Creating Step Definition
Overview
If a .feature
file refers to a non-existent step, PyCharm's code inspection recognizes and highlights such step, and provides an intention action that helps create missing step definition.
Creating step definition
To create a missing step definition
While editing the
.feature
file, type a reference to a step definition. PyCharm highlights step as undefined, and gives detailed information at the tooltip:Press Alt+Enter to show the Create Step Definition intention action:
- Select the target step definition file from the pop-up list:
You can either select one of the existing step definition files from the suggestion list, or create a new one.
PyCharm creates a step definition stub in the specified location.
In the selected step definition file that opens in the editor, enter the desired code.
Tips and tricks
While typing, use code completion Ctrl+Space after keywords. Note that you can narrow down the suggestion list by typing characters contained anywhere within a description. On top of the suggestion list there will be the variants that contain specified characters as prefixes, followed by the variants with the arbitrary occurrences of characters:
You can find usages of a step definition. To do that, place the caret at the desired definition, and press Alt+F7. Refer to the section Finding Usages in Project for details.
PyCharm keeps an eye on the uniqueness of the step definitions. Step definitions with the same names are highlighted.