diff --git a/tests/frontend/helper.js_ b/tests/frontend/helper.js_
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d29a31f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/frontend/helper.js_
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+var testHelper = {};
+
+(function(){
+  var $iframeContainer, $iframe;
+
+  testHelper.init = function(){
+    $iframeContainer = $("#iframe-container");
+  }
+
+  testHelper.randomString = function randomString(len)
+  {
+    var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+    var randomstring = '';
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
+    {
+      var rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
+      randomstring += chars.substring(rnum, rnum + 1);
+    }
+    return randomstring;
+  }
+
+  testHelper.newPad = function(cb){
+    var padName = "FRONTEND_TEST_" + testHelper.randomString(20);
+    $iframe = $("<iframe src='/p/" + padName + "'></iframe>");
+
+    $iframeContainer.empty().append($iframe);
+
+    var checkInterval;
+    $iframe.load(function(){
+      checkInterval = setInterval(function(){
+        var loaded = false;
+
+        try {
+          //check if loading div is hidden
+          loaded = !testHelper.$getPadChrome().find("#editorloadingbox").is(":visible");
+        } catch(e){}
+
+        if(loaded){
+          clearTimeout(timeout);
+          clearInterval(checkInterval);
+
+          cb(null, {name: padName});
+        }
+      }, 100);
+    });
+
+    var timeout = setTimeout(function(){
+      if(checkInterval) clearInterval(checkInterval);
+      cb(new Error("Pad didn't load in 10 seconds"));
+    }, 10000);
+
+    return padName;
+  }
+
+  testHelper.$getPadChrome = function(){
+    var win = $iframe[0].contentWindow;
+    var $content = $iframe.contents();
+    $content.window = win;
+
+    return $content;
+  }
+
+  testHelper.$getPadOuter = function(){
+    var $iframe = testHelper.$getPadChrome().find('iframe.[name="ace_outer"]');
+    var win = $iframe[0].contentWindow;
+    var $content = $iframe.contents();
+    $content.window = win;
+
+    return $content;
+  }
+
+  testHelper.$getPadInner = function(){
+    var $iframe = testHelper.$getPadOuter().find('iframe.[name="ace_inner"]');
+    var win = $iframe[0].contentWindow;
+    var $content = $iframe.contents();
+    $content.window = win;
+
+    return $content;
+  }
+
+  // copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/985272/jquery-selecting-text-in-an-element-akin-to-highlighting-with-your-mouse
+  // selects the whole dom element you give it
+  testHelper.selectText = function(element, $iframe){
+    var doc = $iframe[0], win = $iframe.window, range, selection;
+
+    if (doc.body.createTextRange) { //ms
+        range = doc.body.createTextRange();
+        range.moveToElementText(element);
+        range.select();
+    } else if (win.getSelection) { //all others
+        selection = win.getSelection();        
+        range = doc.createRange();
+        range.selectNodeContents(element);
+        selection.removeAllRanges();
+        selection.addRange(range);
+    }
+  }
+})()
+
diff --git a/tests/frontend/index.html b/tests/frontend/index.html
index b86d6f00f..0f110c6aa 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/index.html
+++ b/tests/frontend/index.html
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
     <script src="lib/expect.js"></script>
 
     <script src="helper.js"></script>
-    
+    <script src="sendkeys.js"></script>    
+<!--    <script src="specs/keystroke_urls_become_clickable.js"></script>
+-->
     <script src="specs/button_bold.js"></script>
+    <script src="specs/button_italic.js"></script>
+    <script src="specs/keystroke_delete.js"></script>
 
     <script src="runner.js"></script>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/frontend/sendkeys.js b/tests/frontend/sendkeys.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1cb50947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/frontend/sendkeys.js
@@ -0,0 +1,465 @@
+// Cross-broswer implementation of text ranges and selections
+// documentation: http://bililite.com/blog/2011/01/11/cross-browser-.and-selections/
+// Version: 1.1
+// Copyright (c) 2010 Daniel Wachsstock
+// MIT license:
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+// obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+// files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+// restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+// copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+// conditions:
+
