diff --git a/src/features/settings/views/SettingsView.vue b/src/features/settings/views/SettingsView.vue
index 921114c..f1a9590 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/views/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/src/features/settings/views/SettingsView.vue
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ onMounted(async () => {
                     </li>
                 </ul>
             </template>
-            <div v-if="!settingsLoaded">
+            <div v-if="!settingsLoaded" class="main-content--loading">
                 {{ t('loading') }}
             </div>
-            <div v-else-if="activeSection">
+            <div v-else-if="activeSection" class="main-content--loaded">
                 <div class="settings-main-content">
                     <SettingsPage :setting="activeSectionContent" :path="activeSection" />
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <div v-else>
+            <div v-else class="main-content--no-section">
                 {{ t('settings.noSectionSelected') }}
             </div>
         </LeftSidebarLayout>
diff --git a/src/features/settings/views/__tests__/SettingsView.test.js b/src/features/settings/views/__tests__/SettingsView.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8584ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/settings/views/__tests__/SettingsView.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Seekra
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import SettingsView from '../SettingsView.vue';
+import { mountComponent } from '@/test-utils/mountComponent.js';
+import { flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const settingsHoisted = vi.hoisted(() => [
+    {
+        name: 's0',
+        i18n: 'settings.s0',
+        content: []
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's1',
+        i18n: 'settings.s1',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'bool',
+                name: 'b0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s1.b0'
+            },
+            {
+                type: 'number',
+                name: 'n0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s1.n0'
+            },
+            {
+                type: 'string',
+                name: 'st0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s1.st0'
+            },
+            {
+                type: 'selection',
+                name: 'se0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s1.se0',
+                options: [
+                    { name: 'o0', i18n: 'settings.s1.se0.o0' },
+                    { name: 'o1', i18n: 'settings.s1.se0.o1' },
+                    { name: 'o2', i18n: 'settings.s1.se0.o2' },
+                    { name: 'o3', i18n: 'settings.s1.se0.o3' }
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                type: 'section',
+                name: 's0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s1.s0',
+                content: []
+            },
+            {
+                type: 'section',
+                name: 's1',
+                i18n: 'settings.s1.s1',
+                content: [
+                    {
+                        type: 'bool',
+                        name: 'b0',
+                        i18n: 'settings.s1.s1.b0',
+                        default: true
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's2',
+        i18n: 'settings.s2',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'section',
+                name: 's0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s2.s0',
+                content: [
+                    {
+                        type: 'bool',
+                        name: 'b0',
+                        i18n: 'settings.s2.s0.b0',
+                        default: true
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's3',
+        i18n: 'settings.s3',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'section',
+                name: 's0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s3.s0',
+                content: []
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's4',
+        i18n: 'settings.s4',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'selection',
+                name: 'se0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s4.se0',
+                options: [
+                    { name: 'o0', i18n: 'settings.s4.se0.o0' },
+                    { name: 'o1', i18n: 'settings.s4.se0.o1' },
+                    { name: 'o2', i18n: 'settings.s4.se0.o2' },
+                    { name: 'o3', i18n: 'settings.s4.se0.o3' }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's5',
+        i18n: 'settings.s5',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'string',
+                name: 'st0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s5.st0'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's6',
+        i18n: 'settings.s6',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'number',
+                name: 'n0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s6.n0'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's7',
+        i18n: 'settings.s7',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'bool',
+                name: 'b0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s7.b0'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 's8',
+        i18n: 'settings.s8',
+        content: [
+            {
+                type: 'section',
+                name: 's0',
+                i18n: 'settings.s8.s0',
+                content: [
+                    {
+                        type: 'section',
+                        name: 's0',
+                        i18n: 'settings.s8.s0.s0',
+                        content: [
+                            {
+                                type: 'section',
+                                name: 's0',
+                                i18n: 'settings.s8.s0.s0.s0',
+                                content: [
+                                    {
+                                        type: 'selection',
+                                        name: 'se0',
+                                        i18n: 'settings.s8.s0.s0.s0.se0',
+                                        allowMultiple: true,
+                                        options: []
+                                    }
+                                ]
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+]);
+const settings = settingsHoisted.values();
+
+const originalCurrentSection = 's0';
+let currentSection = originalCurrentSection;
+
+vi.mock('../../utils/settingsParser', () => ({
+    loadSettingsConfig: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        contents: settingsHoisted
+    })
+}));
+
+vi.mock('vue-router', async (importOriginal) => {
+    const actual = await importOriginal();
+    return {
+        ...actual,
+        useRoute: () => ({
+            path: `/settings/${currentSection}`
+        })
+    };
+});
+
+const getWrapper = function getWrapper ({ translations = {} } = {}) {
+    return mountComponent(SettingsView, {}, translations, [], {});
+};
+
+describe('SettingsView', () => {
+    describe('heading', () => {
+        test('shows correct translation', () => {
+            const translation = 'Settings';
+            const wrapper = getWrapper({
+                translations: {
+                    'preferences.settings': translation
+                }
+            });
+
+            const header = wrapper.find('header');
+            expect(header.text()).toBe(translation);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('sidebar', () => {
+        test('shows all top-level sections', async () => {
+            const wrapper = getWrapper();
+
+            await flushPromises();
+            await wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+
+            const sidebarItems = wrapper.findAll('.sidebar-sections-list > li');
+            settings.forEach((setting, index) => {
+                const sidebarItem = sidebarItems[index];
+
+                expect(sidebarItem.text()).toBe(setting.i18n);
+
+                const link = sidebarItem.find('*');
+                expect(link.attributes('href')).toBe(`/settings/${setting.name}`);
+                expect(link.classes('active')).toBe(setting.name === currentSection);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('main', () => {
+        describe('correct element', () => {
+            test('shows that it is loading', () => {
+                const wrapper = getWrapper();
+
+                const mainContentLoading = wrapper.find('.main-content--loading');
+                const mainContentLoaded = wrapper.find('.main-content--loaded');
+                const mainContentNoSection = wrapper.find('.main-content--no-section');
+
+                expect(mainContentLoading.exists()).toBe(true);
+                expect(mainContentLoaded.exists()).toBe(false);
+                expect(mainContentNoSection.exists()).toBe(false);
+            });
+
+            test('shows that no section is selected', async () => {
+                currentSection = '';
+
+                const wrapper = getWrapper();
+
+                await flushPromises();
+                await wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+
+                const mainContentLoading = wrapper.find('.main-content--loading');
+                const mainContentLoaded = wrapper.find('.main-content--loaded');
+                const mainContentNoSection = wrapper.find('.main-content--no-section');
+
+                expect(mainContentLoading.exists()).toBe(false);
+                expect(mainContentLoaded.exists()).toBe(false);
+                expect(mainContentNoSection.exists()).toBe(true);
+            });
+
+            test('shows main content', async () => {
+                const wrapper = getWrapper();
+
+                await flushPromises();
+                await wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+
+                const mainContentLoading = wrapper.find('.main-content--loading');
+                const mainContentLoaded = wrapper.find('.main-content--loaded');
+                const mainContentNoSection = wrapper.find('.main-content--no-section');
+
+                expect(mainContentLoading.exists()).toBe(false);
+                expect(mainContentLoaded.exists()).toBe(true);
+                expect(mainContentNoSection.exists()).toBe(false);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    currentSection = originalCurrentSection;
+});
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