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-api.js b/src/app/components/swap-panel-api.js
index f603dfedc3..9b2f8cc3bf 100644
--- a/src/app/components/swap-panel-api.js
+++ b/src/app/components/swap-panel-api.js
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ class SwapPanelApi {
     verticalIconsComponent.event.on('showContent', (moduleName) => {
       if (!swapPanelComponent.contents[moduleName]) return
       if (this.currentContent === moduleName) {
-        this.event.emit('toggle')
+        this.event.emit('toggle', moduleName)
         return
       }
+      this.showContent(moduleName)
       this.event.emit('showing', moduleName)
-      this.component.showContent(moduleName)
-      this.currentContent = moduleName
     })
   }
 
   showContent (moduleName) {
     this.component.showContent(moduleName)
+    this.currentContent = moduleName
   }
 
   /*
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/contract/contractParser.js b/src/app/contract/contractParser.js
index 3d3afa6733..de9abb5c34 100644
--- a/src/app/contract/contractParser.js
+++ b/src/app/contract/contractParser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+var solcTranslate = require('solc/translate')
 var remixLib = require('remix-lib')
 var txHelper = remixLib.execution.txHelper
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ var getDetails = function (contractName, contract, source) {
   }
 
   if (source && contract.assembly !== null) {
-    detail['Assembly'] = formatAssemblyText(contract.evm.legacyAssembly, '', source.content)
+    detail['Assembly'] = solcTranslate.prettyPrintLegacyAssemblyJSON(contract.evm.legacyAssembly, source.content)
   }
 
   return detail
@@ -58,36 +59,6 @@ var retrieveMetadataHash = function (bytecode) {
   }
 }
 
-var formatAssemblyText = function (asm, prefix, source) {
-  if (typeof asm === typeof '' || asm === null || asm === undefined) {
-    return prefix + asm + '\n'
-  }
-  var text = prefix + '.code\n'
-  asm['.code'].forEach(function (item, _i) {
-    var v = item.value === undefined ? '' : item.value
-    var src = ''
-    if (item.begin !== undefined && item.end !== undefined) {
-      src = source.slice(item.begin, item.end).replace('\n', '\\n', 'g')
-    }
-    if (src.length > 30) {
-      src = src.slice(0, 30) + '...'
-    }
-    if (item.name !== 'tag') {
-      text += '  '
-    }
-    text += prefix + item.name + ' ' + v + '\t\t\t' + src + '\n'
-  })
-  text += prefix + '.data\n'
-  let asmData = (asm['.data'] || [])
-  for (let i in asmData) {
-    let item = asmData[i]
-
-    text += '  ' + prefix + '' + i + ':\n'
-    text += formatAssemblyText(item, prefix + '    ', source)
-  }
-  return text
-}
-
 var gethDeploy = function (contractName, jsonInterface, bytecode) {
   var code = ''
   var funABI = txHelper.getConstructorInterface(jsonInterface)
diff --git a/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js b/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js
index 5ab26748e9..3f0718ef0c 100644
--- a/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js
+++ b/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ staticAnalysisView.prototype.render = function () {
         ${this.modulesView}
       </div>
       <div class="${css.buttons}">
-        <button class=${css.buttonRun} onclick=${function () { self.run() }} >Run</button>
+        <button class="${css.buttonRun}" onclick="${function () { self.run() }}" >Run</button>
         <label class="${css.label}" for="autorunstaticanalysis">
           <input id="autorunstaticanalysis"
             type="checkbox"
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ staticAnalysisView.prototype.render = function () {
           >
           Auto run
         </label>
-        <label class="${css.label}" for="checkallstaticanalysis">
-          <input id="checkallstaticanalysis"
+        <label class="${css.label}" for="checkAllEntries">
+          <input id="checkAllEntries"
             type="checkbox"
             onclick="${function (event) { self.checkAll(event) }}"
             style="vertical-align:bottom"
@@ -125,29 +125,23 @@ staticAnalysisView.prototype.run = function () {
   }
 }
 
