Test multilingual text input scenarios

{ .intro} Learn how to test scenarios that require multilingual text input.

You can test scenarios that require multilingual or non-English text input on your website using Live. On Live, to input multilingual text into a text area, you can use the following methods:

• Using copy and paste
• Using keyboard

Using copy and paste

You can copy any Unicode text from your local system and paste it into the text area in the Live test session. Copy and paste is supported for any text covered under the Unicode Standard.

Supported platforms

Supported on all Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows devices.

Use copy and paste to input multilingual text

To copy and paste text in a non-English language:

1. Log in to the Live dashboard.
2. Select the device and browser to start the Live test session.
3. Copy the non-English text you want to input from your local system.
4. In the Live session, click the text area and paste the copied non-English text.

The following video shows how you can copy and paste multilingual text:

Using keyboard

You can also directly type multilingual text into a text area in the Live test session using the language-specific physical keyboard or local system keyboard.

Supported platforms

Supported only on Android and iOS devices.

Language-specific physical keyboard

The language-specific physical keyboard is the USB keyboard for a specific language that you can connect to your local system.

To input text in a non-English language using the language-specific physical keyboard:

1. Connect the language-specific keyboard to your local system.
2. Log in to the Live dashboard.
3. Select a device and browser to start a Live session.
4. Click the text area on your website and use the connected keyboard to enter the text in the required language.

Local system keyboard

The local system keyboard is the on-screen keyboard on your local system that you are using to perform the test.

Prerequisite for using the local system keyboard

On your local system, ensure that you add keyboard languages, also known as, input sources or input methods. For instructions, see:

• macOS: Write in another language on Mac
• Windows: Change your keyboard layout

After you add two or more keyboard languages, you can switch between the languages using shortcuts or the language bar on your local system.

Use the local system keyboard to input text in a non-English language