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What does a vei character (downward caret) mean in a recorded Xcode UITest session?

I have recorded clicking on a button in a tab bar using Xcode 9.1's UITest record button. The recorded interaction in Test.swift appears below: enter image description here

It's unclear to me what the downward caret means or does. Can someone provide a nice explanation? Apple's UITest documentation did not help me.

Solution

  • The caret means that Xcode knows there are other ways to access that user interface element. Click the caret for a menu of all the ways Xcode knows how to access it:

    access path menu

    Brooke Callahan demonstrates this in WWDC 2015 Session 406 “UI Testing in Xcode” starting around 34:10. He refers to the carets as “tokens”.