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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
+import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
+
+const mockPage = {
+	url: new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum'),
+	data: { canWrite: false } as { canWrite: boolean }
+};
+
+vi.mock('$app/state', () => ({
+	get page() {
+		return mockPage;
+	}
+}));
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+async function loadComponent() {
+	return (await import('./+page.svelte')).default;
+}
+
+const sampleNodes = [
+	{ id: 'p-1', firstName: 'Anna', lastName: 'Schmidt', displayName: 'Anna Schmidt' },
+	{ id: 'p-2', firstName: 'Bert', lastName: 'Schmidt', displayName: 'Bert Schmidt' }
+];
+
+describe('stammbaum page', () => {
+	it('shows the empty state when there are no family nodes', async () => {
+		mockPage.url = new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum');
+		const Stammbaum = await loadComponent();
+		render(Stammbaum, { props: { data: { nodes: [], edges: [] } } });
+
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /noch keine familienmitglieder/i }))
+			.toBeVisible();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('link', { name: /zur personenliste/i }))
+			.toHaveAttribute('href', '/persons');
+	});
+
+	it('hides zoom controls when there are no nodes', async () => {
+		mockPage.url = new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum');
+		const Stammbaum = await loadComponent();
+		render(Stammbaum, { props: { data: { nodes: [], edges: [] } } });
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: /vergrößern/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: /verkleinern/i }))
+			.not.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('renders the page heading and zoom controls when nodes are present', async () => {
+		mockPage.url = new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum');
+		const Stammbaum = await loadComponent();
+		render(Stammbaum, { props: { data: { nodes: sampleNodes, edges: [] } } });
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /stammbaum/i })).toBeVisible();
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: /vergrößern/i })).toBeVisible();
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: /verkleinern/i })).toBeVisible();
+	});
+
+	it('preselects a node when the URL has a focus query param matching an existing node', async () => {
+		mockPage.url = new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum?focus=p-1');
+		const Stammbaum = await loadComponent();
+		render(Stammbaum, { props: { data: { nodes: sampleNodes, edges: [] } } });
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('complementary')).toBeVisible();
+	});
+
+	it('does not preselect when the focus param does not match any node', async () => {
+		mockPage.url = new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum?focus=missing');
+		const Stammbaum = await loadComponent();
+		render(Stammbaum, { props: { data: { nodes: sampleNodes, edges: [] } } });
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('complementary')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('clamps the zoom level when the zoom-out button is clicked many times', async () => {
+		mockPage.url = new URL('http://localhost/stammbaum');
+		const Stammbaum = await loadComponent();
+		render(Stammbaum, { props: { data: { nodes: sampleNodes, edges: [] } } });
+
+		const zoomOut = page.getByRole('button', { name: /verkleinern/i });
+		for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await zoomOut.click();
+		// Just verify that repeated clicks don't throw — branch coverage
+		await expect.element(zoomOut).toBeVisible();
+	});
+});