diff --git a/src/components/Graph/GraphEditor.vue b/src/components/Graph/GraphEditor.vue
index 34f5dd5..ed9e287 100644
--- a/src/components/Graph/GraphEditor.vue
+++ b/src/components/Graph/GraphEditor.vue
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@
       v-model:nodesMatchingSearchQuery="nodesMatchingSearchQuery"
       v-model:focusedFoundNodeId="focusedFoundNodeId"
       :graph="graph"
-      :renderer="renderer"
       class="search-panel"
     />
   </div>
@@ -517,6 +516,23 @@ export default {
           this.renderer.scheduleRender()
         }
       }
+    },
+    nodesMatchingSearchQuery() {
+      if (this.renderer) {
+        this.renderer.refresh({
+          skipIndexation: true
+        })
+      }
+    },
+    focusedFoundNodeId() {
+      if (this.renderer) {
+        this.renderer.refresh({
+          skipIndexation: true
+        })
+      }
+      if (this.focusedFoundNodeId) {
+        this.moveCameraToNode(this.focusedFoundNodeId)
+      }
     }
   },
   mounted() {
@@ -839,6 +855,15 @@ export default {
       return drawOnCanvas(this.renderer, {
         backgroundColor: this.settings.style.backgroundColor
       })
+    },
+    moveCameraToNode(nodeId) {
+      if (!this.graph) {
+        return
+      }
+      const nodePosition = this.renderer.getNodeDisplayData(nodeId)
+      this.renderer.getCamera().animate(nodePosition, {
+        duration: 500
+      })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.vue b/src/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.vue
index 848800a..92da8c0 100644
--- a/src/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.vue
+++ b/src/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.vue
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       :title="panelOpen ? 'Close search panel' : 'Open search panel'"
       variant="secondary"
       :class="{ 'close-search-panel': panelOpen }"
+      data-test="toggle-search-panel-visibility-btn"
       @click="panelOpen = !panelOpen"
     />
     <div v-show="panelOpen" class="graph-search-panel--search-controls">
@@ -21,12 +22,14 @@
         icon="myicon myicon-match-case"
         title="Match case"
         :active="matchCase"
+        data-test="match-case-btn"
         @click="matchCase = !matchCase"
       />
       <IconButton
         icon="myicon myicon-use-reg-exp"
         title="Use regular expression"
         :active="useRegExp"
+        data-test="use-reg-exp-btn"
         @click="useRegExp = !useRegExp"
       />
 
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@
           v-if="
             nodesMatchingSearchQuery?.length > 0 && currentFoundNodeIndex !== -1
           "
-          >{{ currentFoundNodeIndex + 1 }} /
+          >{{ currentFoundNodeIndex + 1 }} of
           {{ nodesMatchingSearchQuery.length }}
         </span>
 
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@
           v-show="
             nodesMatchingSearchQuery && nodesMatchingSearchQuery.length === 0
           "
+          data-test="no-results-text"
         >
           No results
         </span>
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@
         icon="myicon myicon-arrow"
         title="Previous match"
         :disabled="arrowsDisabled"
+        data-test="previous-match-btn"
         @click="toNextFoundNode(-1)"
       />
 
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@
         title="Next match"
         :disabled="arrowsDisabled"
         class="next-match-btn"
+        data-test="next-match-btn"
         @click="toNextFoundNode(1)"
       />
     </div>
@@ -92,12 +98,7 @@ export default {
     TextField,
     IconButton
   },
-  props: [
-    'graph',
-    'renderer',
-    'nodesMatchingSearchQuery',
-    'focusedFoundNodeId'
-  ],
+  props: ['graph', 'nodesMatchingSearchQuery', 'focusedFoundNodeId'],
   data() {
     return {
       searchQuery: '',
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ export default {
             }).format(count)
           : count
 
