How to perform a Horizontal Scroll

Article Overview:

This article will cover how you can achieve the following:

How to execute horizontal scrolling in Virtuoso when native NLP commands are not available.

Problem Statement:

Virtuoso currently provides NLP support for vertical scrolling i.e. scroll to page top, bottom, etc.
However, we can try this approach to attain a horizontal scroll.

Solution:

Since Virtuoso does not natively support horizontal scrolling, the following approach can be used:

1. Use Key Bindings for Horizontal Scrolling:

   • Utilize the Right Arrow (→) and Left Arrow (←) key commands to perform horizontal scrolling.
   • Store a sequence of key commands in a variable (e.g., $Shift_Right), which contains multiple Right key presses.
   • Example:
     

2. Implementing Key Binding for Scrolling:

   • $variable is configured to trigger few sets of Right or Left key presses when a scroller is detected on the page.
   • The number of Left or Right key presses can be adjusted based on the scroll sensitivity required.

3. Fine-Tuning Scroll Sensitivity:

   • Modify the number of Left or Right key presses stored in $Variable to control the scrolling distance.
   • The sensitivity can be increased or decreased based on how much scrolling is required.

4. Mouse click before horizontal trigger:

   • Clicking on the targeted section (Clicked the Horizontal scroller of the AUT) before executing $Variable improves accuracy.
     
     

Example:

• Scenario: A user needs to scroll a horizontally overflowing table in an application.
• Solution: The user configures a $Variable containing a sequence of Right or Left key presses, which is triggered when the scroll bar is detected.