Re: [Fenfire-dev] unit testing Scrollbar

[Tuukka Hastrup]

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
> Tuukka Hastrup wrote:
> > Getting Scrollbar to work correctly in all cases is not simple, and I 
> > suppose keeping it correct is not simple either. I would propose unit 
> > tests for Scrollbar, so are there plans for a unit test framework for 
> > lobs?
> Nope, since unit testing graphical elements is so hard (unit tests for 
> the models would be much easier), and have to be changed when you want 
> the graphical element to look or feel slightly differently (viz. the 
> former Loom tests). But feel free to start a test framework :-)

We'll see :-) Perhaps the component implementations will stabilize. But 
just to clarify what I meant with a framework: some way to say that if 
there's a scrollbar and the models have these values, then check that 
the resulting lob hierarchy should be this and the layout of the lobs
be under these constraints.

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