Strip Given/When/Then prefix for keywords that start with a variable

[allanlei]

When using Given/When/Then/etc to match keywords that start with a variable ${...}, then Give/When/Then is captured into the variable value.

According to Ignoring Given/When/Then/And/But prefixes,

Prefixes Given, When, Then, And and But are dropped when matching keywords are searched, if no match with the full name is found

Is there a builtin method to reverse this logic such that it checks for the prefix-dropped version first?

*** Keywords ***
${url} is open
    Log To Console           Open "${url}"

${ele} is clicked
    Log To Console           Click "${ele}"

${ele} should be visible
    Log To Console           Is Visible "${ele}"


*** Variables ***
${url}          https://google.com
${btn_1}        xpath=//a/b/c
${modal_2}      xpath=//a/b/c


*** Test Cases ***
Valid Login
    Given ${url} is open
    When ${btn_1} is clicked
    Then ${modal_2} should be visible

Outputs

Open "Given https://google.com"
Click "When xpath=//a/b/c"
Is Visible "Then xpath=//a/b/c"

Wanted output

Open "https://google.com"
Click "xpath=//a/b/c"
Is Visible "xpath=//a/b/c"

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I can get this behaviour by changing https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/blob/master/src/robot/running/namespace.py#L292-L298 to

        runner = self._get_runner_from_suite_file(name)
        if not runner and '.' in name:
            runner = self._get_explicit_runner(name)
        if not runner:
            runner = self._get_bdd_style_runner(name)
        if not runner:
            runner = self._get_implicit_runner(name)

[pekkaklarck]

There's PR #5096 implementing this functionality so let's include this issue into RF 7.1 scope. I won't have time to review the PR right now, but I return to it after RF 7.0.1 is out.

[pekkaklarck]

There are some backwards incompatibility concerns due to behavior being changed. In my opinion risks are small enough so that this doesn't need to wait until a major version, but the change needs to be nevertheless be mentioned in release notes.