test(files): migrate favorites e2e from Cypress to Playwright

tests/playwright/e2e/files/files-favorites.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import { test, expect } from '../../support/fixtures/files-page.ts'
+import { mkdir, rm, uploadContent } from '../../support/utils/dav.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Run an action that toggles a favorite and wait for the server to store it.
+ * Toggling hits POST /apps/files/api/v1/files/<path>; the listener is registered
+ * before the action and awaited after, so later assertions see the stored state.
+ */
+async function toggleFavorite(page: Page, path: string, action: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
+	const encoded = path.split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/')
+	const response = page.waitForResponse(
+		(r) => r.url().includes(`/apps/files/api/v1/files/${encoded}`)
+			&& r.request().method() === 'POST',
+	)
+	await action()
+	await response
+}
+
+test.describe('Files: Favorites', () => {
+	test.beforeEach(async ({ page, user, filesListPage }) => {
+		// New users get welcome.txt — remove it so the list contains only our test files
+		await rm(page.request, user, '/welcome.txt')
+		await uploadContent(page.request, user, Buffer.alloc(0), 'text/plain', '/file.txt')
+		await mkdir(page.request, user, '/new folder')
+		await filesListPage.open()
+	})
+
+	test('marks a file as favorite from the row actions', async ({ page, filesListPage }) => {
+		await expect(filesListPage.getRowForFile('file.txt')).toBeVisible()
+
+		const menu = await filesListPage.openActionsMenuForFile('file.txt')
+		const favoriteAction = filesListPage.getActionButtonInMenu(menu, 'favorite')
+		await expect(favoriteAction).toContainText('Add to favorites')
+
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'file.txt', () => favoriteAction.click())
+
+		await expect(filesListPage.getFavoriteIconForFile('file.txt')).toBeVisible()
+	})
+
+	test('un-marks a file as favorite from the row actions', async ({ page, filesListPage }) => {
+		await expect(filesListPage.getRowForFile('file.txt')).toBeVisible()
+
+		// Favorite it first
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'file.txt', () => filesListPage.triggerActionForFile('file.txt', 'favorite'))
+		await expect(filesListPage.getFavoriteIconForFile('file.txt')).toBeVisible()
+
+		// Re-open the menu — the action now offers to remove the favorite
+		const menu = await filesListPage.openActionsMenuForFile('file.txt')
+		const favoriteAction = filesListPage.getActionButtonInMenu(menu, 'favorite')
+		await expect(favoriteAction).toContainText('Remove from favorites')
+
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'file.txt', () => favoriteAction.click())
+
+		await expect(filesListPage.getFavoriteIconForFile('file.txt')).toHaveCount(0)
+	})
+
+	test('shows favorite folders in the navigation', async ({ page, filesListPage, filesNavigation }) => {
+		const favoritesNav = filesNavigation.getNavigationItem('favorites')
+		const favoriteEntry = favoritesNav.getByRole('link', { name: 'new folder' })
+
+		await expect(favoritesNav).toBeVisible()
+		await expect(favoriteEntry).toHaveCount(0)
+
+		// Favorite the folder — it appears as a (collapsed) child of the favorites view
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'new folder', () => filesListPage.triggerActionForFile('new folder', 'favorite'))
+		await filesNavigation.expandNavigationItem('favorites')
+		await expect(favoriteEntry).toBeVisible()
+
+		// Un-favorite — it disappears again
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'new folder', () => filesListPage.triggerActionForFile('new folder', 'favorite'))
+		await expect(favoriteEntry).toHaveCount(0)
+	})
+
+	test('marks a folder as favorite from the sidebar', async ({ page, filesListPage, filesNavigation, filesSidebar }) => {
+		await expect(filesListPage.getRowForFile('new folder')).toBeVisible()
+
+		const favoriteEntry = filesNavigation.getNavigationItem('favorites').getByRole('link', { name: 'new folder' })
+		await expect(favoriteEntry).toHaveCount(0)
+
+		// Open the sidebar for the folder
+		await filesListPage.triggerActionForFile('new folder', 'details')
+		await expect(filesSidebar.sidebar()).toBeVisible()
+
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'new folder', () => filesSidebar.triggerAction('Favorite'))
+
+		await filesSidebar.close()
+		await expect(filesSidebar.sidebar()).not.toBeVisible()
+		await expect(filesListPage.getFavoriteIconForFile('new folder')).toBeVisible()
+
+		// Favorite survives a reload
+		await page.reload()
+		await expect(filesListPage.getRowForFile('new folder')).toBeVisible()
+		await expect(filesListPage.getFavoriteIconForFile('new folder')).toBeVisible()
+
+		// Un-favorite again from the sidebar
+		await filesListPage.triggerActionForFile('new folder', 'details')
+		await expect(filesSidebar.sidebar()).toBeVisible()
+
+		await toggleFavorite(page, 'new folder', () => filesSidebar.triggerAction('Unfavorite'))
+
+		await filesSidebar.close()
+		await expect(filesSidebar.sidebar()).not.toBeVisible()
+		await expect(filesListPage.getFavoriteIconForFile('new folder')).toHaveCount(0)
+	})
+})

