To switch into Gherkin Text Editor Mode use the mode buttons in the footer section of the editor panel
* 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
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:
Tip - Instead of “So that” you can use “In order to” so that you can start with the why
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
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”
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
Scenario Outline Parameters
<> delimited step parameters which are used as part of Scenario Template or Scenario Outline are highlighted automatically in orange
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
Doc String Step Parameters
Doc strings are highlighted in purple colour
Tip - you can also use 'backtick' characters instead of quotes if required
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
Scenario Tags
Tags are highlighted in grey colour
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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