diff --git a/services/web/test/unit_frontend/es/RichTextTests.js b/services/web/test/unit_frontend/es/RichTextTests.js
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+++ b/services/web/test/unit_frontend/es/RichTextTests.js
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+import CodeMirror from 'codemirror'
+
+import fixture from './support/fixture'
+
+const TEXTAREA_HTML = '<textarea>Test</textarea>'
+
+describe('fixtures', function () {
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    this.textarea = fixture.load(TEXTAREA_HTML)
+    this.cm = CodeMirror.fromTextArea(this.textarea)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fixture.cleanUp()
+  })
+
+  it('loads fixtures', function () {
+    expect(this.textarea.value).to.equal('Test')
+  })
+
+  it('works with CM', function () {
+    expect(this.cm.getValue()).to.equal('Test')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit_frontend/es/support/fixture.js b/services/web/test/unit_frontend/es/support/fixture.js
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+++ b/services/web/test/unit_frontend/es/support/fixture.js
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+class Fixture {
+  constructor () {
+    this.el = document.createElement('div')
+  }
+
+  load (html) {
+    this.el.innerHTML = html
+    return this.el.firstChild
+  }
+
+  cleanUp () {
+    this.el.innerHTML = ''
+  }
+}
+
+const fixture = new Fixture()
+export default fixture