uitest: add demo for selecting writer text

Change-Id: Iffc3e16bf0fa5a02058b6ad008ff3f61ea2a23af

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/uitest/writer_tests/start.py b/uitest/writer_tests/start.py
index a0fe7d2b96aa..a5a23ca0044b 100644
--- a/uitest/writer_tests/start.py
+++ b/uitest/writer_tests/start.py
@@ -81,4 +81,29 @@ def goto_first_page(xContext):
 
     ui_test.close_doc()
 
+
+def select_text(xContext):
+    xUITest = xContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
+            "org.libreoffice.uitest.UITest", xContext)
+
+    ui_test = UITest(xUITest, xContext)
+
+    ui_test.create_doc_in_start_center("writer")
+
+    xWriterDoc = xUITest.getTopFocusWindow()
+    xWriterEdit = xWriterDoc.getChild("writer_edit")
+
+    xWriterEdit.executeAction("TYPE", mkPropertyValues({"TEXT": "This is my first writer text written through the UI testing"}))
+
+    time.sleep(2)
+    print(get_state_as_dict(xWriterEdit))
+
+    xWriterEdit.executeAction("SELECT", mkPropertyValues({"START_POS": "0", "END_POS": "4"}))
+
+    print(get_state_as_dict(xWriterEdit))
+
+    time.sleep(2)
+
+    ui_test.close_doc()
+
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