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+// included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+// OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+// NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+// HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+// WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+// OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+(function(){
+
+bililiteRange = function(el, debug){
+	var ret;
+	if (debug){
+		ret = new NothingRange(); // Easier to force it to use the no-selection type than to try to find an old browser
+	}else if (document.selection){
+		// Internet Explorer
+		ret = new IERange();
+	}else if (window.getSelection && el.setSelectionRange){
+		// Standards. Element is an input or textarea 
+		ret = new InputRange();
+	}else if (window.getSelection){
+		// Standards, with any other kind of element
+		ret = new W3CRange()
+	}else{
+		// doesn't support selection
+		ret = new NothingRange();
+	}
+	ret._el = el;
+	ret._textProp = textProp(el);
+	ret._bounds = [0, ret.length()];
+	return ret;
+}
+
+function textProp(el){
+	// returns the property that contains the text of the element
+	if (typeof el.value != 'undefined') return 'value';
+	if (typeof el.text != 'undefined') return 'text';
+	if (typeof el.textContent != 'undefined') return 'textContent';
+	return 'innerText';
+}
+
+// base class
+function Range(){}
+Range.prototype = {
+	length: function() {
+		return this._el[this._textProp].replace(/\r/g, '').length; // need to correct for IE's CrLf weirdness
+	},
+	bounds: function(s){
+		if (s === 'all'){
+			this._bounds = [0, this.length()];
+		}else if (s === 'start'){
+			this._bounds = [0, 0];
+		}else if (s === 'end'){
+			this._bounds = [this.length(), this.length()];
+		}else if (s === 'selection'){
+			this.bounds ('all'); // first select the whole thing for constraining
+			this._bounds = this._nativeSelection();
+		}else if (s){
+			this._bounds = s; // don't error check now; the element may change at any moment, so constrain it when we need it.
+		}else{
+			var b = [
+				Math.max(0, Math.min (this.length(), this._bounds[0])),
+				Math.max(0, Math.min (this.length(), this._bounds[1]))
+			];
+			return b; // need to constrain it to fit
+		}
+		return this; // allow for chaining
+	},
+	select: function(){
+		this._nativeSelect(this._nativeRange(this.bounds()));
+		return this; // allow for chaining
+	},
+	text: function(text, select){
+		if (arguments.length){
+			this._nativeSetText(text, this._nativeRange(this.bounds()));
+			if (select == 'start'){
+				this.bounds ([this._bounds[0], this._bounds[0]]);
+				this.select();
+			}else if (select == 'end'){
+				this.bounds ([this._bounds[0]+text.length, this._bounds[0]+text.length]);
+				this.select();
+			}else if (select == 'all'){
+				this.bounds ([this._bounds[0], this._bounds[0]+text.length]);
+				this.select();
+			}
+			return this; // allow for chaining
+		}else{
+			return this._nativeGetText(this._nativeRange(this.bounds()));
+		}
+	},
+	insertEOL: function (){
+		this._nativeEOL();
+		this._bounds = [this._bounds[0]+1, this._bounds[0]+1]; // move past the EOL marker
+		return this;
+	}
+};
+
+
+function IERange(){}
+IERange.prototype = new Range();
+IERange.prototype._nativeRange = function (bounds){
+	var rng;
+	if (this._el.tagName == 'INPUT'){
+		// IE 8 is very inconsistent; textareas have createTextRange but it doesn't work
+		rng = this._el.createTextRange();
+	}else{
+		rng = document.body.createTextRange ();
+		rng.moveToElementText(this._el);
+	}
+	if (bounds){
+		if (bounds[1] < 0) bounds[1] = 0; // IE tends to run elements out of bounds
+		if (bounds[0] > this.length()) bounds[0] = this.length();
+		if (bounds[1] < rng.text.replace(/\r/g, '').length){ // correct for IE's CrLf wierdness
+			// block-display elements have an invisible, uncounted end of element marker, so we move an extra one and use the current length of the range
+			rng.moveEnd ('character', -1);
+			rng.moveEnd ('character', bounds[1]-rng.text.replace(/\r/g, '').length);
+		}
+		if (bounds[0] > 0) rng.moveStart('character', bounds[0]);
+	}
+	return rng;					
+};
+IERange.prototype._nativeSelect = function (rng){
+	rng.select();
+};
+IERange.prototype._nativeSelection = function (){
+	// returns [start, end] for the selection constrained to be in element
+	var rng = this._nativeRange(); // range of the element to constrain to
+	var len = this.length();
+	if (document.selection.type != 'Text') return [len, len]; // append to the end
+	var sel = document.selection.createRange();
+	try{
+		return [
+			iestart(sel, rng),
+			ieend (sel, rng)
+		];
+	}catch (e){
+		// IE gets upset sometimes about comparing text to input elements, but the selections cannot overlap, so make a best guess
