> Hello Chris, > > there is V-language and there is > UI testing too - however this is all very New > and there UI Looks at moment a bit Like > in Apple OS. > > No offense. > Greetz. > Charly. > > ken <m...@newcultures.com> schrieb am So., 21. März 2021, 11:45: > >> On March 21, 2021 1:27:20 AM UTC, Chris Spencer via gnome-list < >> gnome-list@gnome.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there any way to programmatically lookup the position of widgets >>> displayed in the Gnome top panel, as well as UI elements within those >>> widgets? >>> >>> I'm trying to build a UI test automation framework for some Gnome Shell >>> panel widgets. I'd like to write a script that can click on a panel widget, >>> confirm a popup appears, verify certain text exists in the popup, etc. >>> >>> I maintain a Gnome Shell extension, and it's become immensely expensive, >>> not to develop, but to test and maintain. There are so many different >>> distros with varying incompatible Gnome versions, and testing them all by >>> hand is virtually impossible. Fixing a bug for one Gnome version introduces >>> a bug in another version. It's gotten to the point where I almost have to >>> abandon the project because it's too difficult to do basic integration and >>> regression testing on Gnome, but I really want to find a solution. >>> >>> Gnome is one of the most widely used desktop environments in the world, >>> so I find it hard to believe no one else has encountered this problem >>> befpre. >>> >>> I've found some tools like xdotool and pyautogui for programmatically >>> clicking elements. However, without knowing exactly where widgets are >>> rendered, the script would be clicking blind. And even if I could reliably >>> click a location, those tools don't let me read DOM values for the UI >>> elements at that location. >>> >>> I've also found some tools like xwininfo that can query some window >>> positions and do a little introspection, but this seems specific to X and >>> treats the entire top panel as one huge window, with no ability to >>> introspect any of the widgets inside of it. >>> >>> I had hoped the Dogtail project might be helpful in this regard, but it >>> seems to be dead with virtually no documentation. I was able to build it, >>> but I couldn't find any ability within it to introspect the top panel. >>> >>> >>> Are there any other tools or libraries I could potentially use? Does >>> anyone have any alternate suggestions for how I might automate Gnome UI >>> testing? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Chris >>> >> >> Chris, I might be talking way over my head, and I haven't had my first >> cup of coffee yet, but speaking just with a little programming experience >> behind me, I'm guessing that there must be a shared library or two which >> has the code that creates the widgets which are displayed in the top panel. >> Some code could be added to that Library which logs that particular event >> when the widget is created in the top panel, or moved within that top >> panel, or deleted from it. That logging ability would not need to be >> existent in that shared library for the whole distro, you just need to have >> it on your own machine for its testbed environment. >> >> I hope this little project turns out to be a lot more fun than I've made >> it sound. :) >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-list mailing list >> gnome-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >> >
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