Xamarin.Forms Editor Properties

Applies to TestComplete 15.62, last modified on March 19, 2024

When testing Xamarin.Forms Editor controls, you can use specific properties of the corresponding test object, as well as properties that TestComplete applies to all test and onscreen objects. You can see these properties below. They are organized into the Standard, Extended and .NET categories. For more information about this, see Categories of Object Methods and Properties.

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Standard

This category includes properties that TestComplete applies to all test objects.

Name Description
_NewEnum Returns an enumerator for the collection of children that belong to the object.
ChildCount Returns the number of child objects of the given object.
Enabled Specifies whether an object can accept user input or not.
Exists Tells you whether an object exists in the system.
FullName Specifies the full name that uniquely identifies the object in TestComplete.
Height Specifies the height of the object in pixels.
Id Returns the object’s identifier.
Left Specifies the horizontal position of the object’s left edge relative its parent window.
MappedName Returns the custom name that is mapped to the original object name and is used to address the object in scripts.
Name Returns the object name.
NativeXFObject Provides access to native methods and properties of Xamarin.Forms objects.
Parent Returns the parent object of the given object.
ScreenLeft Specifies the horizontal position of the object’s left edge in screen coordinates.
ScreenTop Specifies the vertical position of the object’s top edge in screen coordinates.
Top Specifies the vertical position of the object’s top edge relative to the object’s parent window.
Visible Specifies whether the object is visible to users.
VisibleOnScreen Specifies whether any part of the object is currently visible on screen.
Width Specifies the width of the object in pixels.
Extended

This category includes properties that extend test functionality for the Xamarin.Forms Editor objects.

Name Description
wSelection Returns the text selected in the control.
wSelectionEnd Returns the index of the last selected character in the text.
wSelectionStart Returns the index of the first selected character in the text.
wText Specifies the text displayed in the control.
XFControlIndex Returns the object's index among other objects with the same name.
XFControlName Returns the control’s name.
XFControlText Returns the text displayed by the control.
<Name Mapping>

These properties are available only if the test object has been mapped (see Name Mapping). You can use them in your tests, but they are not displayed in the Object Browser panel.

Name Description
NamedChild Returns a child object stored in the Name Mapping repository (by its index).
NamedChildCount Returns the number of child objects of an object stored in the Name Mapping repository.
NodeDescription Returns the description of an object stored in the Name Mapping repository.
Other Categories

TestComplete provides access to methods and properties of your tested Xamarin.Forms applications’ objects. You can view these properties and methods in the .NET category. The TestComplete help file does not include a description of these methods and properties. For more information on them, please see the documentation on the development tool and libraries that were used to create your Xamarin.Forms application.

See Also

Xamarin.Forms Editor Support
Testing Xamarin.Forms Applications (Legacy)

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