AI-based testing: Supported control types

GUI UFT Mobile, web, and windows-based SAP GUI tests

This topic lists the control types that UFT One can recognize using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Supported control types

Below is the list of control types that UFT One can identify using AI. The aliases defined for each class are alternative names that refer to the same controls. They are the keywords you can use for a control's type or class, when describing a control for a test step.

Class Aliases Examples Supported only on
bag shopping_bag  
bell alarm, notification  
button      
calendar (tech preview)    
camera    
categories    
chat    

chart

 graph

  • Mobile applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
check_box checkbox, togglable    

check_mark

 tick  

clock

 time

  • Mobile applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
close clear  

combo_box

 combobox, field  

contact card

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

copy

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

display

 Glasses

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

document

 File

UFT One 2022 and later
dot_menu menu  
down_triangle collapse, down  

enter

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
eq_settings settings  

exit

  

  • UFT One versions 2021 R1 and earlier: only mobile applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later: web and SAP GUI applications as well
facebook    
favorites rating, star  

filter

  

Mobile applications

find

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

folder

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

forward

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
gear_settings settings  
hamburger_menu menu  
help    
home    
info    
input field, edit, editfield    

instagram

   Web and SAP GUI applications
left_arrow left  
left_triangle left, back, previous  

linkedin

  

Web and SAP GUI applications

location    

lock

  

Mobile applications

mail    

minus

 subtract, zoom_out  
pencil edit  

people

 group, team

  • Mobile applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

pin

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
phone call  
plus

add

zoom_in

  
power    
profile person, user  
radio_button radiobutton, togglable  

refresh

 reload, replace, sync

  • Mobile applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
right_arrow right  
right_triangle right, next, forward, play  

rss_feed

 rss

Web and SAP GUI applications

save

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

schema

 Org Chart

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later
search    
share    
shopping_cart cart  

sort

  

Mobile applications

table (tech preview)

     Desktop web and SAP GUI applications
text      

text_box

includes multi-line text boxes

 textbox, field  
toggle_button toggle, switch, togglable  
tool_settings settings  
trash delete  
twitter    

up_arrow

 up

Web and SAP GUI applications

up_down

  

Web and SAP GUI applications

upload

  

Mobile applications

up_triangle up  
view    

window

  

  • Web and SAP GUI applications

  • UFT One 2022 and later

Youtube

  

Web and SAP GUI applications

Note:  

  • An underscore can be replaced with a space.

  • Use the text class only in AI Codeless Testing tests. In UFT One, identify text objects using the AIUtil.FindText or AIUtil.FindTextBlock methods.

  • Class names are case insensitive.

    UFT One version 2021 R1 only: Class names are case sensitive.

You can use general names to include multiple control types:

Generic name Used for Included controls
down down triangles down_triangle
field areas that accept text input, text_box, combo_box
left left pointers left_arrow, left_triangle
menu buttons that open a menu dot_menu, hamburger_menu
right right pointers right_arrow, right_triangle
toggleable, togglable Controls with changing states check_box, toggle_button, radio_button
up up pointers up_triangle, up_arrow

Calendar and table containers (tech preview)

In UFT One, as a tech preview, calendar and table controls can be used as container objects. Creating an object hierarchy helps create more resilient AI-based tests and increase test coverage.

When using AI object identification, if you choose to use calendar and table controls as containers, you can easily interact with the containers and the elements inside them. When you inspect or record a container control, UFT One displays the corresponding hierarchy of the control.

Note:  

  • Only table-like calendar controls are supported.

  • Table cell objects are identified using ABBYY OCR. UFT One versions 2021 R1 and later: To identify TableCell objects, you must have the ABBYY OCR Engine feature installed in UFT One.

For more details, see the AICalendar Object and AITable Object object reference in UFT One Object Model Reference for GUI Testing.

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Control types that can be identified by text

Controls of the following types can be more specifically identified by their text: 

  • button
  • check box
  • combo box
  • input
  • radio button
  • text box
  • toggle button

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