Hey tech family! :waving_hand: One of the best things about Katalon is its accessibility, but it often sparks a big debate among QA teams: Are you team “Manual View” or team “Script View”? My Take: Manual View is fantastic for onboarding manual testers and quickly mapping out steps. But for buildin…

for me Script View most of the time. Manual is okay for quick tests, but it gets hard for me when need real logic

I rarely use manual view, always on script view. And even I rarely use recorder as well

Looks like the experts are answering my questions indirectly :stuck_out_tongue:

I seldom use the manual view, opting for script view instead, and I also rarely use the recorder.

98% Script view 2% Manual view. I also changed my default view to Script view.

Yup, script view with the occasional jump to the manual view to count the number of lines so as not to exceed the “max” code size. Obviously, NO changes in the manual view so that the script doesn’t gets mangled.

i start with recording and if need some assertion then shift to script

Katalon Studio: Manual View vs. Script View? 🛠️

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kazurayam June 23, 2026, 10:44pm 10

I always use the Script View.

I do not agree with this polite statement. The Manual View and the Script View — these are not really interchangeable. See the following post and the linked topic.

Topic		Replies	Views
ScriptView > ManualView > ScriptView Bug Report katalon-studio , bugs-report , tracked	5	1167	August 16, 2021
Link Manual and Script Modes Feature Request katalon-studio , feature-request	5	1140	December 14, 2018
[feat][test cases] Add option in setting autoscript mode Web Testing katalon-studio	1	633	May 18, 2019
Blank lines in scripts Web Testing katalon-studio	2	756	July 6, 2021
How to map between manual steps to script mode line number in Katalon Studio Miscellaneous	5	113	October 21, 2024

Katalon Studio: Manual View vs. Script View? 🛠️

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