How to Manually Run a Disabled Junit Test in IntelliJ IDEA

Question:

• How to manually run a disabled Junit test in IntelliJ IDEA?

eg:

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
      import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
      
      class DisabledMethodTest {
        @Disabled
        @Test
        public void testDisabled() {}
      }

Answer:

1. Identify if the issue is occurring due to the runner being used. Using Gradle to run the tests would not enable the play button for tests marked as @Disabled/Ignored. However, it should work if the IntelliJ runner is selected.

2. Change the runner to IntelliJ's if it is not already, doing this should enable the play button for the disabled tests.

Follow these steps to change the runner :

• Open the Run/Debug Configurations dialog box by navigating through Run | Edit Configurations.

• In the dialog box, click Edit configuration templates… and select JUnit.

• In the configuration settings, make sure that the Test runner is set to 'IntelliJ IDEA'.

3. With the IntelliJ runner selected, the disabled Junit tests should show the play button allowing for manual execution even when they are marked disabled with @Disabled.

Note: The ability to run disabled Junit tests manually even when they are marked as @Disabled is advantageous for situations like testing UI forms by having these tests disabled for auto test, but manually run them via the play button.**