This topic explains how to reorder tests as well as to how reuse tests and other test assets with copy/cut and paste.

Related Resources

To learn more about test reuse strategies, see the following topics:

Tutorial: Creating Reusable (Modular) Test Suites
Best Practices Guide: Use Existing Tools for Repeated Tool Configurations or Tests and Use Test Suite References

Drag and Drop

You can drag and drop tests to reorder them.

If you switch to the Navigator view, you can copy/paste and drag/drop between your projects and the external file explorer of the OS.

Cut/Copy and Paste

You might want to cut/copy and paste tests in the following situations:

You want to create new tests that are very similar to existing tests.
You want to change the order of test execution (tests are executed in the order in which they are listed in the Test Case Explorer).
You want to copy tests or test suites from one project to another.

Copy/Cut

To copy or cut a test or test suite, right-click the Test node or Test Suite node that represents the test or test suite that you want to cut/copy and choose Cut or Copy.

Paste

To paste a test or test suite at the end of a test suite, right-click the Test Suite node and choose Paste.

To paste a test or test suite in a specific position in a test suite, right-click the Test node above which you want the test case or test suite pasted and choose Paste.

Copying/Pasting Other Test Assets

You can also copy/paste other test assets, such as chained tools, data sources, transport settings, and so on, as needed.