Description

The TouchTab action simulates touching the caption of the tabbed page.

Declaration

TestObj.TouchTab(Item)

TestObj	A variable, parameter or expression that specifies a reference to one of the objects listed in the Applies To section
Item	[in]	Required	Variant
Result	None

Applies To

The method is applied to the following objects:

Android TabHost, iOS TabBar

View Mode

This method is available in the Object Browser panel and in other panels and dialogs in both Basic and Advanced view modes.

Parameters

The method has the following parameter:

Item

Specifies the desired item. You can enter the item’s index (from 0) or its caption. The caption can contain asterisk (*) or question mark (?) wildcards or regular expressions. The asterisk (*) corresponds to a string of any length (including an empty string), the question mark corresponds to any single character (including none). To specify more complicated parts of a caption, use regular expressions.

The caption can be case-sensitive or case-insensitive depending on the value of the Use case-sensitive parameters project setting.

Result Value

None.

Remarks

If the specified page is not found, TouchTab fails and posts an error message to the test log.

Example

To view an example that demonstrates how to use the TouchTab method in Android applications, see Selecting Tab Pages. For an example that demonstrates how to use the method in iOS applications, see Selecting Tab Bar Items.

TouchTab Method (Mobile Controls)