diff --git a/tests/test-wibox-widget-slider.lua b/tests/test-wibox-widget-slider.lua
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+++ b/tests/test-wibox-widget-slider.lua
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+local runner = require("_runner")
+local wibox = require("wibox")
+local gears = {
+    shape = require("gears.shape")
+}
+
+local steps = {}
+
+-- The test runner doesn't support it (yet), but it would be nice to have named
+-- steps.
+local function step(_, func)
+    table.insert(steps, func)
+end
+
+-- Apparently in CI the wibox won't always be at the coordinates we specify.
+-- So we'll have to click around blindly until we find our widget,
+-- then use those coordinates as offset for the actual test.
+local offset_x = nil
+local offset_y = nil
+
+-- Reference to keep the wibox alive throughout the test steps.
+local w -- luacheck: ignore
+local slider
+
+local on_mouse_press = nil
+local on_drag_start = nil
+local on_drag = nil
+local on_drag_end = nil
+local on_property_value = nil
+
+step("create slider widget", function()
+    slider = wibox.widget.slider {
+        minimum = 0,
+        maximum = 100,
+        bar_shape = gears.shape.rounded_rect,
+        bar_height = 3,
+        bar_color = "#ffffff",
+        handle_color = "#0000ff",
+        handle_shape = gears.shape.circle,
+        handle_border_color = "#ffffff",
+        handle_border_width = 1,
+    }
+
+    slider:connect_signal("button::press", function()
+        on_mouse_press = true
+
+        if offset_x ~= nil then
+            return
+        end
+
+        local coords = mouse.coords()
+        offset_x = coords.x
+        offset_y = coords.y
+    end)
+    slider:connect_signal("drag_start", function() on_drag_start = true end)
+    slider:connect_signal("drag", function() on_drag = true end)
+    slider:connect_signal("drag_end", function() on_drag_end = true end)
+    slider:connect_signal("property::value", function() on_property_value = true end)
+
+    w = wibox {
+        ontop = true,
+        x = 0,
+        y = 0,
+        width = 250,
+        height = 50,
+        visible = true,
+        widget = slider,
+    }
+
+    return true
+end)
+
+for x = 0, 2000, 5 do
+    for y = 0, 2000, 5 do
+        step("find widget", function()
+            if offset_x ~= nil then
+                return true
+            end
+
+            mouse.coords({ x = x, y = y })
+            root.fake_input("button_press", 1)
+            root.fake_input("button_release", 1)
+
+            return true
+        end)
+    end
+end
+
+step("test dragging", function()
+    mouse.coords({ x = offset_x, y = offset_y })
+    root.fake_input("button_press", 1)
+    mouse.coords({ x = offset_x + 100, offset_y })
+    root.fake_input("button_release", 1)
+    return true
+end)
+
+step("check signals", function()
+    assert(on_mouse_press, "Signal `button::press` was not called")
+    assert(on_drag_start, "Signal `drag_start` was not called")
+    assert(on_property_value, "Signal `property::value` was not called")
+    assert(on_drag, "Signal `drag` was not called")
+    assert(on_drag_end, "Signal `drag_end` was not called")
+    return true
+end)
+
+runner.run_steps(steps)
+
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80