+		return (sel.parentElement().sourceIndex < this._el.sourceIndex) ? [0,0] : [len, len];
+	}
+};
+IERange.prototype._nativeGetText = function (rng){
+	return rng.text.replace(/\r/g, ''); // correct for IE's CrLf weirdness
+};
+IERange.prototype._nativeSetText = function (text, rng){
+	rng.text = text;
+};
+IERange.prototype._nativeEOL = function(){
+	if (typeof this._el.value != 'undefined'){
+		this.text('\n'); // for input and textarea, insert it straight
+	}else{
+		this._nativeRange(this.bounds()).pasteHTML('<br/>');
+	}
+};
+// IE internals
+function iestart(rng, constraint){
+	// returns the position (in character) of the start of rng within constraint. If it's not in constraint, returns 0 if it's before, length if it's after
+	var len = constraint.text.replace(/\r/g, '').length; // correct for IE's CrLf wierdness
+	if (rng.compareEndPoints ('StartToStart', constraint) <= 0) return 0; // at or before the beginning
+	if (rng.compareEndPoints ('StartToEnd', constraint) >= 0) return len;
+	for (var i = 0; rng.compareEndPoints ('StartToStart', constraint) > 0; ++i, rng.moveStart('character', -1));
+	return i;
+}
+function ieend (rng, constraint){
+	// returns the position (in character) of the end of rng within constraint. If it's not in constraint, returns 0 if it's before, length if it's after
+	var len = constraint.text.replace(/\r/g, '').length; // correct for IE's CrLf wierdness
+	if (rng.compareEndPoints ('EndToEnd', constraint) >= 0) return len; // at or after the end
+	if (rng.compareEndPoints ('EndToStart', constraint) <= 0) return 0;
+	for (var i = 0; rng.compareEndPoints ('EndToStart', constraint) > 0; ++i, rng.moveEnd('character', -1));
+	return i;
+}
+
+// an input element in a standards document. "Native Range" is just the bounds array
+function InputRange(){}
+InputRange.prototype = new Range();
+InputRange.prototype._nativeRange = function(bounds) {
+	return bounds || [0, this.length()];
+};
+InputRange.prototype._nativeSelect = function (rng){
+	this._el.setSelectionRange(rng[0], rng[1]);
+};
+InputRange.prototype._nativeSelection = function(){
+	return [this._el.selectionStart, this._el.selectionEnd];
+};
+InputRange.prototype._nativeGetText = function(rng){
+	return this._el.value.substring(rng[0], rng[1]);
+};
+InputRange.prototype._nativeSetText = function(text, rng){
+	var val = this._el.value;
+	this._el.value = val.substring(0, rng[0]) + text + val.substring(rng[1]);
+};
+InputRange.prototype._nativeEOL = function(){
+	this.text('\n');
+};
+
+function W3CRange(){}
+W3CRange.prototype = new Range();
+W3CRange.prototype._nativeRange = function (bounds){
+	var rng = document.createRange();
+	rng.selectNodeContents(this._el);
+	if (bounds){
+		w3cmoveBoundary (rng, bounds[0], true, this._el);
+		rng.collapse (true);
+		w3cmoveBoundary (rng, bounds[1]-bounds[0], false, this._el);
+	}
+	return rng;					
+};
+W3CRange.prototype._nativeSelect = function (rng){
+	window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
+	window.getSelection().addRange (rng);
+};
+W3CRange.prototype._nativeSelection = function (){
+		// returns [start, end] for the selection constrained to be in element
+		var rng = this._nativeRange(); // range of the element to constrain to
+		if (window.getSelection().rangeCount == 0) return [this.length(), this.length()]; // append to the end
+		var sel = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
+		return [
+			w3cstart(sel, rng),
+			w3cend (sel, rng)
+		];
+	}
+W3CRange.prototype._nativeGetText = function (rng){
+	return rng.toString();
+};
+W3CRange.prototype._nativeSetText = function (text, rng){
+	rng.deleteContents();
+	rng.insertNode (document.createTextNode(text));
+	this._el.normalize(); // merge the text with the surrounding text
+};
+W3CRange.prototype._nativeEOL = function(){
+	var rng = this._nativeRange(this.bounds());
+	rng.deleteContents();
+	var br = document.createElement('br');
+	br.setAttribute ('_moz_dirty', ''); // for Firefox
+	rng.insertNode (br);
+	rng.insertNode (document.createTextNode('\n'));
+	rng.collapse (false);
+};
+// W3C internals
+function nextnode (node, root){
+	//  in-order traversal
+	// we've already visited node, so get kids then siblings
+	if (node.firstChild) return node.firstChild;
+	if (node.nextSibling) return node.nextSibling;
+	if (node===root) return null;
+	while (node.parentNode){
+		// get uncles
+		node = node.parentNode;
+		if (node == root) return null;
+		if (node.nextSibling) return node.nextSibling;
+	}
+	return null;
+}
+function w3cmoveBoundary (rng, n, bStart, el){
+	// move the boundary (bStart == true ? start : end) n characters forward, up to the end of element el. Forward only!
