function test_slider_widget() {
 module("slider widget testing",
  {setup : function() {
    this.Popcorn = Popcorn.youtube("#popcorn-div", "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4");

    this.dt = new IriSP.DataLoader();
    this.ser = new IriSP.MockSerializer(this.dt, "/url"); /* dummy serializer */

    this.config = {
						metadata:{
							format:'cinelab',
							src:'test.json',
							load:'json'},
							width:650,
							height:1,
							mode:'radio',
							container:'widget-div',
							debug:true,
							css:'../src/css/LdtPlayer.css'}
    },
  teardown: function() {
    /* free the popcorn object because it has signal handlers attached to it */
    this.Popcorn = Popcorn.youtube("#popcorn-div", "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4");
  }});

  test("test widget initialization", function() {
    var widget = new IriSP.SliderWidget(this.Popcorn, this.config, this.ser);
    widget.draw();

    ok(IriSP.jQuery("#widget-div").children().hasClass("Ldt-sliderBackground"), "test if the div has been set-up");
    ok(IriSP.jQuery("#widget-div").children().hasClass("Ldt-sliderForeground"), "test if the div has been set-up");

  });

  test("test slider seeking", function() {
    var widget = new IriSP.SliderWidget(this.Popcorn, this.config, this.ser);
    widget.draw();

    var spy_callback = this.spy();
    widget._Popcorn.listen("timeupdate", spy_callback);
    IriSP.jQuery("#widget-div").children().click();
    ok(spy_callback.called, "handling function has been called");
  });

  test("test slider dragging", function() {

    /* comes from the jquery unit tests */
    var drag = function(handle, dx, dy) {
      var element = el.data("draggable").element;
      $(handle).simulate("drag", {
        dx: dx || 0,
        dy: dy || 0
      });
      dragged = { dx: dx, dy: dy };
    }

    var widget = new IriSP.SliderWidget(this.Popcorn, this.config, this.ser);
    widget.draw();

    var spy_callback = this.spy();
    widget._Popcorn.listen("timeupdate", spy_callback);

    IriSP.jQuery("#widget-div").children(".Ldt-sliderPositionMarker").simulate("drag", 70, 50);
    ok(spy_callback.called, "handling function has been called");
  });
}
