A login screen is a web page or web/mobile device entry page that needs user identification and authentication, regularly done by entering a combination of user and password. For any system/application the login process is the most necessary function, because it gives access to or part of the entire website/appliance. Checking the login screen also requires full coverage.
Mentioned below are few tips that can be referred for testing the login screen of any system/application.
UI/UX:
- Tab Order – Check if there is a logical order for using the tab key
- Focus on Username field – Check if, while landing on the page, the cursor is at the username field
- Use of enter key – Check if Login button is activated on selecting enter
- Accessibility – Check if all the fields on the page are correctly identified and labeled
- Look & Feel – Check if the page looks fine, and everything is aligned correctly.
- Content – Check if the content of the page is up to the mark. Are there any typos in the labels, controls of the screen?
- Links – Check if the page contains any existing links, and are these links still valid.
- Responsiveness – Check the responsiveness of the login screen in multiple sizes of computer monitors.
Refer to this blog to learn more about Security Checks and Functionality of Testing a Login Screen.
