Unit Test Sessions window
dotCover runs unit tests in the Unit Test Sessions window. The window appears automatically when you run tests from the current document or from the project or solution. For more information, see Using Unit Test Sessions.
The window is designed to help you run any number of unit test sessions, simultaneously and independently of each other. Sessions can be composed of any combination of tests. In the debugging mode, only one session can be run at a time.
The unit test tree shows the structure of tests belonging to a session, which you can filter to show only passed, failed or ignored unit tests. You can navigate to the code of any unit test by double-clicking it.
Status Bar and Progress Bar
The progress bar and the status bar under the toolbar display the current progress. On the status bar, you can see the total number of tests in the session as well as number of tests in different states. By default, tests in all states are shown, but you can change it by clicking on the corresponding icons. You can also Ctrl-click several icons to display tests in several different states.
Control | Name | Description |
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Show All Tests | Show successful, failed, and ignored tests. | |
Show Only Passed Tests | Only show successful tests and hide all other tests. | |
Show Only Failed Tests | Only show failed tests and hide all other tests. | |
Show Only Ignored Tests | Only show ignored tests and hide all other tests. A test is ignored if it has the corresponding attribute, or if the whole category where it belongs is ignored. | |
Show Only Unknown Tests | Only show tests that either were not executed or have changed since the last execution. | |
Execution log |
Lets you see either the number of test execution errors
(related to the execution process, not tests themselves) or shows
OK if there are no errors.
You can click this icon to show or hide the execution log. . |
Window tabs
When you open new unit test sessions in the window, they are displayed in new tabs, which show up on the left. The previously open tabs move to the right if the with of the window allows, otherwise they unload themselves saving memory - but you can always restore them by clicking the arrow that appears to the right of the tabs and choosing the desired tab:
To prevent a tab from unloading, click the pin icon next to the tab title.
Toolbar Controls
Control | Name | Description |
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Repeat Previous Run Ctrl+T T | Repeats the previous test run. | |
Run All Tests |
Runs all tests in the current session. | |
Profile All Tests | By clicking this button, you can profile all tests. This button appears if JetBrains dotTrace is integrated with Visual Studio. | |
Cover All Tests Ctrl+T I | By clicking this button, you can run coverage analysis for all unit tests in the test session. | |
Run Unit Tests Ctrl+T R | Runs selected tests. To select multiple texts, use the Ctrl key. | |
Debug Unit Tests Ctrl+T D | Debugs selected tests in the current session. | |
Profile Unit Tests | This button appears if JetBrains dotTrace is integrated with Visual Studio. By clicking this button, you can profile selected tests. | |
Cover Unit Tests Ctrl+T H | By clicking this button, you can perform code coverage on the selected tests. | |
Stop Execution | Stops the current test session. | |
Track Running Test | If this button is on, the selection in the list of tests is switched automatically to the test that is currently executing. | |
Auto Scroll Output When Running Test | This button enables the output pane to scroll when the test is running so that the end of the output is always visible. | |
Remove Selected Tests Delete | Removes selected tests from the current session. | |
Expand All/ Collapse All | Expands/collapses all nodes in the current tab. | |
Previous/ Next Shift+F8/F8 | Navigate to the previous/next item and scrolls through the source code accordingly. | |
Show Output Ctrl+P |
This selector allows you to open the Output and the Coverage panes and place them to the bottom or to the right of the window. The Output pane lets you analyze test results and navigate from a failed test's output to the code lines that originated the assertion or exception, all with a single click. The Coverage pane displays the code coverage tree or the hot spots view and provides the same controls and functions as Coverage Results Browser window, plus the Show coverage for selected tests button that allows viewing total coverage of particular unit test item. | |
Export | Click this button to export the data currently displayed in the window in text format, or use the drop-down selector to export the data in XML or HTML format. The Export Data dialog that appears, will help you to save the data to a file or copy it to the clipboard. | |
Options |
You can configure this set of preferences individually for each test session.
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Show Stack Trace in a new Window Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E | Opens the output of the currently selected test in a new tab of the Stack Trace Explorer window. | |
Reference dotMemory Unit Framework |
Installs the
dotMemory Unit Testing Framework NuGet package and references it in the unit test project where the selected test belongs.
This button appears if JetBrains dotMemory is integrated with Visual Studio. |