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1) Start AUTs Eclipse Galileo and Ganymede via autrun 2) Put one AUT window on top of another 3) Create Test Job 4) Add test case to you test job 5) Execute test job. Test runs on visible AUT (most top window) but hidden one. 6) If you block yours AUTs by any other window your test is failed Jubula must activate AUT before running test. I tried to use ub_app_activate w/o any success.
Behavior is the same on Mac and Windows.
An automatic platform and toolkit-independent activation of AUTs that are minimized or in the background would be an extremely tricky and likely brittle thing to implement (AFAIK Java has no call for it). Some links I found on the topic: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=325003&page=278 http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/focus.html (This one is for Swing, but the outlook for SWT is no better from what I could see). When writing test jobs, it is advisable to have a module that ensures that the correct application is in the foreground. This can be achieved e.g. by using a "click in active window" action which fails (with an action error) if the desired AUT is not at the front. A retry Event Handler can react to it and perform Alt+Shift+Tab. This loop can continue until the correct application is activated. Due to the use of the "Retry" Event Handler, the test is marked as successful for this loop. I have seen and used this approach for both Windows and Linux systems. On Mac, the default key combination is Ctrl+F4. You could use this, but it would mean splitting your tests up. I would suggest that you change the default key combination on Mac to match the Windows and Linux one and make your tests all run the same. I'm setting this to WONTFIX for the reasons above. If you (or anyone else reading this) has a good idea or a patch that could help for Swing, SWT or HTML on all platforms, then feel free to reopen the bug.
Closed won´t fix
In my opinion this issue should be reconsidered... Currently I am facing the same issue running several instance of my AUT on one build-node. Windows are covered and cannot be reactivated. The fix with alt tab does not work. Running on a Win 7 node, it is not handled as a queue, it is just swapping between two windows all the time... Cheers Phil
For windows 7, you might want to look at this forum entry where a tweak to the Windows settings is described that makes the Alt+Shift+Tab solution work.
Oh, and here is the forum thread ;) http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/238562/
