diff --git a/src/app/components/plugin-manager-component.js b/src/app/components/plugin-manager-component.js
index 1fb8011b83..d2431a56bc 100644
--- a/src/app/components/plugin-manager-component.js
+++ b/src/app/components/plugin-manager-component.js
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ class PluginManagerComponent {
         </div>`
 
     return yo`
-    <div id=${item} class=${css.plugin} >
+    <div id=${item} title="${item}" class=${css.plugin} >
       <h3>${mod.profile.name}</h3>
       ${mod.profile.description}
       ${ctrBtns}
     </div>
-  `
+    `
   }
 
   reRender () {
diff --git a/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js b/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js
index c6db7d221f..4f13c118ed 100644
--- a/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js
+++ b/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class SwapPanelComponent {
 
   showContent (moduleName) {
     // hiding the current view and display the `moduleName`
+    if (moduleName === this.currentNode) return
     if (this.contents[moduleName]) {
       this.contents[moduleName].style.display = 'block'
       if (this.currentNode) {
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compileTab.js b/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compileTab.js
index 14a10cf31d..b3ed2af066 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compileTab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/compileTab/compileTab.js
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ class CompileTab {
       (error, content, cleanUrl, type, url) => {
         if (error) return cb(error)
 
-        if (this._deps.fileProviders[type]) {
-          this._deps.fileProviders[type].addReadOnly(cleanUrl, content, url)
+        if (this.fileProviders[type]) {
+          this.fileProviders[type].addReadOnly(cleanUrl, content, url)
         }
         cb(null, content)
       })
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CompileTab {
   importFileCb (url, filecb) {
     if (url.indexOf('/remix_tests.sol') !== -1) return filecb(null, remixTests.assertLibCode)
 
-    var provider = this._deps.fileManager.fileProviderOf(url)
+    var provider = this.fileManager.fileProviderOf(url)
     if (provider) {
       if (provider.type === 'localhost' && !provider.isConnected()) {
         return filecb(`file provider ${provider.type} not available while trying to resolve ${url}`)
diff --git a/test-browser/helpers/contracts.js b/test-browser/helpers/contracts.js
index 36c99b4778..fef021a582 100644
--- a/test-browser/helpers/contracts.js
+++ b/test-browser/helpers/contracts.js
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ module.exports = {
   testEditorValue,
   renameFile,
   removeFile,
-  getAddressAtPosition
+  getAddressAtPosition,
+  clickLaunchIcon
+}
+
+function clickLaunchIcon (icon) {
+  this.click('#icon-panel div[title="' + icon + '"]')
+  return this
 }
 
 function getCompiledContracts (browser, compiled, callback) {
-  browser.execute(function () {
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('solidity').execute(function () {
     var contracts = document.querySelectorAll('#compileTabView select option')
     if (!contracts) {
       return null
@@ -44,14 +50,14 @@ function getCompiledContracts (browser, compiled, callback) {
 }
 
 function selectContract (browser, contractName, callback) {
-  browser.click('.runView')
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('settings').clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
   .setValue('#runTabView select[class^="contractNames"]', contractName).perform(() => {
     callback()
   })
 }
 
 function createContract (browser, inputParams, callback) {
-  browser.click('.runView')
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('settings').clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
   .setValue('div[class^="contractActionsContainerSingle"] input', inputParams, function () {
     browser.click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]').pause(500).perform(function () { callback() })
   })
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ function verifyContract (browser, compiledContractNames, callback) {
 
 function testContracts (browser, fileName, contractCode, compiledContractNames, callback) {
   browser
-    .click('.compileView')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
     .clearValue('#input textarea')
     .perform((client, done) => {
       addFile(browser, fileName, contractCode, done)
@@ -211,7 +217,7 @@ function setEditorValue (value, callback) {
 }
 
 function addInstance (browser, address, isValidFormat, isValidChecksum, callback) {
-  browser.clearValue('.ataddressinput').setValue('.ataddressinput', address, function () {
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('run transactions').clearValue('.ataddressinput').setValue('.ataddressinput', address, function () {
     browser.click('div[class^="atAddress"]')
       .execute(function () {
         var ret = document.querySelector('div[class^="modalBody"] div').innerHTML
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ function modalFooterOKClick () {
 }
 
 function addFile (browser, name, content, done) {
-  browser.click('.newFile')
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('run transactions').clickLaunchIcon('file explorers').click('.newFile')
     .perform((client, done) => {
       browser.execute(function (fileName) {
         if (fileName !== 'Untitled.sol') {
@@ -366,7 +372,7 @@ function useFilter (browser, filter, test, done) {
 }
 
