Question Mode

The Question Mode displays all questions in a test suite interview, allowing you to create a new template, edit an existing template, or search a template for specific characters or text.

Template Editor Question mode
  1. File Menu
  2. Bookmarks Menu
  3. Search Menu
  4. View Menu
  5. Help Menu
  6. More Info Pane (can be hidden)
  7. Question Pane
  8. Index Pane

Menus

In Question Mode, the Template Editor contains menus used to load, view, search, create, and edit a template.

File Menu

The File menu contains items to open, save, and restore template files. The following table describes the items in the File menu.

Menu Item Description
Save Saves the current template.

Choose File > Save at any time to save your answers and position in the template. If the template is new, the editor opens the file chooser for you to name and save the current values. If you do not provide the .jtm extension when you name the file, the editor adds the extension when it saves the template.

Save As Opens a dialog box that you can use to save a template with a new name or change the location of the template. If you do not provide the .jtm extension when you name the template, the editor adds the extension when it saves the file.
Revert Discards any changes to the current template and restores the last saved version of the template.
New Configuration Clears the current configuration and starts a new configuration. See Creating a Configuration for a detailed description.
Load Configuration Opens an existing configuration file and makes it the current configuration. See Loading a Configuration for a detailed description.
Load Recent Configuration Displays a list of configuration files that have been opened in the Configuration Editor window. Choose a configuration file from the list to open it in the Configuration Editor window.
New Template Provides the option to save or clear the current template before starting a new template. See Creating a Template for a detailed description.
Load Template Opens an existing template. See Loading a Template for a detailed description.
Load Recent Template Displays a list of templates that have been opened in the Template Editor. Choose a template from the list to open it in the Template Editor.
Close Closes the Template Editor.

Bookmarks Menu

The Bookmarks menu contains items used to manage bookmarks in the template. Using bookmarked questions enables the user to display only those template questions that must be answered. See Setting Markers for a description of how the Bookmarks menu can be used to specify the questions that the Template Editor displays.

The following table describes the items in the Bookmarks menu.

Menu Item Description
Enable Bookmarks Enables or disables bookmarking in the template. When bookmarking is disabled, the remaining bookmark menu items are grayed out.
Show Only Bookmarked Questions Displays only the bookmarked questions.
Mark Current Question Sets the bookmark for a question selected in the index pane.
Unmark Current Question Clears the bookmark from a question selected in the index pane. Enabled only if the selected question is bookmarked.
Clear Answer For Current Question Clears the answer for a selected question in the index pane.Enabled only if the selected question is bookmarked.
Open Group Expands a selected set of questions in the index pane.
Clear Answers to Bookmarked Questions Clears the values in all bookmarked questions.
Remove Bookmarks Removes all bookmarks from the Template.

Search Menu

Use the Search menu items to find the occurrence in a Template of a specific character or value string. When troubleshooting a test run, you can use the Search menu to quickly locate an answer that needs to be changed. See Searching the Template for a detailed description of how to search for character and value strings in a Template.

The following table describes the items in the Search menu.

Menu Item Description
Find Opens a dialog box used to search the template for a specific character or value string.
Find Next Searches the template for the next occurrence of a specific character or value string.

View Menu

Use the View menu to display the Template Editor in Question Mode or in Quick Set Mode, to hide or display the More Info pane, and to display question tag field at the bottom of each question panel. The following table describes the items in the View menu.

Menu Item Description
Question Mode Displays the Template Editor in Question Mode.
Quick Set Mode Displays the Template Editor in Quick Set Mode.
More Info Displays and hides the More Info pane in the Template Editor.
Question Tag Displays and hides the Question Tag field in the Template Editor Question pane.
Refresh Updates the values and questions displayed in the Template Editor.

Help Menu

Use the Help menu to display the online help for the Template Editor and both editor modes. The following table describes the items in the Help menu.

Menu Item Description
Configuration Editor Displays online help for the Configuration Editor.
Template Editor Displays online help for the Template Editor.
Question Mode Displays online documentation for the Question Mode.
Quick Set Mode Displays online documentation for the Quick Set Mode.

Index Pane

When completing a template, the index pane lists the titles of the questions you have answered, are currently answering, and any questions that the editor can determine might need to be answered. The current question is highlighted and its title is displayed at the top of the question pane.

The number of questions displayed in the configuration interview is controlled by setting bookmarks in the template. See Bookmarks Menu for procedures used to reduce the number of questions displayed in the configuration interview.

Click on any question in the index list to make it the current question. Clicking on a question does not cause the list to change. If you change an answer that alters the Template options, the Template Editor updates the questions in the list to reflect the change in options. If a previously answered question is no longer displayed in the index list, the Template Editor saves its answer until you either save the Template or change its value.

You can also use the buttons at the bottom of the Question pane to navigate through the Template file. See Question Pane for a description of the navigation buttons.

Question Pane

The Template Editor displays template questions in the main text area of the editor. You answer the questions using controls such as text boxes, radio buttons, or combo boxes located beneath the question. After you answer each question, click The Template Editor Next button   at the bottom of the panel to proceed to the next question.

The buttons at the bottom of the Question pane control the following functions:

See Creating a Template for information about using the Question pane to create a template.

See Editing a Template for information about using the Question pane to edit the current template.

More Info Pane

To open and close the More Info pane, choose View > More Info from the menu bar.

The More Info pane provides additional information about each question, including the following:

See Keyboard access for a description of how the keyboard can be used to navigate the More Info pane.


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