Expand/Collapse News Servers Feature Test Plan

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5.0 Project (Sea-Monkey)
Mail and News Component
Newsgroups: Expand/Collapse

Written by: Stacey Curtis

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Approx. number of test cases: 47

Description: Expand and Collapse Newsgroups

.	Conditions (to be tested in each of the following tables)	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	The group being tested is currently selected	.	.
2	The group being tested is not currently selected	.	.
3	A middle-level group within the folder being tested is selected	Valid only for collapse.	The group is collapsed and the next group at the same hierarchy level is selected.
4	The last group within the folder being tested is selected	Valid only for collapse.	The group is collapsed and the next group at the same hierarchy level is selected.
5	The group being tested has not yet been opened in this Communicator session	.	.
6	Repeat the expand/collapse action several times quickly	.	.
7	The pane's (or frame's) scrollbar will be generated by the expansion or disappear from the collapse.	.	.
8	Any relevant shortcuts or keyboard access methods defined in the spec	.	.

	Expand: Server or Location name (top-level representation)	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Condition #1	.	The news server should be contacted the first time that it is expanded.
2	Condition #2	.	.
3	Condition #5	.	.
4	Condition #6	.	.
5	Condition #7	.	.
6	Condition #8	.	.

	Collapse: Server or Location name (top-level representation)	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Condition #1	.	.
2	Condition #2	.	.
3	Condition #3	.	.
4	Condition #4	.	.
5	Condition #5	.	.
6	Condition #6	.	.
7	Condition #7	.	.
8	Condition #8	.	.

	Expand: Top-level newsgroup	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Condition #1	.	.
2	Condition #2	.	.
3	Condition #5	.	.
4	Condition #6	.	.
5	Condition #7	.	.
6	Condition #8	.	.

	Collapse: Top-level newsgroup	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Condition #1	.	.
2	Condition #2	.	.
3	Condition #3	.	.
4	Condition #4	.	.
5	Condition #5	.	.
6	Condition #6	.	.
7	Condition #7	.	.
8	Condition #8	.	.

	Expand: Newsgroup in middle of hierarchy	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Condition #1	.	.
2	Condition #2	.	.
3	Condition #5	.	.
4	Condition #6	.	.
5	Condition #7	.	.
6	Condition #8	.	.

	Collapse: Newsgroup in middle of hierarchy	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Condition #1	.	.
2	Condition #2	.	.
3	Condition #3	.	.
4	Condition #4	.	.
5	Condition #5	.	.
6	Condition #6	.	.
7	Condition #7	.	.
8	Condition #8	.	.

	Also test the following:	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Expand/collapse a secure newsgroup	.	.
2	Expand/collapse a news server on a nonstandard port	.	.
3	Expand/collapse an unavailable news server	.	An appropriate error message should be displayed.
4	Expand/collapse a news server with password protection	.	The user should be prompted for the password.
5	Expand/collapse a news server that has not yet been contacted in this Communicator session	.	.

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