diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83eb339..e3768cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,6 +161,20 @@
                <skipUpdateVersion>true</skipUpdateVersion>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
+
+         <!-- Publish this project's test code as a jar -->
+         <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <phase>package</phase>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                  </goals>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+         </plugin>
+
       </plugins>
    </build>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QBaseSeleniumTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QBaseSeleniumTest.java
index 8f3ece1..e88b1b1 100755
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QBaseSeleniumTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QBaseSeleniumTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
  *******************************************************************************/
 public class QBaseSeleniumTest
 {
-   private static ChromeOptions chromeOptions;
+   protected static ChromeOptions chromeOptions;
 
    protected WebDriver        driver;
    protected QSeleniumJavalin qSeleniumJavalin;
@@ -52,15 +52,29 @@ public class QBaseSeleniumTest
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
    @BeforeEach
-   void beforeEach()
+   public void beforeEach()
    {
       driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
       driver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1700, 1300));
       qSeleniumLib = new QSeleniumLib(driver);
 
-      qSeleniumJavalin = new QSeleniumJavalin();
-      addJavalinRoutes(qSeleniumJavalin);
-      qSeleniumJavalin.start();
+      if(useInternalJavalin())
+      {
+         qSeleniumJavalin = new QSeleniumJavalin();
+         addJavalinRoutes(qSeleniumJavalin);
+         qSeleniumJavalin.start();
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** control if the test needs to start its own javalin server, or if we're running
+    ** in an environment where an external web server is being used.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   protected boolean useInternalJavalin()
+   {
+      return (true);
    }
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QSeleniumLib.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QSeleniumLib.java
index 9bbc344..2b28423 100755
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QSeleniumLib.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/materialdashboard/lib/QSeleniumLib.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -96,6 +97,17 @@ public class QSeleniumLib
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for BASE_URL
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public String getBaseUrl()
+   {
+      return BASE_URL;
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -265,6 +277,31 @@ public class QSeleniumLib
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void waitForNumberOfWindowsToBe(int number)
+   {
+      LOG.debug("Waiting for number of windows (tabs) to be [" + number + "]");
+      long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+      do
+      {
+         if(driver.getWindowHandles().size() == number)
+         {
+            LOG.debug("Number of windows (tabs) is [" + number + "]");
+            return;
+         }
+
+         sleepABit();
+      }
+      while(start + (1000 * WAIT_SECONDS) > System.currentTimeMillis());
+
+      fail("Failed waiting for number of windows (tabs) to be [" + number + "] after [" + WAIT_SECONDS + "] seconds.");
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -293,6 +330,53 @@ public class QSeleniumLib
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void switchToSecondaryTab()
+   {
+      String originalWindow = driver.getWindowHandle();
+
+      waitForNumberOfWindowsToBe(2);
+
+      Set<String> windowHandles = driver.getWindowHandles();
+      for(String windowHandle : windowHandles)
+      {
+         if(!windowHandle.equals(originalWindow))
+         {
+            driver.switchTo().window(windowHandle);
+            return;
+         }
+      }
+
+      fail("Failed to find a window handle not equal to the original window handle.  Original=[" + originalWindow + "].  All=[" + windowHandles + "]");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void closeSecondaryTab()
+   {
+      String originalWindow = driver.getWindowHandle();
+      driver.close();
+
+      Set<String> windowHandles = driver.getWindowHandles();
+      for(String windowHandle : windowHandles)
+      {
+         if(!windowHandle.equals(originalWindow))
+         {
+            driver.switchTo().window(windowHandle);
+            return;
+         }
+      }
+
+      fail("Failed to find a window handle not equal to the original window handle.  Original=[" + originalWindow + "].  All=[" + windowHandles + "]");
+   }
+
+
+
    @FunctionalInterface
    public interface Code<T>
    {