+	// if the start is moved after the end, then an exception is raised
+	if (n <= 0) return;
+	var node = rng[bStart ? 'startContainer' : 'endContainer'];
+	if (node.nodeType == 3){
+	  // we may be starting somewhere into the text
+	  n += rng[bStart ? 'startOffset' : 'endOffset'];
+	}
+	while (node){
+		if (node.nodeType == 3){
+			if (n <= node.nodeValue.length){
+				rng[bStart ? 'setStart' : 'setEnd'](node, n);
+				// special case: if we end next to a <br>, include that node.
+				if (n == node.nodeValue.length){
+					// skip past zero-length text nodes
+					for (var next = nextnode (node, el); next && next.nodeType==3 && next.nodeValue.length == 0; next = nextnode(next, el)){
+						rng[bStart ? 'setStartAfter' : 'setEndAfter'](next);
+					}
+					if (next && next.nodeType == 1 && next.nodeName == "BR") rng[bStart ? 'setStartAfter' : 'setEndAfter'](next);
+				}
+				return;
+			}else{
+				rng[bStart ? 'setStartAfter' : 'setEndAfter'](node); // skip past this one
+				n -= node.nodeValue.length; // and eat these characters
+			}
+		}
+		node = nextnode (node, el);
+	}
+}
+var     START_TO_START                 = 0; // from the w3c definitions
+var     START_TO_END                   = 1;
+var     END_TO_END                     = 2;
+var     END_TO_START                   = 3;
+// from the Mozilla documentation, for range.compareBoundaryPoints(how, sourceRange)
+// -1, 0, or 1, indicating whether the corresponding boundary-point of range is respectively before, equal to, or after the corresponding boundary-point of sourceRange. 
+    // * Range.END_TO_END compares the end boundary-point of sourceRange to the end boundary-point of range.
+    // * Range.END_TO_START compares the end boundary-point of sourceRange to the start boundary-point of range.
+    // * Range.START_TO_END compares the start boundary-point of sourceRange to the end boundary-point of range.
+    // * Range.START_TO_START compares the start boundary-point of sourceRange to the start boundary-point of range. 
