Introduction
Katalon is a quality management platform. It has features for testing, planning, and managing software. It has a rich set of features to allow test automation. This includes scaling, managing, and collaboration.
The entire test cycle can be performed in Katalon Studio.
In this article, we will go through managing and importing Preferences in Katalon Studio.
Preferences in Katalon Studio
Every person tends to use any software in their own way. Katalon allows us to customize our Katalon experience. Each person can set their Preferences according to their needs and wants. By setting preferences, we change the behavior of Katalon across all projects.
We can configure basic preferences, as well as integrations with different softwares. We can also import preferences from another installation of Katalon.
Basic Preferences
Basic preferences are the preferences associated with the Katalon software itself. We can configure how Katalon Studio runs, how it behaves, and what information is shown to us.
To configure the basic behaviors of Katalon:
1. Go to Window -> Katalon Studio Preferences. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows, or Command + , on Mac.
2. Click on Katalon.
You should see this Window. Let's see what all these options are.
On next starting application - This configures what happens when Katalon is opened the next time (i.e, after closing it and opening it again). We can choose between 2 options:
- Restore Previous Session.
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Start a new session.
Show Help at Startup - This configures if the Help menu is shown on Katalon start.
Automatically check for new version - If set to true, Katalon will automatically keep checking for newer versions and inform you about them. If false, you will have to do this manually.
Allow Usage Tracking - If this is on, Katalon will track the way you use it using log files and other metrics. This data will be sent to Katalon and used to improve their product.
Receive dynamic content notifications - These are the notifications that the Katalon team sends you. We can turn these off if we wish to.
Show Start Page contents - By default, Katalon shows content on the start page. These are generally about best practices, new features, etc. We can turn these off if we wish.
Other Katalon Preferences
Katalon allows us to configure other preferences as well. Katalon has many features such as Git, Object Spy, Plugins, etc. We can set custom preferences for all these features as well.
Git
Git support is enabled by default. We can disable it in Preferences. We can also change the connection timeout value.
With these seconds, Katalon will consider a Git connection to have timed out if the server doesn't respond even after 30 seconds.
Object Spy
When running automated tests, we need to interact with various objects on a web page. These can be text boxes, images, buttons, etc. In order to interact with them, we need to locate them first. Object Spy is a tool in Katalon that allows us to locate the objects and add them to Katalon's Object Repository. From there, we can interact with them.
We can configure some settings of Object Spy in Preferences.
The Pin setting configures whether we can see the Object Spy window while we are using Object Spy in our browser.
The hotkey configures which key combination is used to add the element to the Object Repository. The default is Alt + ` . So, we can activate Object Spy - hover over an element in Chrome/Firefox, and press Alt + `. This will add it to our Object Repository.
Plugins
We can configure the directory in which our plugins are installed and stored. This also helps us if we are reinstalling Katalon and already have many plugins installed. We can just change the plugin directory, and Katalon will use the plugins in that folder.
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