PowerToys/doc/releases/0.71.0/tests-checklist-andrey.md

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

PowerRename

• 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.
• Check that with the Show icon on context menu icon is shown and vice versa.
• Check if Appear only in extended context menu works.
• Enable/disable autocomplete.
• Enable/disable Show values from last use.

• Select several files and folders and check PowerRename options:
  • Make Uppercase/Lowercase/Titlecase (could be selected only one at the time)
  • Exclude Folders/Files/Subfolder Items (could be selected several)
  • Item Name/Extension Only (one at the time)
  • Enumerate Items
  • Case Sensitive
  • 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)
    • Replace using file creation date and time (e.g. $hh-$mm-$ss-$fff $DD_$MMMM_$YYYY)
    • Turn on Use Boost library and test with Perl Regular Expression Syntax (e.g. (?<=t)est)
  • File list filters.
    • In the preview window uncheck some items to exclude them from renaming.
    • Click on the Renamed column to filter results.
    • Click on the Original column to cycle between checked and unchecked items.

PowerToys Run

• Enable PT Run in settings and ensure that the hotkey brings up PT Run
  • 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 settings.
• Check that each of the plugins is working:
  • Program - launch a Win32 application
  • Program - launch a Win32 application as admin
  • Program - launch a packaged application
  • Calculator - ensure a mathematical input returns a correct response and is copied on enter.
  • Windows Search - open a file on the disk.
  • Windows Search - find a file and copy file path.
  • Windows Search - find a file and open containing folder.
  • Shell - execute a command. Enter the action keyword >, followed by the query, both with and without space (e.g. > ping localhost).
  • Folder - Search and open a sub-folder on entering the path.
  • Uri - launch a web page on entering the uri.
  • Window walker - Switch focus to a running window.
  • Service - start, stop, restart windows service. Enter the action keyword ! to get the list of services.
  • Registry - navigate through the registry tree and open registry editor. Enter the action keyword : to get the root keys.
  • Registry - navigate through the registry tree and copy key path.
  • System - test lock.
  • System - test empty recycle bin.
  • System - test shutdown.

• Disable PT Run and ensure that the hotkey doesn't bring up PT Run.

• Test tab navigation.

• Test Plugin Manager
  • Enable/disable plugins and verify changes are picked up by PT Run
  • Change Direct activation phrase and verify changes are picked up by PT Run
  • Change Include in global result and verify changes picked up by PT Run
  • Clear Direct activation phrase and uncheck Include in global result. Verify a warning message is shown.
  • Disable all plugins and verify the warning message is shown.

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

OOBE

• Quit PowerToys
• Delete %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys

• Start PowerToys and verify OOBE opens

• Change version saved on %localappdata%\Microsoft\PowerToys\last_version.txt

• Start PowerToys and verify OOBE opens in the "What's New" page

• Visit each OOBE section and for each section:
  • open the Settings for that module
  • verify the Settings work as expected (toggle some controls on/off etc.)
  • close the Settings
  • if it's available, test the Launch module name button
• Close OOBE

• Open the Settings and from the General page open OOBE using the Welcome to PowerToys link

Mouse Utils

Find My Mouse:

• Enable FindMyMouse. Then, without moving your mouse:
  • Press Left Ctrl twice and verify the overlay appears.
  • Press any other key and verify the overlay disappears.
  • Press Left Ctrl twice and verify the overlay appears.
  • Press a mouse button and verify the overlay disappears.
• Disable FindMyMouse. Verify the overlay no longer appears when you press Left Ctrl twice.
• Enable FindMyMouse. Then, without moving your mouse:
  • Press Left Ctrl twice and verify the overlay appears.
• Enable the "Do not activate on game mode" option. Start playing a game that uses CG native full screen.
  • Verify the overlay no longer appears when you press Left Ctrl twice.
• Disable the "Do not activate on game mode" option. Start playing the same game.
  • Verify the overlay appears when you press Left Ctrl twice. (though it'll likely minimize the game)
• Test the different settings and verify they apply:
  • Overlay opacity
  • Background color
  • Spotlight color
  • Spotlight radius
  • Spotlight initial zoom (1x vs 9x will show the difference)
  • Animation duration
  • Change activation method to shake and activate by shaking your mouse pointer
  • Excluded apps

Mouse Highlighter:

• Enable Mouse Highlighter. Then:
  • Press the activation shortcut and press left and right click somewhere, verifying the hightlights are applied.
  • With left mouse button pressed, drag the mouse and verify the hightlight is dragged with the pointer.
  • With right mouse button pressed, drag the mouse and verify the hightlight is dragged with the pointer.
  • Press the activation shortcut again and verify no highlights appear when the mouse buttons are clicked.
  • Disable Mouse Highlighter and verify that the module is not activated when you press the activation shortcut.
• Test the different settings and verify they apply:
  • Change activation shortcut and test it
  • Left button highlight color
  • Right button highlight color
  • Opacity
  • Radius
  • Fade delay
  • Fade duration

Mouse Pointer Crosshairs:

• Enable Mouse Pointer Crosshairs. Then:
  • Press the activation shortcut and verify the crosshairs appear, and that they follow the mouse around.
  • Press the activation shortcut again and verify the crosshairs disappear.
  • Disable Mouse Pointer Crosshairs and verify that the module is not activated when you press the activation shortcut.
• Test the different settings and verify they apply:
  • Change activation shortcut and test it
  • Crosshairs color
  • Crosshairs opacity
  • Crosshairs center radius
  • Crosshairs thickness
  • Crosshairs border color
  • Crosshairs border size

Mouse Jump:

• Enable Mouse Jump. Then:
  • Press the activation shortcut and verify the screens preview appears.
  • Change activation shortcut and verify that new shorctut triggers Mouse Jump.
  • Click around the screen preview and ensure that mouse cursor jumped to clicked location.
  • Reorder screens in Display settings and confirm that Mouse Jump reflects the change and still works correctly.
  • Change scaling of screens and confirm that Mouse Jump still works correctly.
  • Unplug additional monitors and confirm that Mouse Jump still works correctly.
  • Disable Mouse Jump and verify that the module is not activated when you press the activation shortcut.

