Nowadays, writing testcase in English becomes popular. Even for multinational companies, this is a must to do. Besides, when writing or exchanging, we should use common words, and accurately help others to approach the problem we are talking about a lot faster. Here, I would like to introduce some common and commonly used definitions when writing Testcase or talking to technical parties related to user operation when testing the interface on mobile.
Basic operations for most touches
| User action | Words used | Notes / Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Quickly touch a certain place on the surface of your phone with your finger | Tap | Step: User taps into search box |
| Perform quick touches 2 times in a row | Double Tap | Often used in invalid cases to check if the buttons work properly |
| Move fingers continuously on the device surface without interruption | Drag | There are many types of scissors, depending on the behavior and documentation requirements. Like: Drag Up – Drag Up, Drag Down – Drag Down, Drag Left – Drag Left, Drag Right – Drag Right. Example – Step: User drags left ticket from column 1 to column 2 |
| Use your finger to navigate in a direction that is fast | Swipe | Like drag, swipe also has many swiping, swipe left – Swipe left, swipe right – Swipe right, swipe up – Swipe up, swipe down – Swipe down |
| Use two or more fingers at the same time to zoom in / out an image | Pinch / Spread | Step: User pinches / spreads action for file preview => Expect result: User can zoom in / zoom out file |
| Use your finger to touch the surface of the device for a period of time | Press | Press is associated with many other types. Like Press and Drag or Press and Tap |
| Use 2 fingers to touch device surfaces and move them clockwise or counterclockwise | Rotate | Commonly used to check cases of horizontal or vertical rotation of the screen of the app |
Photo depicting the action
Reference article: https://sangbui.com/mobile-gesture-definitions-post/