 function switchFile (browser, name, done) {
-  browser
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('settings').clickLaunchIcon('file explorers')
     .click('li[key="' + name + '"]')
     .pause(2000)
     .perform(() => {
diff --git a/test-browser/helpers/init.js b/test-browser/helpers/init.js
index a5cd421de6..e4dc8d0784 100644
--- a/test-browser/helpers/init.js
+++ b/test-browser/helpers/init.js
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
+var helpers = require('./contracts')
+
 module.exports = function (browser, callback) {
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon = helpers.clickLaunchIcon
   browser
     .url('http://127.0.0.1:8080/#version=builtin')
     .injectScript('test-browser/helpers/applytestmode.js', function () {
       browser.resizeWindow(2560, 1440, () => {
-        browser.click('#autoCompile')
+        initModules(browser, () => {
+          browser.clickLaunchIcon('solidity').click('#autoCompile')
           .perform(function () {
             callback()
           })
+        })
       })
     })
 }
+
+function initModules (browser, callback) {
+  browser.click('#icon-panel div[title="plugin manager"]')
+  .execute(function () {
+    document.querySelector('div[title="plugin manager"]').scrollTop = document.querySelector('div[title="plugin manager"]').scrollHeight
+  }, [], function () {
+    browser.click('#pluginManager div[title="solidity"] button')
+    .click('#pluginManager div[title="run transactions"] button')
+    .click('#pluginManager div[title="solidity static analysis"] button')
+    .click('#pluginManager div[title="debugger"] button')
+    .click('#icon-panel div[title="file explorers"]')
+    .perform(() => { callback() })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/ballot.js b/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
index d5b5d06c7b..2861632bc0 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
   browser.clickFunction = contractHelper.clickFunction
   browser.modalFooterOKClick = contractHelper.modalFooterOKClick
   browser.setEditorValue = contractHelper.setEditorValue
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon = contractHelper.clickLaunchIcon
   browser
-    .waitForElementVisible('.newFile', 10000)
-    .click('.compileView')
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
   .perform((client, done) => {
     contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'Untitled.sol', sources[0]['browser/Untitled.sol'], ['Ballot'], function () {
       done()
     })
-  }).click('.runView')
+  }).clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
       .setValue('input[placeholder="uint8 _numProposals"]', '1')
       .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
       .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
       .pause(500)
       .click('span#tx0x0571a2439ea58bd349dd130afb8aff62a33af14c06de0dbc3928519bdf13ce2e div[class^="debug"]')
       .pause(2000)
+      .clickLaunchIcon('debugger')
       .click('#jumppreviousbreakpoint')
       .pause(2000)
       .perform(function (client, done) {
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
           done()
         })
       })
-      .click('.runView')
+      .clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
       .click('div[class^="udappClose"]')
       .perform((client, done) => {
         console.log('ballot.abi')
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
           done()
         })
       })
+      .clickLaunchIcon('file explorers')
       .perform((client, done) => {
         console.log('addInstance 0x692a70D2e424a56D2C6C27aA97D1a86395877b3A')
         contractHelper.addInstance(browser, '0x692a70D2e424a56D2C6C27aA97D1a86395877b3A', true, true, () => {
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/compiling.js b/test-browser/tests/compiling.js
index af09962aa8..fc82913722 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/compiling.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/compiling.js
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ function runTests (browser) {
   browser.setEditorValue = contractHelper.setEditorValue
   browser.modalFooterOKClick = contractHelper.modalFooterOKClick
   browser.getEditorValue = contractHelper.getEditorValue
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon = contractHelper.clickLaunchIcon
   browser
-    .waitForElementVisible('.newFile', 10000)
-    .click('.compileView')
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
     .perform(() => {
       // the first fn is used to pass browser to the other ones.
       async.waterfall([function (callback) { callback(null, browser) }, testSimpleContract, testReturnValues, testInputValues, testRecorder.test], function () {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ function runTests (browser) {
 
 function testSimpleContract (browser, callback) {
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'Untitled.sol', sources[0]['browser/Untitled.sol'], ['TestContract'], function () {
-    browser.click('.runView')
+    browser.clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
       .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
       .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ function testSimpleContract (browser, callback) {
 
 function testReturnValues (browser, callback) {
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'returnValues.sol', sources[1]['browser/returnValues.sol'], ['testReturnValues'], function () {
-    browser.click('.runView')
+    browser.clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
       .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
       .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ function testReturnValues (browser, callback) {
 