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.

Screen Ruler

• Enable Screen Ruler. Then:

  • Press the activation shortcut and verify the toolbar appears.
  • Press the activation shortcut again and verify the toolbar disappears.
  • Disable Screen Ruler and verify that the activation shortuct no longer activates the utility.
  • Enable Screen Ruler and press the activation shortcut and verify the toolbar appears.
  • 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.

• In a multi-monitor setup with different dpis on each monitor:

  • Verify that the utilities work well on each monitor, with continuous mode on and off.
  • Without any window opened and a solid color as your background, verify the horizontal spacing matches the monitor's pixel width.
  • Move your mouse back and forth around the edge of two monitors really quickly in each mode - verify nothing is broken.

• 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

Hosts File Editor

• Launch Host File Editor:
  • 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.
  • Add manually an entry with more than 9 hosts in hosts file (Windows limitation) and verify it is split correctly on loading and the info bar is shown.
  • 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.

Paste As Plain Text

• Copy some rich text (e.g word of the text is different color, another work is bold, underlined, etd.). Then:
  • Paste the text using standard Windows Ctrl + V shortcut and ensure that rich text is pasted (with all colors, formatting, etc.)
  • Paste the text using Paste As Plain Text activation shortcut and ensure that plain text without any formatting is pasted.
  • Paste again the text using standard Windows Ctrl + V shortcut and ensure the text is now pasted plain without formatting as well.
  • Change the activation shorctut and ensure that Paste As Plain Text is triggered using new shortcut.
  • Disable the module and ensure that text is not being pasted using activation shortcut.

Mouse Without Borders

• Install PowerToys on two PCs in the same local network:

  • Verify that PowerToys is properly installed on both PCs.

• Setup Connection:

  • Open MWB's settings on the first PC and click the "New Key" button. Verify that a new security key is generated.
  • Copy the generated security key and paste it in the corresponding input field in the settings of MWB on the second PC. Also enter the name of the first PC in the required field.
  • Press "Connect" and verify that the machine layout now includes two PC tiles, each displaying their respective PC names.

• Verify Connection Status:

  • Ensure that the border of the remote PC turns green, indicating a successful connection.
  • Enter an incorrect security key and verify that the border of the remote PC turns red, indicating a failed connection.

• Test Remote Mouse/Keyboard Control:

  • With the PCs connected, test the mouse/keyboard control from one PC to another. Verify that the mouse/keyboard inputs are correctly registered on the other PC.
  • Test remote mouse/keyboard control across all four PCs, if available. Verify that inputs are correctly registered on each connected PC when the mouse is active there.

• Test Remote Control with Elevated Apps:

  • Open an elevated app on one of the PCs. Verify that without "Use Service" enabled, PowerToys does not control the elevated app.
  • Enable "Use Service" in MWB's settings. Verify that PowerToys can now control the elevated app remotely. Verify that MWB processes are running as LocalSystem, while the MWB helper process is running non-elevated.
  • Toggle "Use Service" again, verify that each time you do that, the MWB processes are restarted.
  • Run PowerToys elevated on one of the machines, verify that you can control elevated apps remotely now on that machine.

• Test Module Enable Status:

  • For all combinations of "Use Service"/"Run PowerToys as admin", try enabling/disabling MWB module and verify that it's indeed being toggled using task manager.

• Test Disconnection/Reconnection:

  • Disconnect one of the PCs from network. Verify that the machine layout updates to reflect the disconnection.
  • Do the same, but now by exiting PowerToys.
  • Start PowerToys again, verify that the PCs are reconnected.

• Test Various Local Network Conditions:

  • Test MWB performance under various network conditions (e.g., low bandwidth, high latency). Verify that the tool maintains a stable connection and functions correctly.

• Clipboard Sharing:

  • Copy some text on one PC and verify that the same text can be pasted on another PC.
  • Use the screenshot key and Win+Shift+S to take a screenshot on one PC and verify that the screenshot can be pasted on another PC.
  • Copy a file in Windows Explorer and verify that the file can be pasted on another PC. Make sure the file size is below 100MB.
  • Try to copy multiple files and directories and verify that it's not possible (only the first selected file is being copied).

• Drag and Drop:

  • Drag a file from Windows Explorer on one PC, cross the screen border onto another PC, and release it there. Verify that the file is copied to the other PC. Make sure the file size is below 100MB.
  • While dragging the file, verify that a corresponding icon is displayed under the mouse cursor.
  • Without moving the mouse from one PC to the target PC, press CTRL+ALT+F1/2/3/4 hotkey to switch to the target PC directly and verify that file sharing/dropping is not working.

• Lock and Unlock with "Use Service" Enabled:

  • Enable "Use Service" in MWB's settings.
  • Lock a remote PC using Win+L, move the mouse to it remotely, and try to unlock it. Verify that you can unlock the remote PC.
  • Disable "Use Service" in MWB's settings, lock the remote PC, move the mouse to it remotely, and try to unlock it. Verify that you can't unlock the remote PC.

• Test Settings:

  • Change the rest of available settings on MWB page and verify that each setting works as described.