30.3 Convert node to procedure

As mentioned at the beginning of the last section, QF-Test offers an alternative to create procedures much faster.

• Action Mark the Test step or Sequence node that contains the reusable steps that should be transformed into a procedure.
• Choose the menu »Operations«-»Convert node to«-»Procedure« or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl⁠+⁠Shift⁠+⁠P.

As you can see, the Test step or the Sequence node has disappeared. In its place there is a Procedure call node. In addition, a procedure with the name of the former test step or sequence has been created in the Procedures section. It contains exactly the same child nodes as the test step or sequence did before.

When recording a sequence in QF-Test it has proven useful to give the sequence a name immediately and then convert it into a procedure, even if you only suspect that the recorded steps might be repeated somewhere.