PowerToys/doc/releases/0.55.0/tests-checklist-andrey.md

Install tests

• install a previous version on a clean machine (a clean machine doesn't have the %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys folder)
• open the Settings and for each module change at least one option
• open the FancyZones editor and create two custom layouts:
  • a canvas layout with 2 zones, use unicode chars in the layout's name
  • one from grid template using 4 zones and splitting one zone
  • apply the custom canvas layout to the primary desktop
  • create a virtual desktop and apply the custom grid layout
  • if you have a second monitor apply different templates layouts for the primary desktop and for the second virtual desktop
• install the new version (it will uninstall the old version and install the new version)

• verify the settings are preserved and FancyZones configuration is still the same

Functional tests

Regressions:

• https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1414#issuecomment-593529038
• https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/1524

Localization

Change the Winodws language to a language different than English. Then verify if the following screens change their language:

• System tray menu items
• Settings
• OOBE (What's new)
• Keyboard Manager Editor
• Color Picker (check the tooltips)
• FancyZones Editor
• Power Rename (new WinUI 3 may not be localized)
• PowerToys Run ("Start typing" string is localized, for example)
• Image Resizer
• Shortcut Guide (Windows controls are localized)
• File Explorer menu entries for Image Resizer and Power Rename

General Settings

Admin mode:

• restart PT and verify it runs as user
• restart as admin and set "Always run as admin"
• restart PT and verify it runs as admin

• if it's not on, turn on "Run at startup"

• reboot the machine and verify PT runs as admin (it should not prompt the UAC dialog)

• turn Always run as admin" off

• reboot the machine and verify it now runs as user

Modules on/off:

• turn off all the modules and verify all module are off
• restart PT and verify that all module are still off in the settings page and they are actually inactive
• turn on all the module, all module are now working
• restart PT and verify that all module are still on in the settings page and they are actually working

Color Picker

• 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 behaviors(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.
• Edit canvas layout: zones size and position, create or delete zones.
• Edit grid layout: split, merge, resize zones.
• Check Save and apply and Cancel buttons behavior after editing.
• Assign a layout to each monitor.
• Assign keys to quickly switch layouts (custom layouts only), Win + Ctrl + Alt + number.

FancyZones

• Switch between Allow zones to span across monitors on and off. Verify that layouts are applied correctly in both cases.
• Change zone colors and opacity.
• Exclude some apps, verify that they're not applicable to a zone.
• Launch PT in user mode, try to assign a window with administrator privileges to a zone. Verify the notification is shown.
• Launch PT in administrator mode, assign a window with administrator privileges.
• Create 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.

• Switch between layouts with quick keys.
  • Switch with Win + Ctrl + Alt + key
  • Switch with just a key while dragging a window.
• Change screen resolution or scaling.
  • Assign grid layout, 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.

• Disable FZ
• Re-enable FZ, verify that everything is in the same state as it was before disabling.

• Test layout resetting. Before testing
  • Remove all virtual desktops
  • Remove CurrentVirtualDesktop from \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SessionInfo\1\VirtualDesktops
  • Remove VirtualDesktopIDs from \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualDesktops

• Test screen locking

  • Set custom layouts on each monitor
  • Lock screen / unplug monitor / plug monitor
  • Verify that layouts weren't reset to defaults

• Test restart

  • Set custom layouts on each monitor
  • Restart the computer
  • Verify that layouts weren't reset to defaults

Shortcut Guide

• Run PowerToys as user:
  • Verify Win + Shift + / opens the guide
  • Change the hotkey to a different shortcut (e.g. Win + /) and verify it works
  • Set Shortcut Guide to start with a Windows key press and verify it works.
• Restore the Win + Shift + / hotkey.
  • Open the guide and close it pressing Esc
  • Open the guide and close it pressing and releasing the Win key
• With PowerToys running as a user, open an elevated app and keep it on foreground:
  • Verify Win + Shift + / opens the guide
  • Verify some of the shortcuts shown in the guide work and the guide is closed when pressed

VCM

• Check "Hide toolbar when both camera and micrphone are unmuted" and verify that it works
• 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).
• Try to select an overlay image when PT process is elevated. (Currently doesn't work)

Always on Top

• Pin/unpin a window, verify it's topmost/not topmost.
• Pin/unpin a window, verify the border appeared/disappeared.
• Switch virtual desktop, verify border doesn't show up on another desktop.
• Minimize and maximize pinned window, verify the border looks as usual.
• Change border color and thickness.
• Verify if sound is played according to the sound setting.
• Exclude app, try to pin it.
• Exclude already pinned app, verify it was unpinned.
• [!] Try to pin the app in the Game Mode. // always works