Navigating qTest Manager: Tips and Tricks

To get the most out of qTest Manager, try learning these quick tips and tricks.

Tips and Tricks

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to speed up creating, deleting, and saving. To view available keyboard shortcuts, click the Keyboard shortcuts link at the bottom of the navigation tree. The keyboard shortcuts may very depending on the area of the application, such as Test Design keyboard shortcuts, and Test Execution keyboard shortcuts.

The following table displays the available keyboard shortcuts on each qTest Manager tab.

Hot key Test Plan Requirements Test Design Test Execution Defects
Ctrl+E         Save and close Defect
Ctrl+G Save object and move to the next object Save object and move to the next object Save object and move to the next object Save object and move to the next object  
Ctrl+S Save object Save object Save object Save object Save Defect
Shift+C Create Build Create Requirement Create Test Case    
Shift+D Create Release Create Module Create Module Create Test Cycle  
Shift+R       Create Test Run  
Shift+S       Create Test Suite  
Shift+Delete, Shift+X Delete object Delete object Delete object Delete object  

Next steps

Use Friendly Object URLs

You can access qTest objects with the friendly URL format: [your qTest URL]/p/[project-ID]/portal/project#key=[Object PID]

PID is case-sensitive.

Utilizing Toggle ID

Every object in qTest Manager has a unique ID attached to the object's name. You can show or hide an object's ID on the navigation tree using the Toggle IDs display option.

To show or hide object IDs, click the Toggle IDs display icon on the toolbar. On the menu that appears, select the check boxes for the objects that you want to show (selected check box) or hide (cleared check box) IDs for.