Revision as of 18:34, 3 March 2023

Description

Test the Dash. This is the bar that runs along the bottom of the screen in the Activities Overview, and contains application launchers.

How to test

In GNOME, open at least two applications (e.g. Files and a Text Editor).
Activate the Overview mode. You can do this by pressing the Super key (Windows key), clicking the Activities button in the top bar, or hitting the very top left corner of the screen with a mouse cursor.
Verify that you can switch between different applications by clicking on app icons in the Dash (the bottom panel). All your currently running applications must be shown in the Dash.
Verify that currently running apps are visually distinguished (e.g. having a white dot) in the Dash from non-running apps. Open and close apps to confirm this feature works correctly.
Launch new applications from the dash by clicking on them.
Open several windows of the same application by right clicking an already running app icon in the Dash and choosing New Window (not all applications need to support this, but e.g. Files do).
Right-click on the multi-window application in the Dash and switch between windows by selecting each window's name.
Right click the app icon in Dash of the multi-window application and choose Quit. All windows of that application must be closed.
Display the App grid using the 9-dot icon in the Dash, and test that you can scroll in it (if applicable), open and close app folders (if present), and run new applications by clicking on them and/or dragging them onto a workspace preview.
Verify that you can add apps from the App grid to the Dash permanently by right clicking them and choosing Pin to Dash and/or dragging them to the Dash. After closing such app, it must stay present in the Dash (just marked as non running).
- Try pinning a large number of apps to the Dash. There should be no crashes or errors, and it should make a reasonable effort to make them all visible.
Verify that you can unpin apps from Dash by right clicking and choosing Unpin, by dragging them to the 9-dot icon or dragging them to the open App drawer. Unpinned app icons must no longer be visible in the Dash after the app is closed.
- The Dash should take advantage of the space freed up and adjust size of the remaining apps, if possible.
Verify that you can modify the app order in the Dash by dragging them.
Verify that you can modify the app order in the App drawer by dragging them.
Verify that you can create new app folders in the App drawer by drag&dropping apps onto each other and then giving the folder a name.
Verify that you can remove an app folder by moving all apps out of the folder.
Perform some additional Exploratory testing.

Expected Results

All operations should behave as expected.
Please report all failures to the GNOME tracker.

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 {{QA/Test_Case
-|description=Test the dash. This is the bar that runs along the bottom of the screen in the Activities Overview, and contains application launchers.
+|description=Test the Dash. This is the bar that runs along the bottom of the screen in the Activities Overview, and contains application launchers.
 |actions=
-{{Testcase_gnome-shell_generic_overview}}
+# In GNOME, open at least two applications (e.g. Files and a Text Editor).
-# Launch applications from the dash (the bar that's along the bottom of the screen), by clicking on them.
+# Activate the Overview mode. You can do this by pressing the <code>Super</code> key (Windows key), clicking the ''Activities'' button in the top bar, or hitting the very top left corner of the screen with a mouse cursor.
-# Open the app grid by clicking the grid of nine dots in the dash. Launch applications from the app grid.
+# Verify that you can switch between different applications by clicking on app icons in the Dash (the bottom panel). All your currently running applications must be shown in the Dash.
-# Drag application launchers to the dash from the app grid.
+# Verify that currently running apps are visually distinguished (e.g. having a white dot) in the Dash from non-running apps. Open and close apps to confirm this feature works correctly.
-# Add applications to the dash by using the "Pin to Dash" item from their context menu.
+# Launch new applications from the dash by clicking on them.
-# Remove apps from the dash by by dragging them to the "Show Applications" button (nine white dots), or by using the "Unpin" action from their context menu.
+# Open several windows of the same application by right clicking an already running app icon in the Dash and choosing ''New Window'' (not all applications need to support this, but e.g. ''Files'' do).
-# Right-click on a running application in the dash and select ''New Window''.
+# Right-click on the multi-window application in the Dash and switch between windows by selecting each window's name.
-# Right-click on the same running application in the Dash and try selecting each window's name.
+# Right click the app icon in Dash of the multi-window application and choose ''Quit''. '''All windows''' of that application must be closed.
-# Drag applications in the dash around (this should re-order them).
+# Display the App grid using the 9-dot icon in the Dash, and test that you can scroll in it (if applicable), open and close app folders (if present), and run new applications by clicking on them and/or dragging them onto a workspace preview.
-# Remove all the applications you added from the Dash: right-click on their icons (either in the Applications view, or in the Dash) and select ''Unpin''.
+# Verify that you can add apps from the App grid to the Dash permanently by right clicking them and choosing ''Pin to Dash'' and/or dragging them to the Dash. After closing such app, it must stay present in the Dash (just marked as non running).
+#* Try pinning a large number of apps to the Dash. There should be no crashes or errors, and it should make a reasonable effort to make them all visible.
+# Verify that you can unpin apps from Dash by right clicking and choosing ''Unpin'', by dragging them to the 9-dot icon or dragging them to the open App drawer. Unpinned app icons must no longer be visible in the Dash after the app is closed.
+#* The Dash should take advantage of the space freed up and adjust size of the remaining apps, if possible.
+# Verify that you can modify the app order in the Dash by dragging them.
+# Verify that you can modify the app order in the App drawer by dragging them.
+# Verify that you can create new app folders in the App drawer by drag&dropping apps onto each other and then giving the folder a name.
+# Verify that you can remove an app folder by moving all apps out of the folder.
+# Perform some additional [[QA:Testcase Exploratory Testing|Exploratory testing]].
 |results=
-# Adding apps to and from the dash should work as expected.
+# All operations should behave as expected.
-# The dash should gracefully handle the addition of a large number of favorites: there should be no crashes or errors, and it should make a reasonable effort to make them all visible.
+# Please report all failures to the [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell GNOME tracker].
-# The dash should gracefully handle the removal of a large number of favorites: there should be no crashes or errors, and it should take advantage of the space freed up.
-# Launching applications from the Dash by clicking on them should work.
-# Running applications should have a background highlight in the dash.
-# Creating a new window for a running application by right-clicking on its dash icon should work.
-# Right-clicking on a running application's dash icon and clicking on a window's name should activate that window
-# Reordering dash icons with drag-and-drop should work.
 }}
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 [[Category:GNOME desktop feature test cases]]

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