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Minduca
Minduca

Reputation: 1181

How to control the name of the HTML control generated by Coded UI in the result log?

We are using Coded UI to create UI automated tests on Visual Studio and generate Coded UI Test Logs for a Web application. These logs are inspected by product owners and system testers (people that do not have a technical background).

What's the hierarchy used by Coded UI to identify the name of the control that is used to generate the control name on the Log?

Is there a way to obtain control over the nomenclature and define more user friendly names for the controls in the log?

I tried to use Aria attributes in the HTML to generate a more use friendly control name, but it seems like aria attributes are not considered in this process!

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Edit

The macros are hand coded using JQuery instead of search properties. I've just tested that I can change the friendly name via the macro builder, but changes on Friendly names are saved only in the UIMap.test Xml and they are not reflected on the designer.cs file, which gives me the impression that I can't change it programmatically. Is there a way to change programmatically or at least without all that Xml? I just want a banana, but this UIMap.test Xml is like the banana, the gorilla and all the forest itself!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 322

Answers (1)

AdrianHHH
AdrianHHH

Reputation: 14038

Controls can be renamed in UI Map editor. The context (right click) menu on the entries in the "UI Control Map" section of the editor has a Rename command. There is also a command icon for rename. See here for more details.

Upvotes: 1

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