-staticAnalysisView.prototype.checkAll = function (event) {
-  if (!this.view) {
-    return
-  }
-  var all = this.view.querySelectorAll('[name="staticanalysismodule"]')
-  var isAnySelected = false
-  for (var i = 0; i < all.length; i++) {
-    if (all[i].checked === true) {
-      isAnySelected = true
-      break
-    }
-  }
-  for (var j = 0; j < all.length; j++) {
-    all[j].checked = !isAnySelected
+staticAnalysisView.prototype.checkModule = function (event) {
+  let selected = this.view.querySelectorAll('[name="staticanalysismodule"]:checked')
+  let checkAll = this.view.querySelector('[id="checkAllEntries"]')
+  if (event.target.checked) {
+    checkAll.checked = true
+  } else if (!selected.length) {
+    checkAll.checked = false
   }
-  event.target.checked = !isAnySelected
 }
 
-staticAnalysisView.prototype.checkModule = function (event) {
-  var selectAll = this.view.querySelector('[id="checkallstaticanalysis" ]')
-  if (event.target.checked) {
-    selectAll.checked = true
+staticAnalysisView.prototype.checkAll = function (event) {
+  if (!this.view) {
+    return
   }
+  // checks/unchecks all
+  var checkBoxes = this.view.querySelectorAll('[name="staticanalysismodule"]')
+  checkBoxes.forEach((checkbox) => { checkbox.checked = event.target.checked })
 }
 
 staticAnalysisView.prototype.renderModules = function () {
@@ -160,6 +154,7 @@ staticAnalysisView.prototype.renderModules = function () {
         <label class="${css.label}">
           <input id="staticanalysismodule_${categoryId}_${i}"
             type="checkbox"
+            class="staticAnalysisItem"
             name="staticanalysismodule"
             index=${item._index}
             checked="true"
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/src/app/tabs/settings-tab.js b/src/app/tabs/settings-tab.js
index 7b02a5c803..d200c152df 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/settings-tab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/settings-tab.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ var yo = require('yo-yo')
 var csjs = require('csjs-inject')
 var remixLib = require('remix-lib')
 
-const defaultPlugins = require('../plugin/plugins')
 var globalRegistry = require('../../global/registry')
 var tooltip = require('../ui/tooltip')
 var copyToClipboard = require('../ui/copy-to-clipboard')
@@ -127,74 +126,13 @@ module.exports = class SettingsTab {
           <label for="themeClean">Clean Theme</label>
         </div>
       </div>`
-    self._view.config.plugins = yo`<div></div>`
-    self._view.config.plugin = yo`
-      <div class="${css.info}">
-        <div class=${css.title}>Plugin <i title="This section is still under heavy development, please use it carefully" class="${css.icon} fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> </div>
-        <div class="${css.crowNoFlex}">
-          <div>Load plugin from JSON description: </div>
-          ${self._view.pluginInput}
-          <input onclick=${onloadPluginJson} type="button" value="Load" class="${css.initPlugin}">
-          ${self._view.config.plugins}
-        </div>
-      </div>`
     self._view.el = yo`
       <div class="${css.settingsTabView}" id="settingsView">
         ${self._view.config.general}
-        ${self._view.config.plugin}
         ${self._view.gistToken}
         ${self._view.config.themes}
       </div>`
 