tests/playwright/support/fixtures/files-page.ts

@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import { createRandomUser, login } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server/playwright'
 import { test as baseTest } from '@playwright/test'
 import type { User } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server'
 import { FilesListPage } from '../sections/FilesListPage.ts'
+import { FilesNavigationPage } from '../sections/FilesNavigationPage.ts'
 import { FilesSidebarPage } from '../sections/FilesSidebarPage.ts'
 
 type FilesFixtures = {
 	user: User
 	filesListPage: FilesListPage
+	filesNavigation: FilesNavigationPage
 	filesSidebar: FilesSidebarPage
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ export const test = baseTest.extend<FilesFixtures>({
 		await use(new FilesListPage(page))
 	},
 
+	filesNavigation: async ({ page }, use) => {
+		await use(new FilesNavigationPage(page))
+	},
+
 	filesSidebar: async ({ page }, use) => {
 		await use(new FilesSidebarPage(page))
 	},

tests/playwright/support/sections/FilesListPage.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ export class FilesListPage {
 			.getByRole('button', { name: 'Actions' })
 	}
 
-	async triggerActionForFile(filename: string, actionId: string): Promise<void> {
+	/**
+	 * Open the row actions menu for a file and return the menu popover locator.
+	 * Use this when a test needs to inspect a menu entry (e.g. its label) before
+	 * clicking; for a plain "open and click" use {@link triggerActionForFile}.
+	 */
+	async openActionsMenuForFile(filename: string): Promise<Locator> {
 		const row = this.getRowForFile(filename)
 		await row.hover()
 
@@ -36,13 +41,27 @@ export class FilesListPage {
 		await actionsButton.click({ force: true })
 
 		const menuId = await actionsButton.getAttribute('aria-controls')
+		const menu = this.page.locator(`#${menuId}`)
+		await menu.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+		return menu
+	}
+
+	getActionButtonInMenu(menu: Locator, actionId: string): Locator {
 		// The action button has role="menuitem", so use tag selector not getByRole
-		const actionEntry = this.page
-			.locator(`#${menuId} [data-cy-files-list-row-action="${actionId}"] button`)
+		return menu.locator(`[data-cy-files-list-row-action="${actionId}"] button`)
+	}
+
+	async triggerActionForFile(filename: string, actionId: string): Promise<void> {
+		const menu = await this.openActionsMenuForFile(filename)
+		const actionEntry = this.getActionButtonInMenu(menu, actionId)
 		await actionEntry.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
 		await actionEntry.click()
 	}
 
+	getFavoriteIconForFile(filename: string): Locator {
+		return this.getRowForFile(filename).getByRole('img', { name: 'Favorite' })
+	}
+
 	async selectAll(): Promise<void> {
 		await this.page.locator('[data-cy-files-list-selection-checkbox]')
 			.getByRole('checkbox')

tests/playwright/support/sections/FilesNavigationPage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import type { Locator, Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+/**
+ * The left-hand files navigation (the view list: All files, Favorites, Recent, …).
+ * Distinct from {@link NavigationHeaderPage}, which models the top app bar.
+ */
+export class FilesNavigationPage {
+	constructor(private readonly page: Page) {}
+
+	/**
+	 * A navigation entry, e.g. the "favorites" view.
+	 * Uses the product-owned data-cy attribute set on NcAppNavigationItem.
+	 */
+	getNavigationItem(viewId: string): Locator {
+		return this.page.locator(`[data-cy-files-navigation-item="${viewId}"]`)
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Expand a collapsible navigation view to reveal its child entries.
+	 * Collapsed children are `display: none`, so they must be expanded to be visible.
+	 * "Open menu" is the accessible name of NcAppNavigationItem's collapse toggle.
+	 */
+	async expandNavigationItem(viewId: string): Promise<void> {
+		await this.getNavigationItem(viewId)
+			.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open menu' })
+			.click()
+	}
+}

tests/playwright/support/sections/FilesSidebarPage.ts

@@ -15,4 +15,19 @@ export class FilesSidebarPage {
 	heading(name: string): Locator {
 		return this.sidebar().getByRole('heading', { name })
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Open the sidebar "Actions" menu and click the entry with the given name
+	 * (e.g. "Favorite" / "Unfavorite").
+	 */
+	async triggerAction(name: string): Promise<void> {
+		await this.sidebar().getByRole('button', { name: 'Actions' }).click()
+		const action = this.page.getByRole('menuitem', { name })
+		await action.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+		await action.click()
+	}
+
+	async close(): Promise<void> {
+		await this.sidebar().getByRole('button', { name: 'Close sidebar' }).click()
+	}
 }