Time for action – hiding the welcome screen

When Eclipse starts, it typically displays a welcome page. Since this often gets in the way of automated user testing, it is useful to close it at startup.

1. In the createProject method, within a try block, obtain a view with the title Welcome.
2. Invoke the close method.
3. The code will change to look like this:

   SWTWorkbenchBot bot = new SWTWorkbenchBot();
   try {
     bot.viewByTitle("Welcome").close();
   } catch (WidgetNotFoundException e) {
     // ignore
   }

4. Run the test, and the welcome screen should be closed before the test is run.

What just happened?

Upon startup, the IDE will show a welcome screen. This is shown in a view with a Welcome title.

Using the viewByTitle accessor, the (SWTBot wrapper) view can be accessed. If the view doesn't exist, then an exception will be thrown; so for safety, check and catch any WidgetNotFoundException, since not finding the welcome screen is not a failure.

Having found the welcome page, invoking the close...