-    function loadPlugins (plugins, opt) {
-      for (var k in plugins) {
-        (function (plugin) {
-          if (!self._view.plugins[plugin.title]) self._view.plugins[plugin.title] = {}
-          self._view.plugins[plugin.title].json = plugin
-          self._view.plugins[plugin.title].el = yo`<div title=${plugin.title} class="${css.pluginLoad}">
-          <div class="${css.aPlugin}" onclick=${() => { onLoadPlugin(plugin.title) }}>${plugin.title}</div>
-          ${opt.removable ? yo`<span class="${css.removePlugin}" onclick=${() => { onRemovePlugin(plugin.title) }}><i class="fa fa-close"></i></span>` : yo`<span></span>`}
-          </div>`
-          self._view.config.plugins.appendChild(self._view.plugins[plugin.title].el)
-        })(plugins[k])
-      }
-    }
-
-    function getSavedPlugin () {
-      var savedPlugin = self._deps.config.get('settings/plugins-list')
-      return savedPlugin ? JSON.parse(savedPlugin) : {}
-    }
-    function setSavedPlugin (savedPlugins) {
-      self._deps.config.set('settings/plugins-list', JSON.stringify(savedPlugins))
-    }
-    loadPlugins(defaultPlugins, {removable: false})
-    loadPlugins(getSavedPlugin(), {removable: true})
-
-    function onLoadPlugin (name) {
-      self.event.trigger('plugin-loadRequest', [self._view.plugins[name].json])
-    }
-    function onRemovePlugin (name) {
-      var savedPlugin = getSavedPlugin()
-      delete savedPlugin[name]
-      setSavedPlugin(savedPlugin)
-      if (self._view.plugins[name]) {
-        self._view.plugins[name].el.parentNode.removeChild(self._view.plugins[name].el)
-        delete self._view.plugins[name]
-      }
-    }
-    function onloadPluginJson (event) {
-      try {
-        var json = JSON.parse(self._view.pluginInput.value)
-      } catch (e) {
-        return tooltip('cannot parse the plugin definition to JSON')
-      }
-      var savedPlugin = getSavedPlugin()
-      if (self._view.plugins[json.title]) return tooltip('Plugin already loaded')
-      savedPlugin[json.title] = json
-      setSavedPlugin(savedPlugin)
-      loadPlugins([json], {removable: true})
-    }
-
     function onchangeGenerateContractMetadata (event) {
       self._deps.config.set('settings/generate-contract-metadata', !self._deps.config.get('settings/generate-contract-metadata'))
     }
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/styles/test-tab-styles.js b/src/app/tabs/styles/test-tab-styles.js
index cc79dc8f18..7a3c663a79 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/styles/test-tab-styles.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/styles/test-tab-styles.js
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ var css = csjs`
   .buttons {
     ${styles.rightPanel.testTab.box_listTests};
     margin: 2%;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
   }
   .runButton {
     ${styles.rightPanel.testTab.button_runTests};
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ var css = csjs`
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 1em;
   }
+  .label {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
 `
-
 module.exports = css
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/test-tab.js b/src/app/tabs/test-tab.js
index c4bd9b3d1c..ea39a4531a 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/test-tab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/test-tab.js
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ module.exports = class TestTab {
     }
 
     self._deps.filePanel.event.register('newTestFileCreated', file => {
-      var testList = document.querySelector("[class^='testList']")
-      var test = yo`<label><input onchange=${(e) => toggleCheckbox(e, file)} type="checkbox" checked="true">${file}</label>`
+      var testList = self.view.querySelector("[class^='testList']")
+      var test = yo`<label class="singleTestLabel"><input class="singleTest" onchange=${(e) => toggleCheckbox(e.target.checked, file)} type="checkbox" checked="true">${file}</label>`
       testList.appendChild(test)
       self.data.allTests.push(file)
       self.data.selectedTests.push(file)
@@ -142,13 +142,32 @@ module.exports = class TestTab {
 
     function listTests () {
       var tests = self.data.allTests
-      return tests.map(test => yo`<label><input onchange =${(e) => toggleCheckbox(e, test)} type="checkbox" checked="true">${test} </label>`)
+      return tests.map(test => yo`<label class="singleTestLabel"><input class="singleTest" onchange =${(e) => toggleCheckbox(e.target.checked, test)} type="checkbox" checked="true">${test} </label>`)
     }
 
