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<p>Qt Test features some mechanisms to test graphical user interfaces. Instead of simulating native window system events, Qt Test sends internal Qt events. That means there are no side-effects on the machine the tests are running on.</p>
<p>In this chapter we will see how to write a simple GUI test.</p>
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<p>This time, let's assume you want to test the behavior of our <a href="../qtwidgets/qlineedit.html">QLineEdit</a> class. As before, you will need a class that contains your test function:</p>
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<span class="preprocessor">#include <QtWidgets></span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include <QtTest/QtTest></span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> TestGui: <span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="../qtcore/qobject.html">QObject</a></span>
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<p>The only difference is that you need to include the Qt GUI class definitions in addition to the <a href="qtest.html">QTest</a> namespace.</p>
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<p>In the implementation of the test function we first create a <a href="../qtwidgets/qlineedit.html">QLineEdit</a>. Then we simulate writing "hello world" in the line edit using the <a href="qtest.html#keyClicks">QTest::keyClicks</a>() function.</p>
<p><b>Note: </b>The widget must also be shown in order to correctly test keyboard shortcuts.</p><p><a href="qtest.html#keyClicks">QTest::keyClicks</a>() simulates clicking a sequence of keys on a widget. Optionally, a keyboard modifier can be specified as well as a delay (in milliseconds) of the test after each key click. In a similar way, you can use the <a href="qtest.html#keyClick">QTest::keyClick</a>(), <a href="qtest.html#keyPress">QTest::keyPress</a>(), <a href="qtest.html#keyRelease">QTest::keyRelease</a>(), <a href="qtest.html#mouseClick">QTest::mouseClick</a>(), <a href="qtest.html#mouseDClick">QTest::mouseDClick</a>(), <a href="qtest.html#mouseMove">QTest::mouseMove</a>(), <a href="qtest.html#mousePress">QTest::mousePress</a>() and <a href="qtest.html#mouseRelease">QTest::mouseRelease</a>() functions to simulate the associated GUI events.</p>
<p>Finally, we use the <a href="qtest.html#QCOMPARE">QCOMPARE</a>() macro to check if the line edit's text is as expected.</p>
<p>As before, to make our test case a stand-alone executable, the following two lines are needed:</p>
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<p>The <a href="qtest.html#QTEST_MAIN">QTEST_MAIN</a>() macro expands to a simple main() method that runs all the test functions, and since both the declaration and the implementation of our test class are in a .cpp file, we also need to include the generated moc file to make Qt's introspection work.</p>
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