element |
| Asserts that the element is present and visible. |
assertXXX | element | value | Asserts that the element is present and visible, and checks that the value/text/picklist value is VALUE. |
selectWindow |
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| Selects the main execution window. |
selectPopup |
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| Selects the last opened window. |
pause | milliseconds |
| Pauses the execution for the given number of milliseconds. |
captureEntirePageScreenshot |
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| Creates a screenshot of the entire page. Useful to visually confirm a change. |
copadoSetRetries | number of retries | milliseconds | Configures the number of retries. copadoSetRetries 50 1000 will try 50 times, waiting 1 second between each attempt, before failing a command. |
storeValue | element | varName | Saves the value of an element in a variable so that it can be used in other parts of the test case by using the following notation: ${varName}. |
storeText | element | varName | Saves the text of an element in a variable so that it can be used in another part of the script by using the following notation: ${varName}. |
comment | text |
| Sets a comment for providing context to the test. |
Check out the complete Selenese command reference.
Typical Element Locators
Locator | Description |
copado=field:XXX | Form field with label XXX. |
copado=detail:XXX | Form field with label XXX in the SF detail page. |
copado=link:XXX | HTML link |
copado=button:XXX | HTML button |
//XPATH-EXPRESSION | General page element. Several locators of varying length and precision are offered. |
id=ID | HTML element with that ID value. |
name=NAME | HTML element with that NAME value. |
{!Locator.XXX} | The locator with ID XXX in the Selenium Locators tab. |
