- [ ] Use left click on the system tray icon and verify the flyout appears. (It'll take a bit the first time)
- [ ] Try to launch a module from the launch screen in the flyout.
- [ ] Try disabling a module in the all apps screen in the flyout, make it a module that's launchable from the launch screen. Verify that the module is disabled and that it also disappeared from the launch screen in the flyout.
- [ ] Open the main settings screen on a module page. Verify that when you disable/enable the module on the flyout, that the Settings page is updated too.
* Enable the Color Picker in settings and ensure that the hotkey brings up Color Picker
- [ ] when PowerToys is running unelevated on start-up
- [ ] when PowerToys is running as admin on start-up
- [ ] when PowerToys is restarted as admin, by clicking the restart as admin button in the settings
- [ ] Change `Activate Color Picker shortcut` and check the new shortcut is working
- [ ] Try all three `Activation behavior`s(`Color Picker with editor mode enabled`, `Editor`, `Color Picker only`)
- [ ] Change `Color format for clipboard` and check if the correct format is copied from the Color picker
- [ ] Try to copy color formats to the clipboard from the Editor
- [ ] Check `Show color name` and verify if color name is shown in the Color picker
- [ ] Enable one new format, disable one existing format, reorder enabled formats and check if settings are populated to the Editor
- [ ] Select a color from the history in the Editor
- [ ] Remove color from the history in the Editor
- [ ] Open the Color Picker from the Editor
- [ ] Open Adjust color from the Editor
- [ ] Check Color Picker logs for errors
## FancyZones Editor
- [ ] Open editor from the settings
- [ ] Open editor with a shortcut
- [ ] Create a new layout (grid and canvas)
- [ ] Duplicate a template and a custom layout
- [ ] Delete layout
- [ ] Edit templates (number of zones, spacing, distance to highlight adjacent zones). Verify after reopening the editor that saved settings are kept the same.
- [ ]`Hold Shift key to activate zones while dragging` on, `Use a non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation` off. Start dragging a window, then press shift. Zones are shown when dragging a window with shift pressed, hidden when you released shift or snapped zone.
- [ ]`Hold Shift key to activate zones while dragging` on, `Use a non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation` off. Press shift first, then start dragging a window. Zones are shown when dragging a window with shift pressed, hidden when you released shift or snapped zone.
- [ ]`Hold Shift key to activate zones while dragging` off, `Use a non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation` on. Zones are shown immediately when dragging a window and hidden when you click a non-primary mouse button or press shift.
- [ ]`Hold Shift key to activate zones while dragging` off, `Use a non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation` off. Zones are shown immediately when dragging a window, hidden when you press shift.
- [ ]`Hold Shift key to activate zones while dragging` on, `Use a non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation` on. Zones aren't shown immediately, only when shift is pressed or when a non-primary mouse click changes the state.
- [ ]`Show zones on all monitor whilw dragging a window` - turn on,off, verify behavior.
- [ ] Create a canvas layout with overlapping zones, check zone activation behavior with all `When multiple zones overlap` options
Disable FZ and clear `app-zone-history.json` before starting. FancyZones should be disabled, otherwise, it'll save cashed values back to the file.
- [ ] Snap a window to a zone by dragging, verify `app-zone-history.json` contains info about the window position on the corresponding work area.
- [ ] Snap a window to a zone by a keyboard shortcut, verify `app-zone-history.json` contains info about the window position on the corresponding work area.
- [ ] Snap a window to another monitor, verify `app-zone-history.json` contains positions about zones on both monitors.
- [ ] Snap a window to several zones, verify zone numbers in the json file are correct.
- [ ] Snap a window to a zone, unsnap it, verify this app was removed from the json file.
- [ ] Snap the same window to a zone on two different monitors or virtual desktops. Then unsnap from one of them, verify that info about unsnapped zone was removed from `app-zone-history.json`. Verify info about the second monitor/virtual desktop is kept.
- [ ] Enable `Restore the original size of windows when unsnapping`, snap window, unsnap window, verify the window changed its size to original.
