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Continuous Testing Session window

ReSharper | Windows | Continuous Testing Session
ReSharper | Unit Tests | Show Continuous Testing Session
ReSharper_ShowSession

This window lets you control continuous testing.

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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.

ControlNameDescription
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingInScope.Screen.[Gray].png /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingOutOfScope.Screen.[Gray].png Show In Scope / Out of Scope Tests

These two icons work together as a switch to display either tests that are in or out of scope of continuous testing.

You can use other status bar icons to apply additional filtering. To clear filtering and display all in scope / out of scope tests, deselect all other icons.

/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.Success.Screen.[Gray].png Show Only Passed Tests Only show successful tests and hide all other tests.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.StatusFailedPassive.Screen.[Gray].png Show Only Failed Tests Only show failed tests and hide all other tests.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.Ignore.Screen.[Gray].png 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.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingDirtyTest.Screen.[Gray].png Show Only Unknown Tests Only show dirty tests.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.SessionLog.Screen.[Gray].png 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.

Toolbar Controls

ControlNameDescription
Mode

This selector lets you choose continuous testing mode.

/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingRunDirtyTests.Screen.[Gray].png Run Dirty Tests

Runs dirty tests.

/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.RunAll.Screen.[Gray].png Run All Shown Tests

Runs all tests that are currently displayed in the window.

/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.RunTest.Screen.[Gray].png Run Unit Tests Ctrl+T R Runs selected tests. To select multiple texts, use the Ctrl key.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.StopTest.Screen.[Gray].png Stop Execution Stops the current test session.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingExcludeFromScope.Screen.[Gray].png /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingIncludeInScope.Screen.[Gray].png Exclude from /Include to Scope These buttons allow excluding selected items from scope of continuous testing (when in-scope tests /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingInScope.Screen.[Gray].png are shown) or include tests back into scope (when out-of-scope tests /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingOutOfScope.Screen.[Gray].png are shown).
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationVsResourcesContinuousTestingTrash.Screen.[Gray].png Drop Results Removes test execution results, i.e. makes all tests dirty.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.TrackRun.Screen.[Gray].png 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.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.ScrollToBottom.Screen.[Gray].png 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.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.Time.Screen.[Gray].png Show Time Allows you to show or hide execution time for each item in the test session.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.ExpandAll.Screen.[Gray].png /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.CollapseAll.Screen.[Gray].png Expand All/ Collapse All Expands/collapses all nodes in the current tab.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.Up.Screen.[Gray].png /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.Down.Screen.[Gray].png Previous/ Next Shift+F8/F8 Navigate to the previous/next item and scrolls through the source code accordingly.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.PreviewToggle.Screen.[Gray].png 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 /help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.JetBrainsDotCoverPresentationResourcesCoverageTreeToolBarSelectedTest.Screen.[Gray].png button that allows viewing total coverage of particular unit test item.

/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.Export.Screen.[Gray].png 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.
/help/img/dotnet/2017.1/ThemedIcon.StackTraceExplorerToolWindow.Screen.[Gray].png 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.
Last modified: 24 August 2017