Deleting Items

*** Settings ***

Resource  plone/app/robotframework/server.robot
Resource  plone/app/robotframework/keywords.robot
Resource  Selenium2Screenshots/keywords.robot

Library  OperatingSystem

Suite Setup  Run keywords  Suite Setup  Test Setup
Suite Teardown  Run keywords  Test teardown  Suite Teardown

*** Variables ***

${FIXTURE}  plone.app.robotframework.PLONE_ROBOT_TESTING
@{DIMENSIONS}  1024  768
@{APPLY_PROFILES}  plone.app.contenttypes:plone-content


*** Keywords ***

Suite Setup
    Run keyword if  not sys.argv[0].startswith('bin/robot')
    ...             Setup Plone site  ${FIXTURE}
    Run keyword if  sys.argv[0].startswith('bin/robot')
    ...             Open test browser
    Run keyword and ignore error  Set window size  @{DIMENSIONS}

Test Setup
    Import library  Remote  ${PLONE_URL}/RobotRemote

    Run keyword if  sys.argv[0].startswith('bin/robot')
    ...             Remote ZODB SetUp  ${FIXTURE}

    ${language} =  Get environment variable  LANGUAGE  'en'
    Set default language  ${language}

    Enable autologin as  Manager
    ${user_id} =  Translate  user_id
    ...  default=jane-doe
    ${user_fullname} =  Translate  user_fullname
    ...  default=Jane Doe
    Create user  ${user_id}  Member  fullname=${user_fullname}
    Set autologin username  ${user_id}

Test Teardown
    Run keyword if  sys.argv[0].startswith('bin/robot')
    ...             Remote ZODB TearDown  ${FIXTURE}

Suite Teardown
    Run keyword if  not sys.argv[0].startswith('bin/robot')
    ...             Teardown Plone Site
    Run keyword if  sys.argv[0].startswith('bin/robot')
    ...             Close all browsers

Items may be deleted from a folder with ease.

Sometimes it is necessary to delete a content item. Again, the easiest way to do this is by using “Contents” on the Toolbar.

*** Test Cases ***

Edit folder
    Go to  ${PLONE_URL}
    Click element  css=#contentview-folderContents a
    Capture and crop page screenshot
    ...  ${CURDIR}/../../_robot/foldercontents-delete.png
    ...  css=#content

Simply select the content item(s) you want to delete, and press the “Delete” button.

Entire folders may be deleted, so care must be taken with the delete operation!

Plone will warn you if there are other content items in your site that link to the one you are deleting, and will offer to open those in a separate window so you can edit them.

Note

Plone’s database will keep a record of deleted items, and in many cases your site administrator will be able to undo an accidental delete. However, this will only work if there haven’t been many site edits after the delete operation, so if you accidentally delete content, it is important to act soon. Careful site administrators will also have regular backups of the entire site, but getting your content back from there will involve more work. An alternative to deleting content is to ‘un-publish’ it, so it isn’t available to outside visitors anymore.