- [ ] Disable `Restore the original size of windows when unsnapping`, snap window, unsnap window, verify window size wasn't changed.
- [ ] Disable `Restore the original size of windows when unsnapping`, snap window, enable `Restore the original size of windows when unsnapping`, unsnap window, verify window size wasn't changed.
* Open `Task view` , right-click on the window, check the `Show this window on all desktops` or the `Show windows from this app on all desktops` option to turn it on.
- [ ] Turn Show this window on all desktops on, verify you can snap this window to a zone.
- [ ] Turn Show windows from this app on all desktops on, verify you can snap this window to a zone.
- [ ]`Keep windows in their zones when the screen resolution changes` on, snap a window to a zone, change the screen resolution or scaling, verify window changed its size and position.
- [ ]`Keep windows in their zones when the screen resolution changes` off, snap a window to a zone, change the screen resolution or scaling, verify window didn't change its size and position.
Enable `During zone layout changes, windows assigned to a zone will match new size/positions` and prepare layouts with 1 and 3 zones where zone size/positions are different.
- [ ] Snap a window to zone 1, change the layout, verify window changed its size/position.
- [ ] Snap a window to zone 3, change the layout, verify window didn't change its size/position because another layout doesn't have a zone with this zone number.
- [ ] Snap a window to zones 1-2, change the layout, verify window changed its size/position to fit zone 1.
- [ ] Snap a window to zones 1-2, change the layout (the window will be snapped to zone 1), then return back to the previous layout, verify the window snapped to 1-2 zones.
- [ ] Disable `During zone layout changes, windows assigned to a zone will match new size/positions`, snap window to zone 1, change layout, verify window didn't change its size/position
Enable `Move newly created windows to their last known zone`, snap a window to a zone, close this window.
- [ ] Reopen the window on the same monitor, verify it snapped to its zone.
- [ ] Reopen the window on another monitor, verify it snapped to its zone on the monitor where it was snapped.
- [ ] Snap the window of the same app to a zone on another monitor, close and reopen the window, verify it snapped to its zone on the active monitor.
- [ ] Disable `Move newly created windows to their last known zone`, reopen the snapped window, verify it's opened in its default position or in the position where it was closed after unsnapping.
- [ ] Snap a window, turn off FancyZones, move that window, turn FZ on. Verify window returned to its zone.
- [ ] Move unsnapped window to a secondary monitor, switch virtual desktop and return back. Verify window didn't change its position and size.
- [ ] Snap a window, then resize it (it's still snapped, but doesn't fit the zone). Switch the virtual desktop and return back, verify window didn't change its size.
Enable `Move newly created windows to the current active monitor`.
- [ ] Open a window that wasn't snapped anywhere, verify it's opened on the active monitor.
- [ ] Open a window that was snapped on the current virtual desktop, verify it's opened in its zone.
- [ ] Open a window that was snapped on another virtual desktop, verify it's opened on the active monitor.
- [ ] Enable `Allow popup windows snapping`, snap Visual Studio Code to a zone, and open any menu. Verify the menu is where it's supposed to be and not on the top left corner of the zone.
- [ ] Enable `Allow child windows snapping`, drag any child window (e.g. Solution Explorer), verify it can be snapped to a zone.
- [ ] Disable `Allow child windows snapping`, drag any child window (e.g. Solution Explorer), verify it can't be snapped to a zone.
### Switch between windows in the current zone
Enable `Switch between windows in the current zone` (default shortcut is `Win + PgUp/PgDown`)
- [ ] Snap several windows to one zone, verify switching works.
- [ ] Snap several windows to one zone, switch virtual desktop, return back, verify window switching works.
- [ ] Disable `Switch between windows in the current zone`, verify switching doesn't work.
### Override Windows Snap
- [ ] Disable `Override Windows Snap`, verify it's disabled.
Enable `Override Windows Snap`.
Select Move windows based on `Zone index`.
- [ ] Open the previously not snapped window, press `Win`+`LeftArrow` / `Win`+`RightArrow`, verify it's snapped to a first/last zone.
