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nastester
Regular Contributor
4 years ago

Running tests on laptop screen vs monitor screen

Hello! My team has a TestComplete project, for testing a web application, mostly comprised of keyword tests but also some scripts.  We have found that some tests are failing when ran on a laptop sc...
Keyword Tests
Object Recognition
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    nastester
    4 years ago

    In this case, it makes no sense that the object was zero as it is visible on both the laptop screen and monitor screen. 

    What I found is that by default, when you keyword record a Click event, a coordinate pair is given to the action (not sure if this is a setting that can be disabled or not).  Changing the coordinates to the default value of  (-1, -1) or using a script click without coordinates like obj.Click(); the item is able to be clicked on both screen resolutions 

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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
4 years ago

Hi,

 

What error is posted to test log?

How problematic object is identified when the tested application is displayed on both laptop and desktop monitors?

 

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    nastester
    Regular Contributor
    4 years ago

    Hi Alex,

     So for one of the tests, an icon is clicked to open a modal. On a laptop screen, the "click" is performed but it's not on the object, so nothing is opened and the next test step fails:

      The window size is (0, 0); the screen rectangle: the left top corner is (72, 154), the right bottom corner is (72, 154).
     
    Is there a way I can have the test be purely object based instead of positioning? Because of course that would vary on different screen sizes.
     
    thanks for your help 
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      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      4 years ago

      Hi,

       

      > The window size is (0, 0)

      This means that the sought for object (UI element) was found but its size is zero. Obviously, zero-sized UI element cannot be clicked.

      The reason why element size is zero depends on your tested application and how developers manipulate with UI (depending on screen size/resolution).

       

      >  test be purely object based instead of positioning?

      No coordinate-dependent positioning occurred in this case, but just the target UI element is of zero size and thus cannot be clicked.

       

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        nastester
        Regular Contributor
        4 years ago

        In this case, it makes no sense that the object was zero as it is visible on both the laptop screen and monitor screen. 

        What I found is that by default, when you keyword record a Click event, a coordinate pair is given to the action (not sure if this is a setting that can be disabled or not).  Changing the coordinates to the default value of  (-1, -1) or using a script click without coordinates like obj.Click(); the item is able to be clicked on both screen resolutions