Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

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Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

Postby Bob » 28 Jul 2010 15:30

Hi,

Is there anyway I can manually enter settings instead of using the awkward dials in certain components.

For example the assertion one. If I want to set the min or max to a large number - say 20,000 it is very awkward.

I see the settings are in a tabular form under the advanced tab but they dont seem to be editable from there?

Thanks,
Bob
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Re: Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

Postby SmartBear Support » 29 Jul 2010 08:43

Hi Bob!

If you double-click the dial, the red numerical field should remain visible and become highlighted, and you can use it to manually enter the desired value.

As you noticed, the values are also displayed in the Advanced tab of the settings dialog. They should be editable there as well. I'm not sure why you were unable to edit them there, it could be a bug in the build you are using. If this bothers you, please try updating to the latest nightly build!

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Re: Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

Postby Bob » 29 Jul 2010 13:46

Thanks for the help! Both options are now working for me.
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Re: Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

Postby jroughgarden » 06 Aug 2010 23:40

I also dislike the dials. You can't really rotate a dial with a mouse. I suggest a slider control with predetermined stops, e.g. perhaps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etc. Running a load test 41 times per second is not really helpful.
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Re: Manual Entry instead of the "Dials"

Postby SmartBear Support » 07 Aug 2010 10:40

Hi!

thanks for your input! The dials have the advantage of being unbounded, a slider has a min and max setting (for bounded values it would of course make sense). From a mouse-gesture point-of-view they both work the same, ie you click and move the mouse in a straight line up or down to increase the value. We'll give this some more thought..

regards!

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