The Editor

Relevant for: GUI actions, scripted GUI components, function libraries, and API test user code or event handler files

You can write customized code for your tests by modifying actions, components, function libraries, user code files, or event handlers in the Editor. Enhance your tests and function libraries using a few simple programming techniques.

In this topic:

Text and code editing features

The Editor supports common text and code editing features, including:

• Statement completion. For details, see Statement completion and Automatic code completion.

• Bookmarks. For details, see Bookmarks Pane

• Search and Replace. For details, see Searching and replacing

• Collapsible code sections.

• Zoom in/zoom out of code documents using the mouse wheel.

• Code templates. For details on creating code templates, see Code Templates Pane.

You can also define personalized options for using the Editor in the Text Editor tab of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options > Text Editor tab > General node.)

For a description of using the editor for GUI tests and components, see Programming Tests. For a description of using the editor for API tests, see Event Handlers for API test steps.

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Access the Editor

To access OpenText Functional Testing's editor, create or open an action, scripted GUI component, function library, or user code file.

If the Keyword View is displayed, click the Toggle between the Keyword View and Editor button in the toolbar.

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View and access object properties

View and access object properties for the test objects in your script directly from the Editor.

Right-click an object in a step, and then select one of the following:

• Object properties. View the properties for the selected test object in a pop-up.
• Open in repository. Open the object repository to the selected test object.

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Find functions in your document

Use the class and function browser at the top of the editor to quickly navigate to a function in your document.

In the dropdown lists, first select the necessary Class from the left dropdown menu, and then select the function (that is contained in the selected class) from the right dropdown menu.

Icon reference table

Type	Icon	Description
Class		Class
		Internal class
		Private class
		Protected class
Delegate		Delegate
		Internal delegate
		Private delegate
		Protected delegate
Enumeration definition		Enumeration definition
		Internal enumeration definition
		Private enumeration definition
		Protected enumeration definition
Event		Event
		Internal event
		Private event
		Protected event
Extension method		Extension method
		Internal extension method
		Private extension method
		Protected extension method
Field		Field
		Internal field
		Private field
		Protected field
Indexer		Indexer
		Internal indexer
		Private indexer
		Protected indexer
Interface		Interface
		Internal interface
		Private interface
		Protected interface
Keyword		Keyword
Literal		Literal
Local		Local
Method		Method
		Internal method
		Private method
		Protected method
Namespace		Namespace
Operator		Operator
Parameter		Parameter
Property		Property
		Internal property
		Private property
		Protected property
Reference		Reference
Structure		Structure
		Internal structure
		Private structure
		Protected structure

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See also:

• Use code snippets and templates
• Search for references or classes
• API tests only: Event Handlers for API test steps
• GUI tests only: Programming Tests
• Go To Dialog Box