press

Class: matlab.uitest.TestCase
Package: matlab.uitest

Perform press gesture on UI component

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Syntax

press(testcase,comp)
press(testcase,comp,location)
press(testcase,spn,direction)
press(testcase,fig,'SelectionType',type)
press(testcase,fig,location,'SelectionType',type)

Description

press(testcase,comp) performs a press gesture on the UI component comp.

press(testcase,comp,location) specifies the location to press within the component. You can specify the location within an Axes, UIAxes, PolarAxes, or Figure object. If you do not specify the location, MATLAB® presses at the center of comp.

press(testcase,spn,direction) specifies whether to press the 'up' or 'down' direction button in the spinner spn.

press(testcase,fig,'SelectionType',type) performs a press gesture on the UI figure fig using the mouse selection type type.

press(testcase,fig,location,'SelectionType',type) specifies the location to press within the UI figure using the given mouse selection type.

Input Arguments

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Instance of the test case, specified as a matlab.uitest.TestCase object.

Component to press during the test, specified as a UI component object that supports a press gesture. Components that support press gestures include images, buttons, check boxes, switches, menus, axes, and figures.

Supported ComponentTypical Creation Function
Axesaxes
Buttonuibutton
Check Boxuicheckbox
Imageuiimage
Menuuimenu
Polar Axespolaraxes
Push Tooluipushtool
Radio Buttonuiradiobutton
State Buttonuibutton
Switch (Rocker, Slider, Toggle)uiswitch
Toggle Buttonuitogglebutton
Toggle Tooluitoggletool
UI Axesuiaxes
UI Figureuifigure

Location to press, specified as the coordinates of the point:

  • Axes and UI Axes — A 1-by-2 or 1-by-3 numeric array containing x-, y-, and optionally z-coordinates.

  • Polar Axes — A 1-by-2 numeric array containing θ- and r-coordinates.

  • UI Figure — A 1-by-2 numeric array containing x- and y-coordinates. Specify the coordinates of the point to press measured in pixels from the lower-left corner of the UI figure.

Example: [32.5 13 0.25] (UI axes)

Example: [pi/2 0.5] (Polar axes)

Example: [100 200] (UI figure)

Spinner component to press during the test, specified as a matlab.ui.control.Spinner object. Spinner components are typically created with the uispinner function.

Direction of change for the spinner, specified as 'up' or 'down'. To increment the value of the spinner, use 'up'. To decrement the value, use 'down'.

Data Types: char | string

UI figure component to press during the test using a given mouse selection type, specified as a matlab.ui.Figure object. UI figure components are created with the uifigure function.

Mouse selection type, specified as 'normal', 'extend', 'alt', or 'open'. This input provides information about how the mouse button is pressed in the UI figure. For more information, see UI Figure Properties.

This table lists the possible selection type values and the actions that produce these values.

Value

Corresponding Action

'normal'

Click the left mouse button.

'extend'

Any of the following:

  • Shift-click the left mouse button.

  • Click the middle mouse button.

  • Click both left and right mouse buttons.

'alt'

Either of the following:

  • Control-click the left mouse button.

  • Click the right mouse button.

'open'

Double-click any mouse button.

Data Types: char | string

Examples

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Create a slider switch.

s = uiswitch('slider');

A figure with a slider switch in the 'Off' state

Create an interactive test case and press the switch. A blue dot representing the programmatic push gesture appears and then disappears at the center of the switch. The switch moves from 'Off' to 'On'.

tc = matlab.uitest.TestCase.forInteractiveUse;
tc.press(s);

A figure with a slider switch in the 'On' state

Create UI axes and an interactive test case instance.

ax = uiaxes;
tc = matlab.uitest.TestCase.forInteractiveUse;

Press the center of the axes. A blue dot representing the programmatic push gesture appears and then disappears at the center of the axes.

tc.press(ax)

Press the axes at the coordinates (0.85, 0.2). A blue dot representing the programmatic push gesture appears and then disappears at the specified axes coordinates.

tc.press(ax,[0.85 0.2])

Create a state button.

b = uibutton('state');

Create an interactive test case and verify that the value of the state button is false.

tc = matlab.uitest.TestCase.forInteractiveUse;
tc.verifyFalse(b.Value)
Verification passed.

Press the button and verify the state changes to true. A blue dot representing the programmatic push gesture appears and then disappears on the button.

tc.press(b)
tc.verifyTrue(b.Value)
Verification passed.

Create a spinner with an initial value of 42.

s = uispinner('Value',42);
initVal = s.Value;

Create an interactive test case and increment the spinner. Verify that the new value of the spinner is the initial value plus the spinner step value.

tc = matlab.uitest.TestCase.forInteractiveUse;
tc.press(s,'up')
tc.verifyEqual(s.Value,initVal+s.Step)
Verification passed.

Decrement the value of the spinner and verify that the value of the spinner is equal to the initial value again.

tc.press(s,'down')
tc.verifyEqual(s.Value,initVal)

Verification passed.

Create a UI figure and an interactive test case instance.

f = uifigure;
tc = matlab.uitest.TestCase.forInteractiveUse;

Test a right-click at the center of the UI figure. A blue dot representing the programmatic push gesture appears and then disappears at the center of the figure.

tc.press(f,'SelectionType','alt')

Test a double-click on the UI figure at the coordinates (100, 200). A blue dot representing the programmatic push gesture appears and then disappears at the specified location.

tc.press(f,[100 200],'SelectionType','open')

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