diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -485,4 +485,4 @@
     "@wdio/spec-reporter": "^8.40.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/test/specs/activeMotions.ux.mts b/test/specs/activeMotions.ux.mts
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+++ b/test/specs/activeMotions.ux.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+// start with just some basic tests to verify all is well
+
+const lotsOfText = `
+Ullamco sint est qui tempor cupidatat consequat nisi. Nostrud eu minim non sint officia ad
+ipsum officia sunt non. Aute occaecat ipsum dolore esse ea ad quis consequat velit nulla.
+Sint proident ut mollit consectetur magna excepteur Lorem minim pariatur officia excepteur
+reprehenderit anim. Eiusmod aliquip consequat duis amet et sit anim in elit enim dolor.
+
+Adipisicing ea cupidatat labore ut Lorem. Laboris eiusmod ea dolor duis ipsum officia.
+Mollit incididunt consequat reprehenderit ut in quis et voluptate velit minim.
+
+Duis reprehenderit exercitation amet enim nisi do et velit voluptate. Minim eu magna
+occaecat laborum anim ut dolore magna elit commodo qui laboris. Sint eu non deserunt irure
+fugiat id. Labore nulla duis consectetur exercitation proident non occaecat dolor sit eu
+reprehenderit sit qui commodo. Enim officia quis ut elit occaecat consectetur aliquip id eu
+sit.
+
+Laboris in exercitation magna eiusmod laboris eiusmod voluptate officia excepteur sint anim
+eiusmod labore. Anim ea incididunt duis ad nulla et mollit consequat. Ut incididunt ut
+deserunt exercitation occaecat laborum esse cupidatat proident labore. In magna et voluptate
+proident ut. Ea commodo non dolore ad consequat.
+
+Est anim fugiat consectetur consequat nulla dolore elit adipisicing in aliqua ullamco esse
+aliquip exercitation. Culpa eiusmod cupidatat anim veniam aliqua duis laborum consectetur
+elit nisi eiusmod. Nulla tempor est culpa sunt incididunt consectetur. Eiusmod aute occaecat
+pariatur ipsum aliqua laboris fugiat aliquip tempor. Pariatur tempor quis et consectetur
+reprehenderit dolore minim ex. Amet voluptate elit sunt velit sit magna culpa deserunt
+cillum irure nostrud.
+
+Dolore enim ea labore qui reprehenderit aliquip duis nostrud officia proident enim laboris
+id proident. Lorem Lorem qui excepteur et exercitation. Sunt amet ullamco sit deserunt esse
+in voluptate dolore et pariatur id. Cupidatat labore in culpa ut ipsum sit ut eu est
+proident fugiat est amet. Id occaecat exercitation enim velit adipisicing cillum labore
+magna esse est. Aute ullamco deserunt elit ut laboris nulla do do magna amet Lorem occaecat
+eu ad. Laborum sunt consequat nostrud velit nostrud anim aliqua reprehenderit velit sit
+pariatur consequat ipsum.
+
+Non duis dolor anim fugiat cillum et ea in qui consectetur velit. Officia laborum aliqua ea
+non sit in voluptate excepteur enim est. Consectetur culpa duis veniam ut amet in consequat
+aliqua cillum esse Lorem amet. Amet proident ipsum nostrud occaecat proident reprehenderit
+qui laborum qui. Id anim sit veniam est est irure reprehenderit. Et elit ad magna laborum
+esse. In do est consectetur aliquip dolore consectetur enim cillum veniam cillum commodo.
+
+Lorem elit culpa pariatur eu non irure. Eu in quis anim cupidatat aliqua. Sint nostrud
+tempor labore ad cillum amet occaecat reprehenderit veniam non sint.
+
+Incididunt laboris ut aliqua laboris fugiat. Nulla labore incididunt culpa laboris tempor
+pariatur sint. Aliquip proident irure amet irure nulla nulla mollit laborum magna veniam
+elit deserunt. Sit ea ad quis consequat in culpa consequat nulla elit sint quis. Esse labore
+duis ut veniam non ullamco nostrud irure. Adipisicing irure consequat Lorem ipsum enim dolor
+sint ipsum.
+
+Et qui aliquip elit tempor qui occaecat ipsum cupidatat exercitation ut non consectetur.
+Sunt esse amet non ipsum tempor amet dolore mollit. Est laborum consequat mollit pariatur
+anim consectetur proident laboris amet non. Ad ut excepteur nulla qui ut incididunt irure
+magna aute velit id enim.
+`;
+
+import '@wdio/globals';
+import 'wdio-vscode-service';
+import {setupEditor, storeCoverageStats, waitUntilCursorUnmoving} from './utils.mts';
+import {sleep, TextEditor} from 'wdio-vscode-service';
+
+describe('Active motion', () => {
+    let editor: TextEditor;
+    before(async () => {
+        editor = await setupEditor('foo bar biz biz bar foo');
+    });
+
+    it('Can exchange active and anchor', async () => {
+        await editor.moveCursor(1, 1);
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 3,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('foo bar biz ');
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.exchangeAnchorActive');
+        });
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 1,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('bar biz ');
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.exchangeAnchorActive');
+        });
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 1,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('bar biz biz ');
+    });
+
+    it('Can set active to left/right', async () => {
+        await editor.moveCursor(1, 1);
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 3,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('foo bar biz ');
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.activeAtStart');
+        });
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 1,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('bar biz ');
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.activeAtEnd');
+        });
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 1,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('bar biz biz ');
+    });
+
+    it('Can shrink to active', async () => {
+        await editor.moveCursor(1, 1);
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 3,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('foo bar biz ');
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.shrinkToActive');
+        });
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        await sleep(100);
+
+        expect(await editor.getCoordinates()).toEqual([1, 13]);
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.moveBy', {
+                unit: 'word',
+                value: 1,
+                select: true,
+                boundary: 'start',
+            });
+        });
+        expect(await editor.getSelectedText()).toEqual('biz ');
+    });
+
+    it('Can scroll by active', async () => {
+        editor = await setupEditor(lotsOfText);
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.activePageMove', {
+                dir: 'down',
+                count: 0.5,
+                select: true,
+            });
+        });
+
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        const selected = await editor.getSelectedText();
+        let count = 0;
+        for (const _ of selected.matchAll(/\n/g)) {
+            count++;
+        }
+        expect(count).toBeGreaterThan(4);
+
+        await browser.executeWorkbench(vscode => {
+            vscode.commands.executeCommand('selection-utilities.activePageMove', {
+                dir: 'up',
+                count: 0.5,
+                select: true,
+            });
+        });
+        await waitUntilCursorUnmoving(editor);
+        const scrolledBackText = await editor.getSelectedText();
+        expect(scrolledBackText.replace(/\s+/, '')).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+        await storeCoverageStats('activeMotions');
+    });
+});