-    function toggleCheckbox (e, test) {
-      var selectedTests = self.data.selectedTests
-      selectedTests = e.target.checked ? [...selectedTests, test] : selectedTests.filter(el => el !== test)
+    function toggleCheckbox (eChecked, test) {
+      if (!self.data.selectedTests) {
+        self.data.selectedTests = self._view.el.querySelectorAll('.singleTest:checked')
+      }
+      let selectedTests = self.data.selectedTests
+      selectedTests = eChecked ? [...selectedTests, test] : selectedTests.filter(el => el !== test)
       self.data.selectedTests = selectedTests
+      let checkAll = self._view.el.querySelector('[id="checkAllTests"]')
+      if (eChecked) {
+        checkAll.checked = true
+      } else if (!selectedTests.length) {
+        checkAll.checked = false
+      }
+    }
+
+    function checkAll (event) {
+      let checkBoxes = self._view.el.querySelectorAll('.singleTest')
+      const checkboxesLabels = self._view.el.querySelectorAll('.singleTestLabel')
+      // checks/unchecks all
+      for (let i = 0; i < checkBoxes.length; i++) {
+        checkBoxes[i].checked = event.target.checked
+        toggleCheckbox(event.target.checked, checkboxesLabels[i].innerText)
+      }
     }
 
     var runTests = function () {
@@ -186,12 +205,20 @@ module.exports = class TestTab {
           <br/>
           For more details, see
           How to test smart contracts guide in our documentation.
-          <div class=${css.generateTestFile} onclick=${generateTestFile}>Generate test file</div>
+          <div class="${css.generateTestFile}" onclick="${generateTestFile}">Generate test file</div>
         </div>
         <div class="${css.tests}">
           ${self.testList}
-          <div class=${css.buttons}>
-            <div class=${css.runButton} onclick=${runTests}>Run Tests</div>
+          <div class="${css.buttons}">
+            <div class="${css.runButton}"  onclick="${runTests}">Run Tests</div>
+            <label class="${css.label}" for="checkAllTests">
+              <input id="checkAllTests"
+                type="checkbox"
+                onclick="${function (event) { checkAll(event) }}"
+                checked="true"
+              >
+              Check/Uncheck all
+            </label>
           </div>
           ${testsOutput}
           ${testsSummary}
diff --git a/src/framingService.js b/src/framingService.js
index bb15139d32..fa50132742 100644
--- a/src/framingService.js
+++ b/src/framingService.js
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 export default {
   start: (appStore, swapPanelApi, verticalIconApi, mainPanelApi, resizeFeature) => {
-    swapPanelApi.event.on('toggle', () => {
+    swapPanelApi.event.on('toggle', (moduleName) => {
       resizeFeature.panel1.clientWidth !== 0 ? resizeFeature.minimize() : resizeFeature.maximise()
       if (moduleName === 'file explorers') {
         mainPanelApi.showContent('code editor')
       }
     })
-    mainPanelApi.event.on('toggle', () => {
-      verticalIconApi.select('code editor')
-      resizeFeature.maximise()
-    })
     swapPanelApi.event.on('showing', (moduleName) => {
       if (moduleName === 'file explorers') {
         mainPanelApi.showContent('code editor')
@@ -19,10 +15,14 @@ export default {
       // warn the content that it is being displayed. TODO should probably be done in each view
       if (current && current.api.__showing) current.api.__showing()
     })
-    mainPanelApi.event.on('showing', (moduleName) => {})
+    mainPanelApi.event.on('toggle', () => {
+      verticalIconApi.select('code editor')
+      resizeFeature.maximise()
+    })
+    // mainPanelApi.event.on('showing', (moduleName) => {})
 
     verticalIconApi.select('file explorers')
-    resizeFeature.minimize()
     verticalIconApi.select('homepage')
+    resizeFeature.minimize()
   }
 }
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)')