Starting and Stopping Quick Tests

With the Test Monitor window open, you can start and stop a quick test by clicking icons on the main toolbar.

To start a quick test, click Play on the main toolbar.

When the quick test starts, the Play icon changes to a Stop icon.

To stop a quick test, click Stop on the main toolbar.

If you click Stop again, you are asked if you want to kill the test run.

When you stop a test, you are saying "do not start any new instances." No new instances are started and a running test case does not loop back to the beginning. Tests that are running complete all steps, then go to the end step.
When you kill a test, you are saying "stop all running instances as soon as possible." No new instances will be started, and a running test case does not go to the next step. No end step is run. Reports show that the test is still running, because the test never goes through an end step.

To replay a quick test, click Replay on the main toolbar.

To close a quick test, click Close on the main toolbar.

Actions Menu

When you run a test and click Play to start the test, the following options are added to the Actions menu.