E-commerce — carousel: How to test an e-commerce carousel

This is the second article of a series on how to test e-commerce websites. Understand that every site is unique and can not be tested in the same way.

< Part 1 — How to test an e-commerce website’s header

How to test an e-commerce website — part 2

Examples of tests that can be done in a carousel

Carousel:

1. Click and slide the image to the left or right to change the slide
2. Making sure that <, > arrows are correctly displayed
3. Clicking on <, > changes the slide correctly
4. Clicking on the tabs under the carousel (or navigation bullets) correctly displays the appropriate slide
5. The carousel automatically changes slide (rotates) after a short delay
6. Clicking on the image opens the correct page
7. All the text in the carousel is correctly displayed

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Examples of bugs that can be found in a carousel

1. When clicking and sliding the carousel, nothing happens
2. When clicking on the “>” arrow, the slide doesn’t go from the last slide back to the first slide
3. Clicking on the navigation dots under the slide opens the page instead of displaying the correct slide
4. The slide does not rotate automatically
5. When clicking on one of the slides images a “404 error page” is displayed
6. Special characters in the carousel are not correctly displayed
7. The call-to-action button appears blurry