# Basic usability flaws

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/basic-usability-flaws/13084>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-recorder\
**Created:** [September 7, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/basic-usability-flaws/13084 "2018-09-07T00:04:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Brian\_Walker](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Brian_Walker)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/basic-usability-flaws/13084/1 "2018-09-07T00:04:09Z")

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There are a number of really basic usability issues which make Katalon Record frustrating to use and impractical for me. I actually tested this out a few months ago, then decided to stop using it in hopes it would improve, but it hasn’t.

- If I select a command row I should be able to delete it using the keyboard delete key. Currently you have to right-click the row and select the Delete Command option.
- When I click on a new empty row the input fields (command, target, value) still show values from the previously selected command.
- When running a test an empty command results in a test failure. It should just ignore empty commands.
- When saving a suite or test-case, each time I have to browse back the folder where I initially created it. It doesn’t seem to be able to retain the last or current save path. To put this in perspective, for a relatively simple test case I save 3-5 times before it is reasonably close to what I want. A complicated test case might be 20+. Having to do this makes the tool incredibly frustrating.
- Even though i’m saving the same suite, it keeps displaying the warning about overwriting every time I save. To put this in perspective, for a relatively simple test case I save 3-5 times before it is reasonably close to what I want. A complicated test case might be 20+. Having to do this makes the tool incredibly frustrating.
- There are some other things, but these are the biggest issues for me.

I’m glad someone revived Selenium IDE, but I think the old version was more refined and I think this still needs some work before I will commit to it.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Piotr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Piotr](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Piotr)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/basic-usability-flaws/13084/2 "2019-01-06T18:47:05Z")

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Hi,

I found it too, but for me it’s a small things so I use and really like Katalon Automation Recorder.

About saving: you don’t have to save test case each time you making changes, just change something and run again as many times as you need and when you’re happy with a result then save test case/test suite.

About deleting a command: you can use Ctrl + x - it’s pretty nice wokaround.

What can i add from me: it would be great if we can comment some command, now we have to delete it or add if command for it with always false condition to not run particular command.