This test will check that the Appearance Setting Dialog is visible in the Settings dialog and starts.
- From the whiskermenu open "Settings".
- "Settings" opens and the "Appearance" module appears in the Personal section.
- Click on the "Appearance" module in "Settings".
- The "Appearance" module is loaded into the "Settings" window replacing the "Settings".
- Click on the "All Settings" button.
- The "Appearance" module closes and the "Settings" re-appears.
This test will verify that the Style tab works properly.
- With the "Appearance" module open to the "Style" tab, select another style.
- The GTK appearance of the on screen widgets changes to the new style.
- Click on the "All Settings" button to return to the "Settings"
- Open a terminal and install the clearlooks-phenix-theme package
sudo apt-get install clearlooks-phenix-theme
- Click on the "Appearance" module.
- Clearlooks-Phenix appears as a style in the "Style" tab.
- Click on "Clearlooks-Phenix" to select the style.
- The GTK appearance of the on screen widgets changes to the new style.
- Click on the "All Settings" button to return to the "Settings"
- Open a terminal and purge the clearlooks-phenix-theme package and gtks2-engines
sudo apt-get purge clearlooks-phenix-theme gtk2-engines
- Click on the "Appearance" module.
- The "Appearance" (Style tab) module re-appears with no themes selected.
- Click on any style to select it.
- The GTK appearance of the on screen widgets changes to the new style.
This test will verify that the Icons tab works properly.
- With the "Appearance" module loaded and the "Icons" tab visible, select another icon theme.
- The icons on the screen change to the newly-selected icon theme.
- Click on the "All Settings" button to return to the "Settings"
- Open a terminal and install the tango-icon-theme package
sudo apt-get install tango-icon-theme
- Click on "Appearance" module and go to the "Icons" tab.
- Tango appears as an icon theme.
- Click on Tango to select the theme.
- The icons on the screen change to the new icon style.
- Click the "All Settings" button to return to the "Settings".
- Open a terminal and remove the tango-icon-theme package
sudo apt-get purge tango-icon-theme
- Click on the "Appearance" module and go to the "Icons" tab.
- The "Appearance" module (Icons tab) re-appears with no icon themes selected.
- Click on any icon theme to select it.
- The icons on the screen change to the newly-selected icon theme.
This test will verify that the Fonts tab works properly.
- With the "Appearance" module loaded and the "Fonts" tab visible, change the "Default Font".
- The on-screen fonts change accordingly.
- Uncheck the "Enable anit-aliasing" checkbox.
- The on-screen fonts change (they appear blockier).
- Re-check the "Enable anti-aliasing" checkbox.
- The fonts change again (appear smoother).
- Change the "Hinting" to none.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Hinting" to Medium.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Hinting" to Full
- There should be a very slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Hinting" back to Slight
- There should be a very slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Sub-pixel order" to None.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Sub-pixel order" to BGR.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Sub-pixel order" to Vertical RGB.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Sub-pixel order" to Vertical BGR.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "Sub-pixel order" back to RGB.
- There should be a slight change to the appearance of the fonts.
- Change the "DPI" value to 120.
- The fonts should increase in size.
- Change the "DPI" value back to 96.
- The fonts should return to their default size.
This test will verify that the Settings tab works properly.
- With the "Appearance" module loaded and the "Settings" tab visible, load a GTK-compliant application (e.g. Globaltime Preferences).
- Globaltime Preferences loads.
- Change the "Toolbar Style" to Text.
- The Globaltime Preferences toolbar changes to text.
- Change the "Toolbar Style" to Text under icons.
- The Globaltime Preferences toolbar changes to both icons and text with the text below the icon.
- Change the "Toolbar Style" back to Icons.
- The Globaltime Preferences toolbar changes the default icons look.
- Uncheck the "Show images on buttons" checkbox.
- The images disappear from the Help, All Settings, and Close button on the Appearance dialog.
- Re-check the "Show images on buttons" checkbox.
- The images re-appear on the Help, All Settings, and Close button on the Appearance dialog.
- Uncheck the "Show images in menus" checkbox.
- The icon images disappear from the main menu.
- Re-check the "Show images in menus" checkbox.
- The icon images re-appear on the main menu.
- Check the "Enable editable accelerators" checkbox. In xfce4-terminal, hover your mouse over the Edit->Select All option and press Ctrl+a.
- The menu accelerator change to Ctrl+a.
- In xfce4-terminal, hover your mouse over the Edit->Select All option and press Shift+Ctrl+a.
- The accelerator changes back to the default Shift+Ctrl+a.
- Uncheck the "Enable editable accelerators" checkbox. Open xfce4-terminal, hover your mouse over the Edit->Select All option and press Ctrl+a.
- The menu accelerator should not change.
- Check the "Enable event sounds" checkbox and minimize/maximize a window.
- A sound should play.
This test will verify that the Help works properly.
- With an active internet connection and the "Appearance" module loaded, click the Help button and then on "Read Online".
- The appropriate online help file loads in the default browser.
This test will verify that command line invocation works.
- From a terminal window, run
xfce4-appearance-settings
- The Appearance settings open standalone (not as part of the Settings).
If all actions produce the expected results listed, please submit a 'passed' result.
If an action fails, or produces an unexpected result, please submit 'failed' and file a bug. Please be sure to include the bug number when you submit your result
