1. A method for managing graphical user interface (GUI) objects in a testing environment, comprising: uniquely identifying the GUI objects in the testing environment, the GUI objects having corresponding test objects having at least one spatial property selected from a set of properties; and sorting the uniquely identified GUI objects in the test environment in response to a pre-defined hierarchy of properties belonging to the set of properties, wherein at least one property selected from the pre-defined hierarchy of properties includes at least one spatial property.