PowerToys/doc/releases/0.74.0/tests-checklist-jaime.md

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

Appearance

• Change colors, opacity and Show zone number options. Verify they're applied.

Excluded apps

• Exclude some apps, verify that they're not applicable to a zone.

Dragging

• 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
• Make dragged window transparent - turn on, off, verify behavior

Snapping

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.
• 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.

• 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.

Snapped window behavior

• 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 on, snap a window to a zone on the secondary monitor. Disconnect the secondary monitor (the window will be moved to the primary monitor). Reconnect the secondary monitor. Verify the window returned to its zone.
• 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 the primary monitor, close and reopen the window. Verify it's snapped to its zone.
• Snap a window to zones on the primary and secondary monitors. Close and reopen the app. Verify it's snapped to the zone on the active monitor.
• Snap a window to the secondary monitor (use a different app or unsnap the window from the zone on the primary monitor), close and reopen the window. Verify it's snapped to its zone.
• 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 and current monitor, verify it's opened in its zone.

• Open a window that was snappen on the current virtual desktop and another monitor, verify it's opened on the active monitor.

• Open a window that was snapped on another virtual desktop, verify it's opened on the active monitor.

• Enable Allow popup windows snapping and Allow child windows snapping, try to snap Notepad++ search window. Verify it can be snapped.

• Enable Allow popup windows snapping, snap Teams, verify a popup window appears in its usual position.

• 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 Enable quick layout switch, verify shortcuts don't work.
• 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.

Layout reset

• 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

Span zones across monitors

• Switch between Allow zones to span across monitors on and off. Verify that layouts are applied correctly in both cases.

Repeat the previous subsections steps after enabling Allow zones to span across monitors

• Dragging
• Snapping
• Snapped window behavior
• Switch between windows in the current zone
• Override Windows Snap
• Layout apply
• Layout reset

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.

Awake

• Try out the features and see if they work, no list at this time.

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

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.

Crop And Lock

• Thumbnail mode

  • Test with win32 app
  • Test with packaged app

• Reparent mode (there are known issues where reparent mode doesn't work for some apps)

  • Test with win32 app
  • Test with packaged app