PowerToys/doc/releases/0.65.0/tests-checklist-taras.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

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.
• Assign horizontal and vertical default layouts
• Test duplicate layout focus
  • Select any layout X in 'Templates' or 'Custom' section by click left mouse button
  • Mouse right button click on any layout Y in 'Templates' or 'Custom' sections
  • Duplicate it by clicking 'Create custom layout' (Templates section) or 'Duplicate' in 'Custom' section
  • Expect the layout Y is duplicated

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.
• Disable spacing on any grid layout, verify that there is no space between zones while dragging a window.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• Apply 2 windows to the same zone, verify that window swithing works (Win + PgUp/PgDown)
• Verify that window switching still works after switching to another virtual desktop and back.
• 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

• Test applying default layouts on reset

  • Set default horizontal and vertical layouts
  • Delete applied-layouts.json
  • Verify that selected default layout is applied according to configuration

File Explorer Add-ons

• Running as user:
  • go to PowerToys repo root
  • verify the README.md Preview Pane shows the correct content
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\ShortcutGuide\ShortcutGuide\svgs
  • verify Preview Pane works for the SVG files
  • verify the Icon Preview works for the SVG file (loop through different icon preview sizes)
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\previewpane\UnitTests-PdfPreviewHandler\HelperFiles
  • verify Preview Pane works for the PDF file
  • verify the Icon Preview works for the PDF file (loop through different icon preview sizes)
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\previewpane\UnitTests-GcodePreviewHandler\HelperFiles
  • verify Preview Pane works for the gcode file
  • verify the Icon Preview works for the gcode file (loop through different icon preview sizes)
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\previewpane\UnitTests-StlThumbnailProvider\HelperFiles
  • verify the Icon Preview works for the stl file (loop through different icon preview sizes)
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\runner
  • verify Preview Pane works for source files (shows syntax highlighting)
• Running as admin (or user since recently):
  • open the Settings and turn off the Preview Pane and Icon Previous toggles
  • go to PowerToys repo root
  • verify the README.md Preview Pane doesn't show any content
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\ShortcutGuide\ShortcutGuide\svgs
  • verify Preview Pane doesn't show the preview for the SVG files
  • 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.
  • copy and paste one of the SVG file and verify the new file show the generic SVG icon
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\previewpane\UnitTests-PdfPreviewHandler\HelperFiles
  • verify Preview Pane doesn't show the preview for the PDF file
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\previewpane\UnitTests-GcodePreviewHandler\HelperFiles
  • verify Preview Pane doesn't show the preview for the gcode file
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\modules\previewpane\UnitTests-StlThumbnailProvider\HelperFiles
  • verify Preview Pane doesn't show the preview for the stl file (a generated thumbnail would show when there's no preview)
  • go to PowerToys repo and visit src\runner
  • verify Preview Pane doesn't show the preview for source code files or that it's a default previewer instead of Monaco

VCM

• Check "Hide toolbar when both camera and microphone 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.

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 Space to navigate forward, Space + Shift to navigate backward.
  • Disable Quick Accent and verify you can no longer add accented characters through Quick Accent.
• Test the different settings and verify they are applied:
  • Activation key
  • Language (for example, Currency has no accents for 'a' but has for 's')
  • Toolbar position (test every option, some had issues before)
  • Input delay
  • Exclude some apps. Verify that Quick Accent is not activated for them.

Text Extractor

• Enable Text Extractor. Then:
  • Press the activation shortcut and verify the overlay appears.
  • Press Escape and verify the overlay disappears.
  • Press the activation shortcut and verify the overlay appears.
  • Right-click and select Cancel. Verify the overlay disappears.
  • Disable Text Extractor and verify that the activation shortuct no longer activates the utility.
• With Text Extractor enabled and activated:
  • Try to select text and verify it is copied to the clipboard.
• In a multi-monitor setup with different dpis on each monitor:
  • Verify text is correctly captured on all monitors.
• Test the different settings and verify they are applied:
  • Activation shortcut

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.
  • 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.