XCTEST a bit trouble on not seeing the statusbar

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alexengineerhk OP

Created Feb ’25

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Hi,

I am working on an agent app.

The app has a menubarextra.

    var body: some Scene {
        MenuBarExtra(
            "menubarextra", systemImage: "star")
        {
            Button("Item 1") {
                
            }
            Button("Item 2") {
                
            }
            Button("Item 3") {
                
            }
        }
    }

I am going to write xctest to click on the icon i created and want to click on the menu next.

    func testExample() throws {
        // UI tests must launch the application that they test.
        let app = XCUIApplication()
        app.launch()
        
        let menuBarsQuery = XCUIApplication().menuBars
        let favouriteStatusItem = menuBarsQuery.statusItems["Favourite"]
        favouriteStatusItem.click()
        menuBarsQuery.menuItems["Item 1"].click()
                
        // Use XCTAssert and related functions to verify your tests produce the correct results.
    }

There is a small problem. When the app is not a agent app, the app will start with with its own menu bar. If i am currently on fullscreen, it will swap to the desktop and the menubar will be showing the app's menu bar. In this case, I can see the menubarextra. The test will pass then.

When it is in agent app, the above behaviour will not happen. Once I run the test with fullscreen mode of xcode, my screen will still stay on xcode and the statusbar will not be showing. Then the test will response

error: -[swiftuitestUITests.MenubarExtraTests testExample] : Element StatusItem, {{1080.0, 6.5}, {34.5, 24.0}}, title: 'Favourite' is not hittable

The only solution I can found at the moment is to leave fullscreen first, then run the test.

In xctest, is there any way to force the statusbar to show first? Thank you!

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Answer 1

alexengineerhk OP

Feb ’25

Accepted Answer

I can find a solution but it is not very nice. It seems there is no API to trigger the statusbar directly.

The following is suggested by ChatGPT

import XCTest
import CoreGraphics

func moveMouseToTop() {
    let screenHeight = NSScreen.main?.frame.height ?? 900
    let topPoint = CGPoint(x: 100, y: 2) // Move near the top edge
    let move = CGEvent(mouseEventSource: nil, mouseType: .mouseMoved, mouseCursorPosition: topPoint, mouseButton: .left)
    move?.post(tap: .cghidEventTap)
}

class StatusBarTests: XCTestCase {
    func testClickStatusBarIcon() {
        let app = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: "your.app.bundle.identifier")
        app.launch()

        moveMouseToTop() // Ensure status bar is visible

        let statusBar = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.systemuiserver")
        let statusBarItem = statusBar.menuBars.children(matching: .button).element(boundBy: 0) // Adjust index for your icon
        XCTAssertTrue(statusBarItem.exists)
        statusBarItem.click()
    }
}

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