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+import { Component, ContentChildren, ViewChild } from "@angular/core";
+import { async, TestBed } from "@angular/core/testing";
+import { By } from "@angular/platform-browser";
+import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from "@angular/platform-browser/animations";
+import { IgxToggleDirective, IgxToggleModule } from "../directives/toggle/toggle.directive";
+import { IgxDropDownComponent, IgxDropDownModule } from "./drop-down.component";
+
+describe("IgxDropDown ", () => {
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            declarations: [
+                IgxDropDownTestComponent
+            ],
+            imports: [IgxDropDownModule, BrowserAnimationsModule]
+        })
+        .compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    it("should initialize igx-drop-down", () => {
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(IgxDropDownTestComponent);
+        const list = fixture.componentInstance.items;
+        expect(list).toBeDefined();
+        expect(list.length).toEqual(4);
+    });
+});
+
+@Component({
+    template: `
+    <button (click)="toggleDropDown()">Toggle</button>
+    <igx-drop-down (onSelection)="onSelection($event)">
+        <igx-drop-down-item *ngFor="let item of items" isDisabled={{item.disabled}} isHeader={{item.header}}>
+            {{ item.field }}
+        </igx-drop-down-item>
+    </igx-drop-down>
+    <div style="position: fixed; width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: red; top: 50px; left: 300px; z-index: 9000;"></div>
+    `
+})
+export class IgxDropDownTestComponent {
+    public  items: any[] = [
+         { field: "Cables" },
+         { field: "Switches", disabled: true, header: true },
+         { field: "Switches", disabled: false },
+         { field: "Batteries", disabled: true }
+    ];
+    @ViewChild(IgxDropDownComponent) public igxDropDown: IgxDropDownComponent;
+}