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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Make RFT recognize a file dialog using simplified script and Edge in both recording/playback

[Environment]RFT 10.2.1(RFT perspective and simplified script) + Chronium Edge [Description]We migrated to RFT 10.1.2 to verify Edge because IE will EOS in June 2022.A file dialog which is recognized in IE is not recognized in recording/playback o...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

map Diagram object inside Diagram View by serialization

We use in our Java Fat Client (based on Swing) the Mindfusion library for representing graphical represenatation of radio network components. However the RFT does not support to work on these objects: On Cell/Repeater mask we can able to map only ...
12 months ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

Make RFT recognize two submit buttons with the same name on Edge

[Environments]RFT 10.2.1(RFT perspective and simplified script) + Chronium Edge [Description]We migrated to RFT 10.1.2 to verify Edge because IE will EOS in June 2022.Following exception occurs in web application page which has two submit buttons ...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Functionality already exists

RFT supports for Microsoft Edge with IE mode

Now, we are using Microsoft Edge but web application designed for IE is still remaining. Therefore, we request RFT supports Edge with IE mode.
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Planned for future release

RFT version 10.2.2 does not support the pdf document open with edge browser ( Reading pdf content, save pdf files, pdf content verification point)

RFT version 10.2.2 does not support the pdf document open with edge browser ( Reading pdf content, save pdf files, pdf content verification point) - Whenever RFT is dealing with pdf , RFT hungs - RFT never works for pdf file with IE and Edge - We...
about 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Not under consideration

Verification point comparator should be opened from "View Results" of test log in Edge as the same as IE

IE11 goes out of support on 15th June 2022 so we are thinking to use Edge instead but in Edge, verification point comparator doesn't open from "View Results" in the HTML and XML test log like IE. We request that verification point comparator is op...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Functionality already exists

feature to differentiate each image VP captured on a control by setting different name

Image verification points created on the same page have the same display(control) name in a simplified script and it makes difficult to differentiate each VP. If a user tries to change the control name of one VP to something (for example "A"), ...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration

Support drop down list in recording of Edge(Chrome)

When record selecting an item in drop down list, following coment is added in a script and you need to add java snippet in the script. // Ignoring the dropdown click, manually add statement for selecting item, use click(atText"item name"); We hope...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Create option to open browser in incognito mode using startBrowser

Create option to open browser in incognito mode using startBrowser
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

Make a link which has 2 lines and the second line is shorter than the center correctly clicked in playback

When a link has 2 lines and the second line is shorter than the center, the link is not correctly clicked in playback. Request to make the link correctly click in playback. [Environment] RFT 10.2.1(RFT perspective + RFT Extention on MS-Edge)
almost 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration