AI-based testing: Supported control types

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 Comments
bag shopping_bag  
bell alarm, notification  
button      
calendar (tech preview)    
camera    
categories    
chat    

chart

graph

Supported only on:

  • UFT One 2022 and later

  • Mobile applications

check_box checkbox, togglable    

check_mark

tick  

clock

time

Supported only on:

  • UFT One 2022 and later

  • Mobile applications

close clear  

combo_box

combobox, field  

contact card

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

copy

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

display

Glasses
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

document

File

Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

dot_menu menu  
down_triangle collapse, down  

enter

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

eq_settings settings  

exit

 

UFT One versions 2021 R1 and earlier: Supported on mobile applications only

facebook    
favorites rating, star  

filter

 

Supported on mobile applications only

find

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

folder

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

forward_to

forward
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

  • UFT One version 2022: The class name is forward.

gear_settings settings  
hamburger_menu menu  
help    
home    
info    
input field, edit, editfield    

instagram

  Not supported on mobile applications
left_arrow left  
left_triangle left, back, previous  

linkedin

 

Not supported on mobile applications

location    

lock

 

Supported on mobile applications only

mail    

minus

subtract, zoom_out  
pencil edit  

people

group, team

Supported only on:

  • UFT One 2022 and later

  • Mobile applications

pin

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

phone call  
plus

add

zoom_in

 
power    
printer print

Supported only on:

  • UFT One 2023 and later

  • Web applications

profile person, user  
radio_button radiobutton, togglable  

refresh

reload, replace, sync

Supported only on:

  • UFT One 2022 and later

  • Mobile applications

right_arrow right  
right_triangle right, next, forward, play  

rss_feed

rss

Not supported on mobile applications

save

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

schema

Org Chart
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

search    
share    
shopping_cart cart  

sort

 

Supported only on mobile applications

table (tech preview)

    Not supported on mobile applications
text    
  • Use the text class to describe text strings.

  • Use the text class only in ValueEdge Functional Test Design.

    In UFT One, use AIUtil.FindText or AIUtil.FindTextBlock method to describe text objects.

text_box

includes multi-line text boxes

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

up_arrow

up Not supported on mobile applications

up_down

  Not supported on mobile applications

upload

 

Supported only on mobile applications

up_triangle up  
view    

window

 
  • Supported only on UFT One 2022 and later

  • Not supported on mobile applications

Youtube

  Not supported on mobile applications

Note:  

  • An underscore can be replaced with a space.

  • 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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Supporting Select operations on combo boxes

The combo box Select operation is a complex step. This section describes when UFT One supports running this operation.

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Feedback regarding supported control types

When using AI to inspect your application for objects, you can send feedback directly to Micro Focus. Using this tool, you can do the following:

  • Send anonymous feedback to the Micro Focus server.

    Comment on how well AI Inspection identified the objects in your application and help improve the identification in the future.

  • Save your feedback locally and attach it to a support ticket.

    If you need help with object identification in your application, open a support ticket and provide the details using the feedback tool.

See AI-based testing Feedback Tool.

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