Comment Feature

1. User can add new comment, edit existing comment and delete comment.
2. This feature is present on development view, task view and debugger view.
3. Add, edit and delete comment feature on Development view.

3.1 Add Comment:

1. 1. Right click a step where you want to add Comment. Select 'Add Comment' menu from opened context menu.

1. 1. Insert comment text in the opened comment popup. Close the popup by mouse click outside the popup, click on cross button present at the top-right corner of popup or press escape key.

3.2 Edit Comment:

1. To edit comment, right click on the step and select 'Edit Comment' menu from context menu.

1. It will open the comment popup in edit mode with cursor positioned at the end of the comment as shown below.

3.3 Delete Comment:

1. To delete comment, right click on the step and select 'Delete Comment' menu from context menu.

1. It will ask for confirmation to delete. In below scenario, comment is Task step, so it will show below prompt.

Please Note:

1. 1. 1. 'Add Comment' and 'Edit Comment' options are toggle menu.
      2. Comment accepts maximum 1000 characters.
      3. Comment popup is resizable and movable.

• • • • To resize, drag bottom-right corner.
      • To move, click on header of comment popup.
    1. Delete functionality is initially disabled for any step.

1. Comments will get automatically saved on click of "Save" and "Save As" button on development and Task views.
2. User can add comment only on rows, not on its individual cell.
3. Step comment will be shown using red upper triangle icon as shown below.
4. Added/ edited comment text is visible only on mouseover of red icon.
5. When user select Add/Edit comment option, then Comment popup is opened at the start of that row.

1. User can select multiple steps and select comment option. Then comment will get assigned to first selected step.
2. This feature is visible across project.
3. Shortcut for Add/Edit comment is Ctrl+M. Delete has no shortcut key.
4. Row copy functionality: It copies row with comment followed by row content. This functionality is not applicable for task header and condition steps.
5. Comments get saved in testcase and task xml files.
6. If more than one user tries to access the same comment simultaneously, SVN lock will be applied.
7. User can maintain comment per TC and Task iteration on Debugger view.

e.g., User has created two TC iterations and three Task iterations as shown below.
User can add comment per TC iteration and Task Iteration. Below are few snapshots of it.
Please note for simplicity we have added TC and Task iteration number for each comment.
TC Iteration 1 and Task Iteration 1

TC Iteration 1 and Task Iteration 2




TC Iteration 2 and Task Iteration 2