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Test Case Description for local file in current browser

Purpose

Test opening local files (both HTML and plain text) in the current Navigator window. Includes tests to dismiss dialog.

Initial Conditions

  1. Copy boring.html and dull.txt into a folder on your machine (eg, your desktop).
  2. Then bring up the Open Web Location dialog in the browser.
UI test #1
Steps/Description
  1. Click the Choose File... button.
  2. In the resulting file picker dialog, navigate and select the boring.html file.
  3. Click Open in the file picker to dismiss it.
  4. Select Current Navigator window from the droplist, if it isn't already displayed there.
  5. Click the Open button (or hit Enter).
Expected Results
  1. After step #3, the full path and filename should be displayed in the textfield of the Open Web Location dialog.
  2. After the last step, the Open Web Location dialog should be dismissed, and boring.html displayed in the current browser window.
Dismissal #1
Steps/Description
  1. Click the Choose File... button.
  2. In the resulting file picker dialog, navigate and select the boring.html file.
  3. Click Open in the file picker to dismiss it.
  4. Select Current Navigator window from the droplist, if it isn't already displayed there.
  5. Click the Cancel button (or hit Esc).
Expected Results The dialog should go away and the page in the current browser window remain unchanged.
UI test #2
Steps/Description
  1. Click the Choose File... button.
  2. In the resulting file picker dialog, navigate and select the dull.txt file.
  3. Click Open in the file picker to dismiss it.
  4. Select Current Navigator window from the droplist, if it isn't already displayed there.
  5. Click the Open button (or hit Enter).
Expected Results
  1. After step #3, the full path and filename should be displayed in the textfield of the Open Web Location dialog.
  2. After the last step, the Open Web Location dialog should be dismissed, and dull.txt displayed in the current browser window.
Dismissal #2
Steps/Description
  1. Click the Choose File... button.
  2. In the resulting file picker dialog, navigate and select the dull.txt file.
  3. Click Open in the file picker to dismiss it.
  4. Select Current Navigator window from the droplist, if it isn't already displayed there.
  5. Click the Cancel button (or hit Esc).
Expected Results The dialog should go away and the page in the current browser window remain unchanged.