Test Cases For Computer Mouse & Mouse Hover

Writing test cases for the mouse device is quite complicated unless we narrow down the device specifications. In this post, I have selected generic devices and written the cases for them. Let’s start with the device selection first and then narrow it down to the specific type.

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Let’s keep the discussion for a manufacturing company and another company-specific standard out of this for now, and in the previous post, you can check the test case for mobile.

Mouse Test Case

There are multiple types of Mouse devices available:

• Mechanical mouse
• Optical and laser mouse
• Ergonomic mouse
• Laptop or Gaming mouse
• Tactile mouse

Test Cases For Mouse

Specification Tests For Mouse

• Check the company logo is as per the requirement and at specific location.
• Check is the mouse has a scroller on the top and also the light on the bottom of the mouse.
• Check the identification and specificatio details sticker will be present on the backside.
• Check the width, height and weight as per the requirement.
• Check the optical region works as per the requirement.
• Check is the mouse is a PS/2, USB or serial port mouse or cordless mouse.
• Check the left and right buttons are as per the requirement.

Interaction Tests For Mouse

• Check whether it is connected to ur PC or not.
• Check is the USB driver is detected by the operating system automatically (Windows, Mac, and Linux).
• Check is the device does not require any other specific driver than the standard USB driver.
• Check is the device does not have any hardware conflict during the system boot.
• Check is the device does not have any hardware conflict after the startup during the desktop session.
• Check is the pointer is visible after plugged-in in between the desktop session.
• Check is the device is pointing to the right region while pointing on the screen.

Software Tests For Mouse

• Check on right click user should get the context window.
• Check on Clicking left click the application is opening or the region is selected.
• Check by using left click a user can drag and drop objects like file, folder and media.
• Check on Clicking double click the file, folder, and media files open or does the operation as intended.
• Check is the scroll works when you have opened an multipage content.
• Check the scroll bar is working as xpected by doing up,down and towards the right direction.
• Check by using the control panel the user can change the right and left click functionlity or not.

Functional Test Cases For Mouse

• Check when a user moves pointer on the screen and when it is moved on the links it should turn out to hand symbol.
• Check is the pointer turns out to be a vertical bar in the textbox.
• Check is the mouse point to the right place, where it is intended to point.

Test Cases For Mouse Hover

• Check mouse over a link the mouse cursor icon get change or not.
• Check on hover over a menu or submenu is open or not.
• Check is the tolltip message is displaying on hover. (If tooltip message is present )
• Check when user move the cursor from any object then mouse pointer should go to normal view.

Conclusion

These are some of the test cases that I can think of. Many other specific test cases can be made based on the type, company of the device. Feel free to let me know if you have any other test cases in mind. I’d be happy to add these test cases to the above list.