TestRail seeks to help teams reduce the time and effort required to accomplish testing tasks. The release of TestRail 9.0 enhances TestRail’s usability by introducing a new web interface for Cloud and Server users. The functionality of TestRail remains the same as in previous versions and teams can continue working in the same way as before with some slight adjustments to navigation in addition to workflow improvements.
The navigation and workflow improvements are focused on four main areas of TestRail’s interface:
Refined Header bar
TestRail has a new header bar with a new distribution of the Dashboard and Administration tabs. Once you’re on a Project, you will see a new Add drop-down button on the header bar that lets you easily add a Test Case, Test Run, Test Plan, or Milestone (depending on the context and the user permission):
Improved Sidebar menu
To improve UI intuitiveness and overall appearance, the sidebar menu has moved from the right-hand side of the UI, to the left. The new sidebar also has an improved drop-down menu to change between projects faster and more efficiently:
Below the project switcher, the sidebar includes links to the Dashboard, To Do, Cases, Runs, Milestones, and Reports tabs.
Test Cases, Test Runs & Results, and Milestones menu items include their own sub-menu, via which you can navigate to the Overview, Details, Status, and Defects views. In previous versions, these options were on the right of the relevant view; now they are shown on the sidebar under each section, to provide more user-friendly accessibility.
Relocated Administration view
The Administration tab is now accessed in clicking the Admin button on the header bar. When clicked, the sidebar on the left has the same options present in previous versions of TestRail:
Note: Teams using UI scripts that rely on the sidebar being on the right-hand side of the page (or the existing sidebar at all) will need to update their UI script to accommodate the new sidebar positioning and elements. This includes the Admin sidebar as well.
