diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/.eslintrc b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/.eslintrc
index 27f5b55914..0868946880 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/.eslintrc
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/.eslintrc
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
         }
       }
     ],
+    "extends": ["../../.eslintrc"],
     "ignorePatterns": ["!**/*"]
 }
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diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/checkElementStyle.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/checkElementStyle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14c2be55d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/checkElementStyle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import EventEmitter from "events"
+import { NightwatchBrowser } from 'nightwatch'
+
+class checkElementStyle extends EventEmitter {
+  command (this: NightwatchBrowser, cssSelector: string, styleProperty: string, expectedResult: string): NightwatchBrowser {
+    this.api.perform((done) => {
+      checkStyle(this.api, cssSelector, styleProperty, expectedResult, () => {
+        done()
+        this.emit('complete')
+      })
+    })
+    return this
+  }
+}
+
+function checkStyle (browser: NightwatchBrowser, cssSelector: string, styleProperty: string, expectedResult: string, callback: VoidFunction) {
+  browser.execute(function (cssSelector, styleProperty) {
+    return window.getComputedStyle(document.querySelector(cssSelector)).getPropertyValue(styleProperty)
+  }, [cssSelector, styleProperty], function (result) {
+    const value = result.value
+
+    if (typeof value === 'string') {
+      browser.assert.equal(value.trim(), expectedResult)
+    } else {
+      browser.assert.fail('Failed with error info :', result.value.toString())
+    }
+    callback()
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = checkElementStyle
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/openFile.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/openFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05971583ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/openFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { NightwatchBrowser } from 'nightwatch'
+import EventEmitter from "events"
+
+class OpenFile extends EventEmitter {
+  command (this: NightwatchBrowser, name: string) {
+    this.api.perform((done) => {
+      openFile(this.api, name, () => {
+        done()
+        this.emit('complete')
+      })
+    })
+    return this
+  }
+}
+
+// click on fileExplorer can toggle it. We go through settings to be sure FE is open
+function openFile (browser: NightwatchBrowser, name: string, done: VoidFunction) {
+  browser.clickLaunchIcon('settings').clickLaunchIcon('fileExplorers')
+      .waitForElementVisible('li[key="' + name + '"]')
+      .click('li[key="' + name + '"]')
+      .pause(2000)
+      .perform(() => {
+        done()
+      })
+}
+
+module.exports = OpenFile
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/defaultLayout.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/defaultLayout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22ad99fa1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/defaultLayout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+'use strict'
+import { NightwatchBrowser } from 'nightwatch'
+import init from '../helpers/init'
+import sauce from './sauce'
+
+module.exports = {
+  before: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser, done: VoidFunction) {
+    init(browser, done, 'http://127.0.0.1:8080', false)
+  },
+
+  'Loads Icon\'s Panel': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="remixIdeIconPanel"]', 10000)
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="verticalIconsHomeIcon"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[plugin="fileExplorers"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[plugin="pluginManager"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[plugin="settings"]')
+  },
+
+  'Loads Side Panel': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="remixIdeSidePanel"]')
+    .assert.containsText('h6[data-id="sidePanelSwapitTitle"]', 'FILE EXPLORERS')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="filePanelFileExplorerTree"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('li[key="browser/3_Ballot.sol"]')
+  },
+
+  'Loads Main View': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="mainPanelPluginsContainer"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="landingPageHomeContainer"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="landingPageHpSections"]')
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="terminalContainer"]')
+  },
+
+  'Loads terminal': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="terminalCli"]', 10000)
+    .journalLastChildIncludes('Welcome to Remix')
+  },
+
+  'Toggles Side Panel': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="remixIdeSidePanel"]')
+    .assert.containsText('h6[data-id="sidePanelSwapitTitle"]', 'FILE EXPLORERS')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('fileExplorers')
+    .assert.hidden('div[data-id="remixIdeSidePanel"]')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('fileExplorers')
+    .assert.visible('div[data-id="remixIdeSidePanel"]')
+    .assert.containsText('h6[data-id="sidePanelSwapitTitle"]', 'FILE EXPLORERS')
+  },
+
+  'Toggles Terminal': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="terminalContainer"]')
+    .assert.visible('div[data-id="terminalContainerDisplay"]')
+    .click('i[data-id="terminalToggleIcon"]')
+    .checkElementStyle('div[data-id="terminalToggleMenu"]', 'height', '35px')
+    .click('i[data-id="terminalToggleIcon"]')
+    .assert.visible('div[data-id="terminalContainerDisplay"]')
+  },
+
+  'Toggles File Explorer Browser': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="filePanelFileExplorerTree"]')
+    .assert.visible('ul[key="browser"]')
+    .click('div[data-id="treeViewTogglebrowser"]')
+    .assert.hidden('ul[key="browser"]')
+    .click('div[data-id="treeViewTogglebrowser"]')
+    .assert.visible('ul[key="browser"]')
+  },
+
+  'Switch Tabs using tabs icon': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .waitForElementVisible('div[data-id="filePanelFileExplorerTree"]')
+    .openFile('browser/3_Ballot.sol')
+    .assert.containsText('div[title="browser/3_Ballot.sol"]', '3_Ballot.sol')
+    .click('span[class^=dropdownCaret]')
+    .click('#homeItem')
+    .assert.containsText('div[title="home"]', 'Home')
+    .end()
+  },
+
+  tearDown: sauce
+}
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/types/index.d.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/types/index.d.ts
index 2a5c02ac0b..2e5bcc16e8 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/types/index.d.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ declare module "nightwatch" {
         executeScript(script: string): NightwatchBrowser,
         clearEditableContent(cssSelector: string): NightwatchBrowser,
         journalChildIncludes(val: string): NightwatchBrowser,
-        debugTransaction(index: number): NightwatchBrowser
+        debugTransaction(index: number): NightwatchBrowser,
+        checkElementStyle(cssSelector: string, styleProperty: string, expectedResult: string): NightwatchBrowser,
+        openFile(name: string): NightwatchBrowser
     }
 
     export interface NightwatchBrowser {
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/tsconfig.json b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/tsconfig.json
index 00194881f7..abd2e3b893 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
       "types": ["node", "nightwatch"],
       "esModuleInterop": true,
+      "strict": true
     },
     "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.js"]
 }