 function testInputValues (browser, callback) {
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'inputValues.sol', sources[2]['browser/inputValues.sol'], ['test'], function () {
-    browser.click('.runView')
+    browser.clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
         .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
         .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
         .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js b/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
index e4e8efbdb1..d40923f2d0 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
   browser.modalFooterOKClick = contractHelper.modalFooterOKClick
   browser.getEditorValue = contractHelper.getEditorValue
   browser.testEditorValue = contractHelper.testEditorValue
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon = contractHelper.clickLaunchIcon
   var browserName = browser.options.desiredCapabilities.browserName
   if (browserName === 'safari' || browserName === 'internet explorer') {
     console.log('do not run remixd test for ' + browserName + ': sauce labs doesn\'t seems to handle websocket')
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
     return
   }
   browser
-    .waitForElementVisible('.newFile', 10000)
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('file explorers')
     .click('.websocketconn')
     .waitForElementVisible('#modal-footer-ok', 10000)
     .click('#modal-footer-ok')
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
       testImportFromRemixd(browser, () => { done() })
     })
     .perform(function () {
-      browser.click('[data-path="localhost"]') // collapse and expand
+      browser.clickLaunchIcon('file explorers').click('[data-path="localhost"]') // collapse and expand
         .waitForElementNotVisible('[data-path="localhost/folder1"]')
         .click('[data-path="localhost"]')
         .waitForElementVisible('[data-path="localhost/folder1"]')
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/simpleContract.js b/test-browser/tests/simpleContract.js
index d2f18c427f..6165039b1f 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/simpleContract.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/simpleContract.js
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ module.exports = {
 function runTests (browser) {
   browser.setEditorValue = contractHelper.setEditorValue
   browser.getEditorValue = contractHelper.getEditorValue
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon = contractHelper.clickLaunchIcon
   browser
-    .waitForElementVisible('.newFile', 10000)
-    .click('.compileView')
-    .click('#filepanel label[data-path="browser"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('file explorers')
+    .click('#swap-panel label[data-path="browser"]')
     .perform(() => {
       // the first fn is used to pass browser to the other ones.
       async.waterfall([function (callback) { callback(null, browser) },
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ function testSuccessImport (browser, callback) {
 function testFailedImport (browser, callback) {
   console.log('testFailedImport')
   contractHelper.addFile(browser, 'Untitled3.sol', sources[2]['browser/Untitled3.sol'], () => {
-    browser.assert.containsText('#compileTabView .error pre', 'Unable to import "browser/Untitled11.sol": File not found')
+    browser.clickLaunchIcon('solidity').assert.containsText('#compileTabView .error pre', 'Unable to import "browser/Untitled11.sol": File not found')
     .perform(function () {
       callback(null, browser)
     })
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ function testAutoDeployLib (browser, callback) {
 
 function testManualDeployLib (browser, callback) {
   console.log('testManualDeployLib')
-  browser.click('i[class^="clearinstance"]').pause(5000).click('.settingsView').click('#generatecontractmetadata').perform(() => {
-    browser.click('.compileView').click('#compile').perform(() => { // that should generate the JSON artefact
+  browser.click('i[class^="clearinstance"]').pause(5000).clickLaunchIcon('settings').click('#generatecontractmetadata').perform(() => {
+    browser.clickLaunchIcon('solidity').click('#compile').perform(() => { // that should generate the JSON artefact
       contractHelper.verifyContract(browser, ['test'], () => {
         contractHelper.selectContract(browser, 'lib', () => { // deploy lib
           contractHelper.createContract(browser, '', () => {
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/staticanalysis.js b/test-browser/tests/staticanalysis.js
index 182e3eccdd..accb26ffcc 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/staticanalysis.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/staticanalysis.js
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ module.exports = {
 
 function runTests (browser) {
   browser.setEditorValue = contractHelper.setEditorValue
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon = contractHelper.clickLaunchIcon
   browser
-    .waitForElementVisible('.newFile', 10000)
-    .click('.compileView')
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'Untitled.sol', sources[0]['browser/Untitled.sol'], ['TooMuchGas', 'test1', 'test2'], function () {
     browser
-      .click('.staticanalysisView')
+      .clickLaunchIcon('solidity static analysis')
       .click('#staticanalysisView button')
       .waitForElementPresent('#staticanalysisresult .staticAnalysisWarning', 2000, true, function () {
         dom.listSelectorContains(['browser/Untitled.sol:2:33:Use of tx.origin',
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js b/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js
index 41742bd9cc..745daa98c2 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ module.exports = {
     return sources
   },
   test: function (browser, callback) {
+    browser.clickLaunchIcon = contractHelper.clickLaunchIcon
     contractHelper.addFile(browser, 'scenario.json', {content: records}, () => {
       browser
-        .click('.runView')
+        .clickLaunchIcon('run transactions')
         .click('div[class^="cardContainer"] i[class^="arrow"]')
         .click('#runTabView .runtransaction')
         .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')