Quick start with RED - Robot Editor
Switch to Robot perspective
In order to work with RED, Robot perspective needs to be activated. This can be done in several ways, the easiest is to use top menu:
Window -> Perspective -> Open perspective -> Other
and select Robot
Create Robot Project
All projects with Robot Framework files should be kept in project-type
(“nature”) Robot, as this allows RED to activate RED specific
features on Robot files. Select from top menu bar:
File -> New -> Other -> Robot Framework -> Robot Project
Empty Robot Project should looks similar as below:
If project doesn’t have brown icon or no red.xml file it means that the Project is different type than Robot. Fix this by right-click on Project name,from Robot Framework select Add Robot nature
Import Robot files into project
Import Robot files by drag&drop to created project, alternatively
you can import folders by right click on project and selecting
Import -> General -> File System
Validate project and imported files
When Robot files has been imported, it is time to validate all the
files to get indication about possible issues - either errors in test
cases or missing libraries links in red.xml. Use Project -> Clean from top menu.