In this post we are going to discuss test cases for online text editor. There are plenty of online text editor. And some of them are now even being used as an IDE. However we are going to limit our discussion to the online text editor. Here you may write the code in text format and able to save the file in specific extension. And at the end of the coding, you can download the file. So let’s take a look at the test scenario and some of the test cases for the online text editor.
Test Scenario for Online Editor
Online text editors are designed to replace the desktop dependency for text editing. Here you get all the features necessary for editing the text. You can use different fonts. You can format the text with different options such as italicize, justify the alignment and do many other text processing. All of these settings can be preserved depending on the exported format from the text editor. So we are going to test the online text editor with following test cases in mind. If you have any specific text editors test cases then feel free to let me know in the comments.
Let’s take a look at the text editor offered by writeurl’s online editor.
Now that you know the text editor in question. Let’s discuss test cases for online editor.
Test Cases for Online Text Editor
Format Options
Check if the text can be bolded with the short key CTRL+B.
Check if the text can be bolded with the bold icon press action.
Check if the text can be italicize with the short key CTRL+I.
Check if the text can be bolded with the Italic icon press action.
Check if the text can be underlined with shortkey CTRL+U.
Check if the text can be underlined with underline icon press.
Check if the text can be strikethrough wtih the strike icon press.
Check if the text can be unbolded through unbold icon press.
Check if the text can be superscripted with icon press.
Check if the text can be subscripted with icon press.
Check if the text can be increased indentation with icon press.
Check if the text can be decreased indentation with icon press.
Check if the text can be left aligned.
Check if the text can be right aligned.
Check if the text can be center aligned.
Check if the text can be justify aligned.
Check if the line spacing of the text can be adjusted from the drop down menu.
Check if the line spacing values are correct.
Check if the text format can be undo.
Check if the text format can be redo.
Check if the undo button works.
Check if the redo button works.
Media Options
Check if the links can be added with link icon press.
Check if the links can be broken with the link break icon press.
Check if the image can be added with image icon press.
Check if the image can be edited with the image edit icon press.
Font Options
Check if the text headlines can be changed with h1, h2, h3 tags.
Check if the text headlines are as per the tag specifications.
Check if the text fonts can be changed.
Check if the font size can be changed.
Check if the fonts are preserved after the file export.
Check if the special character can be added into the content.
Check if the list element can be added.
Check if the list element are properly exported.
File Options
Check if the text is autosaved by the editor.
Check if the text can be exported to the format of your choice on desktop.
Check if the file can be shared on social media.
Check if the file can be uploaded to cloud accounts.
Check if the closure of tab prompts the file save option.
These are some of the generic level of the test cases that you can check for the online editor. This can be used with both online and offline text editors and IDE. And you can manage to add and remove more test scenarios depending on the available set of features. You may also find test cases for notepad handy if you’re trying to test similar type of applications. Feel free to let me know about the test scenarios and the test cases for editor in this case.