Linux Desktop Testing Project


The Linux Desktop Testing Project is a testing tool that uses computer assistive technology to automate graphical user interface testing. The GUI functionality of an application can be tested in Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, and embedded system environments. The macOS version is named PyATOM, and the Windows version is Cobra. The LDTP is released as free and open-source software under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
LDTP can test any accessibility-enabled GNOME application, Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, any Swing-based Java, Qt 4-based and KDE 4.x applications.
LDTP is/was used by the following companies and organizations:
LDTP can be used to remotely test applications.
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History

LDTP version 0.1.0 was released in January 2005 and then showcased and discussed at GNOME Users And Developers European Conference 2005. It was then used at the Google Summer of Code in 2006 for Tinderbox integration, Evolution automation, and LDTP regression suite under GNOME organization. Then again in 2007, it was used by the Mozilla Foundation for Firefox automation and Tinderbox integration.

Example

This is an example of how LDTP would test writing in gedit:

  1. !/usr/bin/env python3
  2. The standard import stuff.
from ldtp import *
from ooldtp import context as locate
from time import sleep
  1. Here we open the app.
launchapp
  1. Now we find it and make sure it is open.
gedit_win = locate
gedit_win.waittillguiexist
  1. Now we type into gedit.
text_field = gedit_win.getchild
text_field.enterstring
  1. Save a picture to prove we did it.
imagecapture
  1. Quit gedit.
quit = gedit_win.getchild
quit.selectmenuitem
  1. Close without saving.
dont_save = locate
dont_save.waittillguiexist
button = dont_save.getchild
button.click
  1. Wait until gedit is gone.
gedit_win.waittillguinotexist