- [ ] Verify `Win`+`LeftArrow` moves the window to a zone with the previous index.
- [ ] Verify `Win`+`RightArrow` moves the window to a zone with the next index.
- [ ] Verify `Win`+`ArrowUp` and `Win`+`ArrowDown` work as usual.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` disabled. Verify `Win`+`LeftArrow` doesn't move the window to any zone when the window is in the first zone.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` disabled. Verify `Win`+`RightArrow` doesn't move the window to any zone when the window is in the last zone.
One monitor:
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`LeftArrow` doesn't move the window to any zone when the window is in the first zone.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`RightArrow` doesn't move the window to any zone when the window is in the last zone.
Two and more monitors:
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`LeftArrow` cycles window position moving it from the first zone on the current monitor to the last zone of the left (or rightmost, if the current monitor is leftmost) monitor.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`RightArrow` cycles window position moving it from the last zone on the current monitor to the first zone of the right (or leftmost, if the current monitor is rightmost) monitor.
Select Move windows based on `Relative position`.
- [ ] Open the previously not snapped window, press `Win`+`Arrow`, verify it's snapped.
- [ ] Extend the window using `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Win`+`Arrow`. Verify the window is snapped to all zones.
- [ ] Extend the window using `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Win`+`Arrow` and return it back using the opposite arrow. Verify it could be reverted while you hold `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Win`.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` disabled. Verify `Win`+`LeftArrow` cycles the window position to the left (from the leftmost zone moves to the rightmost in the same row) within one monitor.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` disabled. Verify `Win`+`RightArrow` cycles the window position to the right within one monitor.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` disabled. Verify `Win`+`UpArrow` cycles the window position up within one monitor.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` disabled. Verify `Win`+`DownArrow` cycles the window position down within one monitor.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`LeftArrow` cycles the window position to the left (from the leftmost zone moves to the rightmost in the same row) within all monitors.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`RightArrow` cycles the window position to the right within all monitors.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`UpArrow` cycles the window position up within all monitors.
- [ ]`Move windows between zones across all monitors` enabled. Verify `Win`+`DownArrow` cycles the window position down within all monitors.
### Layout apply
Enable `Enable quick layout switch`, assign numbers to custom layouts.
- [ ] Switch with `Win` + `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `key`.
- [ ] Switch with just a key while dragging a window.
- [ ] Turn `Flash zones when switching layout` on/off, verify it's flashing/not flashing after pressing the shortcut.
- [ ] Disable spacing on any grid layout, verify that there is no space between zones while dragging a window.
- [ ] Create a new virtual desktop, verify that there are the same layouts as applied to the previous virtual desktop.
- [ ] After creating a virtual desktop apply another layout or edit the applied one. Verify that the other virtual desktop layout wasn't changed.
- [ ] Delete an applied custom layout in the Editor, verify that there is no layout applied instead of it.
- [ ] Apply a grid layout, change the screen resolution or scaling, verify that the assigned layout fits the screen. NOTE: canvas layout could not fit the screen if it was created on a monitor with a different resolution.
* the Icon Preview for the existing SVG will still show since the icons are cached (you can also use `cleanmgr.exe` to clean all thumbnails cached in your system). You may need to restart the machine for this setting to apply as well.
- [ ] Enable the Image Resizer and check that `Resize images` is present in the context menu. (On Win11) Check if both old context menu and Win11 tier1 context menu items are present when module is enabled.
- [ ] Check `Use original date modified` and verify that modified date is not changed for resized images. Take into account that `Resize the original pictures(don't create copy)` should be selected
- [ ] Check `Make pictures smaller but not larger` and verify that smaller pictures are not resized
- [ ] Check `Resize the original pictures (don't create copies)` and verify that the original picture is resized and a copy is not created
- [ ] Uncheck `Ignore the orientation of pictures` and verify that swapped width and height will actually resize a picture if the width is not equal to the height
## Keyboard Manager
UI Validation:
- [ ] In Remap keys, add and remove rows to validate those buttons. While the blank rows are present, pressing the OK button should result in a warning dialog that some mappings are invalid.