+function w3cstart(rng, constraint){
+	if (rng.compareBoundaryPoints (START_TO_START, constraint) <= 0) return 0; // at or before the beginning
+	if (rng.compareBoundaryPoints (END_TO_START, constraint) >= 0) return constraint.toString().length;
+	rng = rng.cloneRange(); // don't change the original
+	rng.setEnd (constraint.endContainer, constraint.endOffset); // they now end at the same place
+	return constraint.toString().length - rng.toString().length;
+}
+function w3cend (rng, constraint){
+	if (rng.compareBoundaryPoints (END_TO_END, constraint) >= 0) return constraint.toString().length; // at or after the end
+	if (rng.compareBoundaryPoints (START_TO_END, constraint) <= 0) return 0;
+	rng = rng.cloneRange(); // don't change the original
+	rng.setStart (constraint.startContainer, constraint.startOffset); // they now start at the same place
+	return rng.toString().length;
+}
+
+function NothingRange(){}
+NothingRange.prototype = new Range();
+NothingRange.prototype._nativeRange = function(bounds) {
+	return bounds || [0,this.length()];
+};
+NothingRange.prototype._nativeSelect = function (rng){ // do nothing
+};
+NothingRange.prototype._nativeSelection = function(){
+	return [0,0];
+};
+NothingRange.prototype._nativeGetText = function (rng){
+	return this._el[this._textProp].substring(rng[0], rng[1]);
+};
+NothingRange.prototype._nativeSetText = function (text, rng){
+	var val = this._el[this._textProp];
+	this._el[this._textProp] = val.substring(0, rng[0]) + text + val.substring(rng[1]);
+};
+NothingRange.prototype._nativeEOL = function(){
+	this.text('\n');
+};
+
+})();
+
+// insert characters in a textarea or text input field
+// special characters are enclosed in {}; use {{} for the { character itself
+// documentation: http://bililite.com/blog/2008/08/20/the-fnsendkeys-plugin/
+// Version: 2.0
+// Copyright (c) 2010 Daniel Wachsstock
+// MIT license:
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+// obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+// files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+// restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+// copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+// conditions:
+
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+// included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+// OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+// NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+// HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+// WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+// OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+(function($){
+
+$.fn.sendkeys = function (x, opts){
+	return this.each( function(){
+		var localkeys = $.extend({}, opts, $(this).data('sendkeys')); // allow for element-specific key functions
+		// most elements to not keep track of their selection when they lose focus, so we have to do it for them
+		var rng = $.data (this, 'sendkeys.selection');
+		if (!rng){
+			rng = bililiteRange(this).bounds('selection');
+			$.data(this, 'sendkeys.selection', rng);
+			$(this).bind('mouseup.sendkeys', function(){
+				// we have to update the saved range. The routines here update the bounds with each press, but actual keypresses and mouseclicks do not
+				$.data(this, 'sendkeys.selection').bounds('selection');
+			}).bind('keyup.sendkeys', function(evt){
+				// restore the selection if we got here with a tab (a click should select what was clicked on)
+				if (evt.which == 9){
+					// there's a flash of selection when we restore the focus, but I don't know how to avoid that.
+					$.data(this, 'sendkeys.selection').select();
+				}else{
+					$.data(this, 'sendkeys.selection').bounds('selection');
+				}	
+			});
+		}
+		this.focus();
+		if (typeof x === 'undefined') return; // no string, so we just set up the event handlers
+		$.data(this, 'sendkeys.originalText', rng.text());
+		x.replace(/\n/g, '{enter}'). // turn line feeds into explicit break insertions
+		  replace(/{[^}]*}|[^{]+/g, function(s){
+				(localkeys[s] || $.fn.sendkeys.defaults[s] || $.fn.sendkeys.defaults.simplechar)(rng, s);
+		  });
+		$(this).trigger({type: 'sendkeys', which: x});
+	});
+}; // sendkeys
+
+
+// add the functions publicly so they can be overridden
+$.fn.sendkeys.defaults = {
+	simplechar: function (rng, s){
+		rng.text(s, 'end');
+		for (var i =0; i < s.length; ++i){
+			var x = s.charCodeAt(i);
+			// a bit of cheating: rng._el is the element associated with rng.
+			$(rng._el).trigger({type: 'keypress', keyCode: x, which: x, charCode: x});
+		}
+	},
+	'{{}': function (rng){
+		$.fn.sendkeys.defaults.simplechar (rng, '{')
+	},
+	'{enter}': function (rng){
+		rng.insertEOL();
+		rng.select();
+		var x = '\n'.charCodeAt(0);
+		$(rng._el).trigger({type: 'keypress', keyCode: x, which: x, charCode: x});
+	},
+	'{backspace}': function (rng){
+		var b = rng.bounds();
+		if (b[0] == b[1]) rng.bounds([b[0]-1, b[0]]); // no characters selected; it's just an insertion point. Remove the previous character
+		rng.text('', 'end'); // delete the characters and update the selection
+	},
+	'{del}': function (rng){
+		var b = rng.bounds();
+		if (b[0] == b[1]) rng.bounds([b[0], b[0]+1]); // no characters selected; it's just an insertion point. Remove the next character
+		rng.text('', 'end'); // delete the characters and update the selection
+	},
