The preference settings on the HTTP page of the test editor
control how URLs are displayed in a test and how content verification
occurs.
To access the preference settings for HTTP test editor,
click .
You can set
the following preferences for the HTTP test editor:
- Display decoded URLs whenever possible
- Select to decode any encoded element in a URL. Decoding improves
readability.
- Hide HTTP request/response content larger than (kB)
- Select to hide data larger than a specific size. The Content area
in a response indicates the size of the hidden data and whether it
is binary. To display hidden data, press Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar.
- Show in all requests
- Select to display the host and port information in every request
in the Test Contents area of the test editor.
A test often contains many server connections. When you clear this
preference, it is easier to read a test.
- Show on primary requests only
- Select to display the host and port information in only the primary
request for each HTTP page in the Test Contents area
of the test editor.
- Show when different from primary request
- Select to display the host and port information in the Test
Contents area of the test editor for requests that use
a different connection than the primary request.
- Skip responses with binary contents
- Select to skip binary response data when you enable content verification
points in a test. Content verification points verify whether specified
strings are present in response data.
- Create only in primary responses
- Select to limit the creation of content verification points to
primary responses when you enable content verification points in a
test.