ARCADIA-Studio/docs/preview-human-checks.md

Testing the integrated Windows preview

Extract the complete published ZIP and run arcadia-studio.exe, keeping its DLL beside it. Copy a complete example folder before editing, including all source includes and evidence files. When reporting a problem, include the preview version, example and steps that reproduce it. These checks describe expected behavior; the release's VALIDATION document records what was actually verified.

1. Text and diagrams together. Select a source block and use Tab/Shift+Tab, then source Undo/Redo. Apply, return to a saved graphical view, move a placement, Save all and reopen. Both accepted edits should persist. In a Scenario view, choose S/Select and 100% before dragging a lifeline header.
2. Scenario arrangements. Rename one saved arrangement in Properties, switch to another, and check that its name and layout remain independent. Select a call and switch arrangements: that call should remain selected when both contain it. Return through Details to the intended editable properties.
3. Draft recovery. Change a service-call value without applying it, switch Properties to Connections and back, and confirm the draft remains. Revert should restore the accepted value. Incompatible operation/field choices should explain the problem and retain the draft. Check that Apply/Revert remain reachable after resizing the window.
4. Attachments, bends and ports. Move an ordinary edge attachment, add and move a State bend, and move an SA semantic port. Check Undo/Redo and reopen. A second saved view should remain independent, and endpoint identities should not change merely because their presentation moved.
5. Multiple selection. In ordinary and State diagrams select a group, move it, and use Undo/Redo. In Process views reorder supported sibling cards and inspect exact reused occurrences with Open/Back. In Allocation views exercise group assignment and explicit Arrange; an unsupported mixed selection should be refused as a whole. Aggregate semantic deletion remains unavailable.
6. Direct Allocation drawing. Choose Allocation, click a performer and a highlighted unallocated leaf activity/function. Check the intended relation and nesting, then Undo/Redo. An occupied or incompatible target should be refused; Escape should cancel the pending drawing action.
7. Traceability. Open a mixed OA/SA Traceability view, use Add existing elements and place both ends of a correspondence. The selected mixed view should remain active. Review layer traces for correspondences whose endpoints are not represented as cards in that view.
8. Counterpart review. Explicitly choose an existing counterpart and inspect its Name/Description conflicts. Keep target should preserve the target's engineering text. Scroll the review in a shorter window: counts, unresolved guidance and Apply/Cancel should remain reachable. Cancel once, repeat and Apply, then Save/reopen. An unchanged subsequent Apply should not duplicate the target or its trace.
9. Picker Escape and Text navigation. Open a picker inside a pending form: the first Escape should close the picker and retain the form. A subsequent Escape should follow the form's ordinary cancellation behavior. Also exercise source declaration/reference navigation, Back, Find and alias-rename preview; cancel once before confirming a rename on the copied example.

Inspect the known limitations in the release notes. In particular, crossed Process routes and multiline State labels can be crowded. Report these as visual readability problems even if the saved connection records remain correct. This preview does not imply complete OA/SA, source8 or accessibility acceptance. Linux builds remain deferred at the user's request.