When running a Live Test session, you can upload files from your local machine to the desktop of the remote session. This guide will show you how.
Uploading files
There are two ways to upload new files:
Managing existing files
After you’ve uploaded a file, you do not have to upload it again for future Live Test sessions. These links detail managing files after uploads.
Select Files Method
Step 1 – Start a new live test
- Login to crossbrowsertesting.com and click ‘Live Tests’ at the top of the app.
- Enter the URL for the page you would like to test and select a operating system and browser
- Click Run Test to start the session
Step 2 – Open File Upload dialog
- Click the Upload Files button on the console toolbar.
- Then click the Upload New Files button in the dialog that appears.
Step 3 – Select files to upload
- Once you click the button in the previous step, a new window will appear with a list of your local files.
- Select one more files from this window and click ‘Open’ to begin the upload
Step 4 – Wait for file uploads to complete
- A notification will appear for each file selected indicating the file is in progress.
- As each file completes, the notification will update to show whether the file was uploaded successfuly or not.
Here we see one file has completed and the other is in progress.
Step 5 – Find the files on the desktop of the remote session
- After the files finish uploading, the system will automatically deliver them to the desktop of the remote operating system and launch a window to their location.
- Depending on the size of the files and other factors, this may take a minute before the window appears.
- Once the files exist in the session, you are able to use them as necessary.
Here we can see the two files selected for uploads on the remote session.
Drag & Drop Method (newer HTML5 browsers only)
Drag Files
- Once in a Live Test session, simple drag files from a local folder and drop onto the Live Test session
- The background color should change to yellow and you will see the notification about each file being uploaded
Send Existing File
- Any file uploaded previously for your login will appear in the Upload Files dialog.
- Simple click the file name in the list to send it to the desktop of your current Live Test session.
View Existing File Info
- Any file uploaded previously for your login will appear in the Upload Files dialog.
- Click the ‘eye’ icon next to the filename to expand the files information into view.
Delete Existing File
- Any file uploaded previously for your login will appear in the Upload Files dialog.
- Click the ‘X’ icon next to the filename to delete this file from our server and remove it from the list.
Update Existing File
- When you upload a file with the same name as an existing file, both files are kept. We do not overwrite the older file of the same name.
- Simply delete the older file and upload a newer file to update your files appropriately.