Glossary
Glossary
- comparison engine
VisualTest allows you to compare screenshots using two engines:
AI Model (detecting the changes using AI)
DOM Model (Document Object Model)
- comparison mode
VisualTest allows you to compare screenshots in two modes:
Detailed (showing both content and design differences)
Layout (ignoring content diffs, showing only structural, web layout changes)
- detailed mode
One of the two comparison modes. It shows both content and design differences:
Text
Font
Color
CSS elements
- element
One of the three screenshot formats. It captures a specific visual element.
- fullpage
One of the three screenshot formats. It captures the whole page.
- layout mode
One of the two comparison modes. It shows only structural, web layout changes.
Layout mode is available in three sensitivities:
Low - only large elements (medium and small element shifts are ignored).
Medium - medium and large elements (small element shifts are ignored).
High - small, medium and large elements (most granular).
- project token
Your project token is an identifier created and used by VisualTest to associate a test run with a specific project.
The SDKs specify where to insert your project token into the scripts.
To locate your project token, go to the Project Settings page in the UI.
- screenshot
VisualTest captures and compares snapshots of the app under test. These snapshots are called 'screenshots'.
There are three formats of screenshots, fullpage, viewport and element.
- viewport
One of the three screenshot formats. It captures the visible portion of the page.