+	'{rightarrow}':  function (rng){
+		var b = rng.bounds();
+		if (b[0] == b[1]) ++b[1]; // no characters selected; it's just an insertion point. Move to the right
+		rng.bounds([b[1], b[1]]).select();
+	},
+	'{leftarrow}': function (rng){
+		var b = rng.bounds();
+		if (b[0] == b[1]) --b[0]; // no characters selected; it's just an insertion point. Move to the left
+		rng.bounds([b[0], b[0]]).select();
+	},
+	'{selectall}' : function (rng){
+		rng.bounds('all').select();
+	},
+	'{selection}': function (rng){
+		$.fn.sendkeys.defaults.simplechar(rng, $.data(rng._el, 'sendkeys.originalText'));
+	},
+	'{mark}' : function (rng){
+		var bounds = rng.bounds();
+		$(rng._el).one('sendkeys', function(){
+			// set up the event listener to change the selection after the sendkeys is done
+			rng.bounds(bounds).select();
+		});
+	}
+};
+
+})(jQuery)
diff --git a/tests/frontend/specs/button_italic.js b/tests/frontend/specs/button_italic.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c394723c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/frontend/specs/button_italic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+describe("italic button", function(){
+  //create a new pad before each test run
+  beforeEach(function(cb){
+    testHelper.newPad(cb);
+  });
+
+  it("makes text italic", function() {
+    //get the inner iframe
+    var $inner = testHelper.$getPadInner();
+    
+    //get the first text element out of the inner iframe
+    var firstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
+    
+    //select this text element
+    testHelper.selectText(firstTextElement[0], $inner);
+
+    //get the bold button and click it
+    var $italicButton = testHelper.$getPadChrome().find(".buttonicon-italic");
+    $italicButton.click();
+
+    //ace creates a new dom element when you press a button, so just get the first text element again
+    var newFirstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
+    
+    // is there a <b> element now?
+    var isItalic = newFirstTextElement.find("i").length === 1;
+
+    //expect it to be bold
+    expect(isItalic).to.be(true);
+
+    //make sure the text hasn't changed
+    expect(newFirstTextElement.text()).to.eql(firstTextElement.text());
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/frontend/specs/keystroke_delete.js b/tests/frontend/specs/keystroke_delete.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58a6b5bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/frontend/specs/keystroke_delete.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+describe("delete keystroke", function(){
+  //create a new pad before each test run
+  beforeEach(function(cb){
+    testHelper.newPad(cb);
+  });
+
+  it("makes text delete", function() {
+    //get the inner iframe
+    var $inner = testHelper.$getPadInner();
+    
+    //get the first text element out of the inner iframe
+    var firstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
+    
+    // get the original length of this element
+    var elementLength = firstTextElement.html().length;
+
+    // get the original string value minus the last char
+    var originalTextValue = firstTextElement.text();
+    originalTextValue = originalTextValue.substring(0, originalTextValue.length -1);
+
+    // simulate key presses to delete content
+    firstTextElement.sendkeys('{leftarrow}'); // simulate a keypress of the left arrow key
+    firstTextElement.sendkeys('{del}'); // simulate a keypress of delete
+
+    //ace creates a new dom element when you press a keystroke, so just get the first text element again
+    var newFirstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
+    
+    // get the new length of this element
+    var newElementLength = newFirstTextElement.html().length;
+
+    //expect it to be one char less in length
+    expect(newElementLength).to.be((elementLength-1));
+
+    //make sure the text has changed correctly
+    expect(newFirstTextElement.text()).to.eql(originalTextValue);
+
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/frontend/specs/keystroke_urls_become_clickable.js b/tests/frontend/specs/keystroke_urls_become_clickable.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87de3bae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/frontend/specs/keystroke_urls_become_clickable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+describe("urls become clickable", function(){
+  //create a new pad before each test run
+  beforeEach(function(cb){
+    testHelper.newPad(cb);
+  });
+
+  it("adds a url and makes sure it's clickable", function() {
+    //get the inner iframe
+    var $inner = testHelper.$getPadInner();
+    
+    //get the first text element out of the inner iframe
+    var firstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
+    
+    // simulate key presses to delete content
+    firstTextElement.sendkeys('{selectall}'); // select all
+    firstTextElement.sendkeys('{del}'); // clear the first line
+    firstTextElement.sendkeys('http://etherpad.org'); // add a url to the pad
+
+    //ace creates a new dom element when you press a keystroke, so just get the first text element again
+    var newFirstTextElement = $inner.find("div").first();
+
+    // is there a url class now?
+    var isURL = newFirstTextElement.find("href").length === 1;
+
+    //expect it to be bold
+    expect(isURL).to.be(true);
+
+  });
+});