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To switch into Gherkin Text Editor Mode use the mode buttons in the footer section of the editor panel

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note that in the Data Center version of the app the mode buttons are located on the left and the Save & Cancel buttons on the right

Syntax Highlighting

Gherkin Keywords

All Gherkin keywords are highlighted using colour and bold font

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Note that using * (asterisk) character as a step keyword is not supported as it does not improve readability of the examples

User Story Keywords

The commonly used set of user story keywords (As a, I want to, So that) can be entered in the Feature title section like below:

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Tip - Instead of “So that” you can use “In order to” so that you can start with the why

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Tip - user story keywords don’t need to be at the start of the line and you can use either lower or upper case as needed

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Tip - you can omit the 'to’ part in the “I want to“ keyword and in the “As a” keyword you can enter either “As a“ or “As an

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Simple Step Parameters

Simple parameters (those that are on the same line as the step keyword) can be highlighted by simply wrapping them in single or double quotes

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Scenario Outline Parameters

<> delimited step parameters which are used as part of Scenario Template or Scenario Outline are highlighted automatically in orange

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Tip - use autocompletion support to quickly populate Examples table header section with the names of the parameters that you have used in parameterized steps above. Simply press 'Ctrl+Space' to bring up the auto completion menu

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Doc String Step Parameters

Doc strings are highlighted in purple colour

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Tip - you can also use 'backtick' characters instead of quotes if required

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XML Step Parameters

If you enter 'xml' after the opening chars of a multi line string then any XML that you enter before the closing chars are automatically syntax highlighted

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Scenario Tags

Tags are highlighted in grey colour

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Syntax Error Checking

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Auto Completion

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Excel Like Data Tables

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Inline Table Editing Toolbar

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Page Tree
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Table of Contents
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