PowerToys/doc/releases/0.43.0/tests-checklist-seraphima.md

OOBE

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

• Start PowerToys and verify OOBE opens

• 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

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

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

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.