21.3 Transforming nodes into procedures

As already mentioned at the beginning of the last section, QF-Test offers an alternative, much faster way to create a procedure:

• Action Select the test step or sequence node that contains the reusable steps to be transformed into a procedure.
• Select menu item »Operations«-»Transform node into«-»Procedure« or use the Ctrl⁠+⁠Shift⁠+⁠P shortcut.

You will find that the test step or sequence node has disappeared and there is a procedure call in its place. Moreover, a procedure was created in the Procedures section containing the child nodes of the former test step or sequence node and named the same.

It is good practice with QF-Test to record a sequence, give it a name, and immediately turn it into a procedure via Ctrl⁠+⁠Shift⁠+⁠P if you expect it to be of use elsewhere as well.