Table of contents
1.
Introduction
2.
Configure Key Binding in Katalon Studio
3.
Key Binding Scheme in Katalon Studio
4.
Method to Configure Key Binding Scheme
5.
Exporting the Key Binding Scheme
6.
Frequently Asked Questions
6.1.
Which framework is used in Katalon Studio?
6.2.
What is XPath in Katalon?
6.3.
What are keywords in Katalon?
7.
Conclusion
Last Updated: Mar 27, 2024
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Configure Key Bindings in Katalon Studio

Author Ayush Mishra
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Introduction

Katalon Studio is an extensive toolkit for web and mobile app automation testing. This tool has a large collection of powerful features that help resolve typical web UI test automation challenges, like pop-up, iFrame, and wait time.

In this blog, we will discuss configuring key bindings in detail in Katalon Studio. Let's start going!

Configure Key Bindings in Katalon Studio

Configure Key Binding in Katalon Studio

Key binding, also known as a keyboard shortcut, is a key that will carry out a user-defined command when pressed. They are independent groups that contain keyboard shortcuts. The user selects a key configuration to simulate the shortcut keys of the preferred IDE.

Various key binding schemes with built-in keyboard shortcuts are available in Katalon Studio. In order to improve your workflow, you can choose a scheme and modify the shortcuts.

Key Binding Scheme in Katalon Studio

The scheme supported by Katalon Studio is:-

⭐ Default: It is a default key binding for the Katalon Studio.

⭐ Emacs: It is a key binding scheme that makes use of keyboard shortcuts for the Emacs editor.

Method to Configure Key Binding Scheme

Follows these steps to configure a key binding scheme:

⭐ Open Katalon Studio. Go to Window > Katalon Studio Preferences > General > Keys from the main menu.

The Keys dialogue shows information about a scheme's keyboard shortcuts and commands, as shown in the image below.

Configure Key Binding

 

⭐ Click the Scheme dropdown button and choose a scheme to select a key binding scheme.

Configure Key Binding

⭐ Select the command, then enter the information in the section below, as shown in the image, to change the key binding for that command.

Configure Key Binding

⭐ To save and implement the configuration, click the Apply button.

Exporting the Key Binding Scheme

Exporting the Keu Binding Scheme

A key binding scheme can be exported from Katalon Studio as an external file, such as a CSV file, for easier viewing.

Click the Export CSV button in the Keys dialogue to export a scheme. After that, a CSV file containing the chosen key binding scheme is exported.

Exporting Key Binding scheme

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Which framework is used in Katalon Studio?

Groovy, a programming language built on top of Java, is used by Katalon Studio, which must load a large number of libraries to parse test data, test objects, and log entries.

What is XPath in Katalon?

One of the HTML selectors used in test automation is XPath. Essentially, it is a path derived from some web element  (relative XPath) or the top tag (body) of an HTML page (absolute XPath).

What are keywords in Katalon?

In addition to the built-in keywords, users of Katalon can set more keywords to increase the functionality of Katalon Studio. Once created, custom keywords can be used in test cases just like other inbuilt keywords. This feature provides the ability to expand keywords and reuse them across projects.

Conclusion

Congratulations on finishing the blog! We have discussed Configure Key Bindings in Katalon Studio. We looked further at configuring key binding and exporting the key binding scheme in Katalon Studio.

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