- [ ] Using only the Type buttons, for both the remap windows, try adding keys/shortcuts in all the columns. The right-side column in both windows should accept both keys and shortcuts, while the left-side column will accept only keys or only shortcuts for Remap keys and Remap shortcuts respectively. Validate that the Hold Enter and Esc accessibility features work as expected.
- [ ] Using the drop downs try to add key to key, key to shortcut, shortcut to key and shortcut to shortcut remapping and ensure that you are able to select remapping both by using mouse and by keyboard navigation.
- [ ] Validate that remapping can be saved by pressing the OK button and re-opening the windows loads existing remapping.
Remapping Validation:
For all the remapping below, try pressing and releasing the remapped key/shortcut and pressing and holding it. Try different behaviors like releasing the modifier key before the action key and vice versa.
- [ ] Test key to key remapping
- A->B
- Ctrl->A
- A->Ctrl
- Win->B (make sure Start menu doesn't appear accidentally)
- B->Win (make sure Start menu doesn't appear accidentally)
- [ ] Similar remaps to above with Edge (entered as `msedge`), VSCode (entered as `code`) and cmd. For cmd try admin and non-admin (requires PT to run as admin)
- [ ] Try some cases where focus is lost due to the shortcut. Example remapping to Alt+Tab or Alt+F4
- [ ] Test switching between remapping while holding down modifiers - Eg. Ctrl+D->Ctrl+A and Ctrl+E->Ctrl+V, hold Ctrl and press D followed by E. Should select all and paste over it in a text editor. Similar steps for Windows key shortcuts.
- [ ] Check if disable and enable of the module works. (On Win11) Check if both old context menu and Win11 tier1 context menu items are present when module is enabled.
- [ ] Match All Occurrences. If checked, all matches of text in the `Search` field will be replaced with the Replace text. Otherwise, only the first instance of the `Search` for text in the file name will be replaced (left to right).
* Use regular expressions
- [ ] Search with an expression (e.g. `(.*).png`)
- [ ] Replace with an expression (e.g. `foo_$1.png`)
- [ ] Uncheck it, mute the microphone with the hotkey and make sure the toolbar doesn't hide after a timeout
- [ ] Go to some video conference application settings, e.g. meet.google.com, Microsoft Teams, Skype. "Select PowerToys VideoConference Mute" camera as an active device and try to mute it with a hotkey
- [ ] Go to Control Panel -> Sound -> Recording -> select default mic -> open its properties -> Levels. Now mute the microphone with a corresponding hotkey and verify that mute icon on the right side of volume slider reflects its muted status.
- [ ] Verify that changing "toolbar position" setting works
- [ ] Select an overlay image and verify that muting camera now shows the image instead of black screen. (Don't forget to restart the application which uses the camera).
- [ ] Select the close button in the toolbar and verify it closes the utility.
* With Screen Ruler enabled and activated:
- [ ] Use the Bounds utility to measure a zone by dragging with left-click. Verify right click dismisses the utility and that the measurement was copied into the clipboard.
- [ ] Use the Spacing utility to measure something and verify that left-click copies the measurement to the clipboard. Verify that right-click dismisses the utility.
- [ ] Use the Horizontal Spacing utility to measure something and verify that left-click copies the measurement to the clipboard. Verify that right-click dismisses the utility.
- [ ] Use the Vertical Spacing utility to measure something and verify that left-click copies the measurement to the clipboard. Verify that right-click dismisses the utility.
- [ ] While using a Spacing utility, verify that using the mouse scroll wheel will adjust pixel color tolerance while measuring.
- [ ] Open mspaint and draw 1px-thick straight line, also click with a pencil to draw a single pixel. In any Spacing mode, verify that one of line's dimension is 1, and pixel's dimensions are 1x1.
* Test the different settings and verify they are applied:
- [ ] Activation shortcut
- [ ] Continous mode
- [ ] Per color channel edge detection
- [ ] Pixel tolerance for edge detection
- [ ] Draw feet on cross
- [ ] Line color
### Quick Accent
* Enable Quick Accent and open notepad. Then:
- [ ] Press `a` and the left or right arrow and verify the accent menu appears and adds the accented letter you've selected. Use left and arrow keys to cycle through the options.
