Editing test object descriptions

You can customize the text for test objects displayed in the hierarchy tree of the test object map.
To edit test object descriptions:
  1. Open the test object map that you want to customize.
  2. Click Preferences > Test Object Appearance on Tree.
  3. In the Edit Test Object Appearance dialog box, edit the description string.

    You can add or delete any of the properties of the test object, using the following format for each property you want to add:

    %map: property%:

    where property is the name of the property as it appears in the property sheet for the object. For administrative properties, the actual property name appears in parentheses after the property description in the property column of the administrative properties table.

    For example, you can add the descriptive name to the display.

    %map:#name%:

    It is a good practice to insert between carets (^) any properties that are not common to all objects or that return a null value. This practice ensures that gaps or punctuation marks do not appear in the descriptions of objects that do not have the property, for example.

    ^%map:#name%:^

    This description is not the same as the one used to create test object helper methods in a test script. To change the way test object helper methods are used, see Customizing a Script Template for information.

Related concepts
Test object maps
New test objects in an object map
Searching for objects in a test object map
Regular expressions
Object library
Related tasks
Creating and using a test object map to test applications
Creating a new test object map
Merging multiple test object maps
Adding objects to a test object map
Inserting dynamic test object
Using ClearCase with test object maps
Adding a test object to an object map and a script
Editing object properties
Displaying associated scripts
Renewing a name in associated script(s)
Resetting object names to the default names in associated script(s)
Adding test objects to a script
Adding test object descriptions
Deleting test objects from an object map
Unifying two test objects
Maintaining a test object map
Renaming a test asset
Updating recognition properties
Deleting a test object map
Locating a test object in the application
Related reference
Edit Test Object Appearance dialog box

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