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Bob's avatar
Bob
Contributor
15 years ago

Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

Hi,

Is there anyway I can manually enter settings instead of using the awkward dials in certain components.

For example the assertion one. If I want to set the min or max to a large number - say 20,000 it is very awkward.

I see the settings are in a tabular form under the advanced tab but they dont seem to be editable from there?

Thanks,
Bob
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    15 years ago
    Hi Bob!

    If you double-click the dial, the red numerical field should remain visible and become highlighted, and you can use it to manually enter the desired value.

    As you noticed, the values are also displayed in the Advanced tab of the settings dialog. They should be editable there as well. I'm not sure why you were unable to edit them there, it could be a bug in the build you are using. If this bothers you, please try updating to the latest nightly build!

    Regards,
    Dain
    eviware.com
  • Bob's avatar
    Bob
    Contributor
    15 years ago
    Thanks for the help! Both options are now working for me.
  • jroughgarden's avatar
    jroughgarden
    New Contributor
    15 years ago
    I also dislike the dials. You can't really rotate a dial with a mouse. I suggest a slider control with predetermined stops, e.g. perhaps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etc. Running a load test 41 times per second is not really helpful.
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    15 years ago
    Hi!

    thanks for your input! The dials have the advantage of being unbounded, a slider has a min and max setting (for bounded values it would of course make sense). From a mouse-gesture point-of-view they both work the same, ie you click and move the mouse in a straight line up or down to increase the value. We'll give this some more thought..

    regards!

    /Ole
    eviware.com