- [ ] Press `a` and the space key and verify the accent menu appears and adds the accented letter you've selected. Use <kbd>Space</kbd> to navigate forward, <kbd>Space</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> to navigate backward.
- [ ] Verify the application exits if "Quit" is clicked on the initial warning.
- [ ] Launch Host File Editor again and click "Accept". The module should not close. Open the hosts file (`%WinDir%\System32\Drivers\Etc`) in a text editor that auto-refreshes so you can see the changes applied by the editor in real time. (VSCode is an editor like this, for example)
- [ ] Enable and disable lines and verify they are applied to the file.
- [ ] Add a new entry and verify it's applied.
- [ ] Try to filter for lines and verify you can find them.
- [ ] Click the "Open hosts file" button and verify it opens in your default editor. (likely Notepad)
* Test the different settings and verify they are applied:
- [ ] Launch as Administrator.
- [ ] Show a warning at startup.
- [ ] Additional lines position.
### File Locksmith
* Start the PowerToys installer executable and let it stay in the initial screen.
- [ ] Right-click the executable file, select "What's using this file?" and verify it shows up. (2 entries will show, since the installer starts two processes)
- [ ] End the tasks in File Locksmith UI and verify that closes the installer.
- [ ] Start the installer executable again and press the Refresh button in File Locksmith UI. It should find new processes using the files.
- [ ] Close the installer window and verify the processes are delisted from the File Locksmith UI. Close the window
* Start the PowerToys installer executable again and let it stay in the initial screen.
- [ ] Right click the directory where the executable is located, select "What's using this file?" and verify it shows up.
- [ ] Right click the drive where the executable is located, select "What's using this file?" and verify it shows up. You can close the PowerToys installer now.
* Restart PowerToys as admin.
- [ ] Right click "Program Files", select "What's using this file?" and verify "PowerToys.exe" doesn't show up.
- [ ] Press the File Locksmith "Restart as an administrator" button and verify "PowerToys.exe" shows up.
- [ ] Right-click the drive where Windows is installed, select "What's using this file?" and scroll down and up, verify File Locksmith doesn't crash with all those entries being shown. Repeat after clicking the File Locksmith "Restart as an administrator" button.
- [ ] Disable File Locksmith in Settings and verify the context menu entry no longer appears.
### GPO
* Copy the "PowerToys.admx" file to your Policy Definition template folder. (Example: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions) and copy the "PowerToys.adml" file to the matching language folder in your Policy Definition folder. (Example: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US)
- [ ] Open the "Local Group Policy Editor" on Windows and verify there is a "Microsoft PowerToys" folder in Administrative Templates for both Computer Configuration and User Configuration.
* In GPO, disable a module that can run as a standalone (FancyZones sounds good for this). Restart PowerToys.
- [ ] Verify the module is not enabled.
- [ ] Open settings and verify the module is not enabled and you can't enable it.
- [ ] Try to open FancyZones Editor directly from the install folder and verify it doesn't run and adds a message to the log saying it didn't run because of GPO.
* In GPO, try to set different settings in the Computer and User Configurations for a PowerToy. Restart PowerToys.
- [ ] Verify that the setting in Computer Configuration has priority over the setting in User Configuration.
* In GPO, disable a module that has a context menu entry (File Locksmith sounds good for this). Restart PowerToys.
- [ ] Verify the module is not enabled. (No context menu entry)
- [ ] Open settings and verify the module is not enabled and you can't enable it.
- [ ] Try to open File Locksmith directly from the install folder and verify it doesn't run and adds a message to the log saying it didn't run because of GPO.
* In GPO, disable a module that is a Preview Handler (Markdown Preview is good for this). Restart PowerToys.
- [ ] Verify the module is not enabled. (Markdown files won't appear in the preview pane)
- [ ] Open settings and verify the module is not enabled and you can't enable it.
* Remember to reset all you Settings to Not Configured after the tests, both in Conputer and User Configurations.
