The Selenic IDE plug-in adds a Parasoft settings panel and other interfaces to help you leverage Selenic functionality. The core Selenic functionality is available for the supported IDEs, but the implementation differs as a results of the fundamental differences between the IDEs. In this section:
Eclipse Plug-in
The Selenic plug-in for Eclipse includes the following interfaces:
Selenic Perspective
The Selenic perspective changes IDE menus and views to provide easier access to Selenic functionality. Switch the Eclipse perspective to the Selenic Perspective after installing the Selenic IDE plug-in.
- Choose Window> Perspective> Open Perspective> Other... from the Eclipse menu.
- Choose Parasoft Selenic and click Open.
After you open the Selenic perspective for the first time, you can switch to it quickly by clicking the icon in the perspectives group.
Selenic Toolbar
The Selenic toolbar provides quick access to Selenic functionality.
Selenium Project and Test Wizards
When using the Selenic perspective, the new item button includes direct links to the Selenium Java Project from Recording and Create Selenium Test from Recording wizards. See Usage for additional information.
You can select the src package directory to enable the Create Selenium Test from Recording button.
Support and Feedback
The tool bar contains links to the Parasoft forum and a feedback form.
Selenic Run Configuration Launcher
Select a test, package, or project and click the Selenic run configuration launch button to quickly create a Selenic run configuration with default settings (also see Creating a Run Configuration with Default Settings).
The button also has a drop-down menu that also opens the Selenic run configurations screen (also see Manually Creating Run Configurations).
IntelliJ Plug-in
The Selenic plug-in for IntelliJ includes the following interfaces:
Selenic Toolbar
The Selenic toolbar provides quick access to Selenic functionality.
Run Configuration Launcher
Choose a run configuration and click the run configuration launcher to quickly execute your tests with Selenic.
Creating Selenium Tests from Recording
Choose the test source folder in your project and click the Create Selenium Test from Recording button to quickly create a Selenium test from a recorded actions file. Recorded actions files are created with Parasoft Recorder (see the Parasoft Recorder documentation). The src/test/java directory is commonly defined as the test sources folder, but Selenic will detect the test sources folder if you configured IntelliJ different to use a different folder.
Support and Feedback
The tool bar contains links to the Parasoft forum and a feedback form.
Test Creation Wizard
Choose File> New...> Project from the IntelliJ menu to access the Selenium Java from Recording wizard. See Adding Tests to an Existing Project from Recorded Actions for details on using this wizard.
Selenic Recommendations View
Run a test to populate the Selenic Recommendations, which shows the element locators Selenic identified and recommendations for updating them. See Viewing Recommendations in Eclipse for details on how to use the Selenic Recommendations view.
If you have access to the recommendations file, you can click the Import Recommendations link and load the recommendations without executing the test. In an automated test execution workflow, for example, you would need to import the recommendations from the test server. You can also specify the file's URL so that you can import a remote file hosted on a build server if Selenic is running through a remote build system. See Command Line for command line usage.