-      return `${formattedCount} nodes found`
+      return `${formattedCount} ${count === 1 ? 'node' : 'nodes'} found`
     }
   },
   watch: {
@@ -150,9 +151,7 @@ export default {
     },
     matchCase() {
       this.search()
-    },
-    nodesMatchingSearchQuery: 'refresh',
-    focusedFoundNodeId: 'refresh'
+    }
   },
   methods: {
     onSearchInput: time.debounce(function () {
@@ -179,9 +178,6 @@ export default {
       })
     },
     toNextFoundNode(direction = 1) {
-      if (this.nodesMatchingSearchQuery.length === 0) {
-        return
-      }
       this.currentFoundNodeIndex =
         (this.currentFoundNodeIndex +
           direction +
@@ -189,28 +185,6 @@ export default {
         this.nodesMatchingSearchQuery.length
       const nodeId = this.nodesMatchingSearchQuery[this.currentFoundNodeIndex]
       this.$emit('update:focusedFoundNodeId', nodeId)
-      if (this.renderer) {
-        this.renderer.refresh({
-          skipIndexation: true
-        })
-      }
-      this.moveCameraToNode(nodeId)
-    },
-    moveCameraToNode(nodeId) {
-      if (!this.graph) {
-        return
-      }
-      const nodePosition = this.renderer.getNodeDisplayData(nodeId)
-      this.renderer.getCamera().animate(nodePosition, {
-        duration: 500
-      })
-    },
-    refresh() {
-      if (this.renderer) {
-        this.renderer.refresh({
-          skipIndexation: true
-        })
-      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.spec.js b/tests/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffbe33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import Graph from 'graphology'
+import GraphSearchPanel from '@/components/Graph/GraphSearchPanel.vue'
+import sinon from 'sinon'
+import { nextTick } from 'vue'
+
+describe('GraphSearchPanel.vue', () => {
+  const buildGraph = () => {
+    const graph = new Graph()
+    graph.addNode('node-1', { label: 'Alpha' })
+    graph.addNode('node-2', { label: 'Beta' })
+    graph.addNode('node-3', { label: 'Gamma' })
+    graph.addNode('node-4', { label: 'Foo' })
+    return graph
+  }
+
+  it('matches labels and emits node ids for navigation', async () => {
+    const clock = sinon.useFakeTimers()
+    const wrapper = mount(GraphSearchPanel, {
+      props: {
+        graph: buildGraph(),
+        nodesMatchingSearchQuery: null,
+        focusedFoundNodeId: null,
+        'onUpdate:nodesMatchingSearchQuery': nodes => {
+          wrapper.setProps({ nodesMatchingSearchQuery: nodes })
+        },
+        'onUpdate:focusedFoundNodeId': nodeId => {
+          wrapper.setProps({ focusedFoundNodeId: nodeId })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('a')
+    clock.tick(500)
+
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[0][0]).to.eql([
+      'node-1',
+      'node-2',
+      'node-3'
+    ])
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[0][0]).to.equal(null)
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('3 nodes found')
+
+    await wrapper.find('[data-test="next-match-btn"]').trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[1][0]).to.equal(
+      'node-1'
+    )
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('1 of 3')
+
+    await wrapper.find('[data-test="next-match-btn"]').trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[2][0]).to.equal(
+      'node-2'
+    )
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('2 of 3')
+
+    await wrapper.find('[data-test="previous-match-btn"]').trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[3][0]).to.equal(
+      'node-1'
+    )
+
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('1 of 3')
+
+    await wrapper.find('[data-test="previous-match-btn"]').trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[4][0]).to.equal(
+      'node-3'
+    )
+
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('3 of 3')
+
+    await wrapper.find('[data-test="next-match-btn"]').trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[5][0]).to.equal(
+      'node-1'
+    )
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('1 of 3')
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('Foo')
+    clock.tick(500)
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[1][0]).to.eql([
+      'node-4'
+    ])
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[6][0]).to.equal(null)
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('')
+    clock.tick(500)
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[2][0]).to.eql(
+      null
+    )
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[7][0]).to.equal(null)
+    clock.restore()
+  })
+
+  it('matches case and uses reg exp', async () => {
+    const clock = sinon.useFakeTimers()
+    const wrapper = mount(GraphSearchPanel, {
+      props: {
+        graph: buildGraph(),
+        nodesMatchingSearchQuery: null,
+        focusedFoundNodeId: null,
+        'onUpdate:nodesMatchingSearchQuery': nodes => {
+          wrapper.setProps({ nodesMatchingSearchQuery: nodes })
+        },
+        'onUpdate:focusedFoundNodeId': nodeId => {
+          wrapper.setProps({ focusedFoundNodeId: nodeId })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('A')
+    clock.tick(500)
+
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[0][0]).to.eql([
+      'node-1',
+      'node-2',
+      'node-3'
+    ])
+
+    const matchCaseBtn = wrapper.find('[data-test="match-case-btn"]')
+    const useRegExpBtn = wrapper.find('[data-test="use-reg-exp-btn"]')
+
+    await matchCaseBtn.trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[1][0]).to.eql([
+      'node-1'
+    ])
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('a.+a$')
+    clock.tick(500)
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[2][0]).to.eql([])
+
+    await useRegExpBtn.trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[3][0]).to.eql([
+      'node-3'
+    ])
+
+    await matchCaseBtn.trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[4][0]).to.eql([
+      'node-1',
+      'node-3'
+    ])
+
+    clock.restore()
+  })
+
+  it('shows No items found and disables navigation arrows', async () => {
+    const clock = sinon.useFakeTimers()
+    const wrapper = mount(GraphSearchPanel, {
+      props: {
+        graph: buildGraph(),
+        nodesMatchingSearchQuery: null,
+        focusedFoundNodeId: null,
+        'onUpdate:nodesMatchingSearchQuery': nodes => {
+          wrapper.setProps({ nodesMatchingSearchQuery: nodes })
+        },
+        'onUpdate:focusedFoundNodeId': nodeId => {
+          wrapper.setProps({ focusedFoundNodeId: nodeId })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('baz')
+    clock.tick(500)
+
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[0][0]).to.eql([])
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId')[0][0]).to.equal(null)
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.find('[data-test="no-results-text"]').isVisible()).to.be.true
+
+    await expect(
+      wrapper.find('[data-test="next-match-btn"]').attributes('disabled')
+    ).to.not.equal(undefined)
+    await expect(
+      wrapper.find('[data-test="previous-match-btn"]').attributes('disabled')
+    ).to.not.equal(undefined)
+    clock.restore()
+  })
+
+  it('handles invalid regular expressions by clearing matches', async () => {
+    const clock = sinon.useFakeTimers()
+    const wrapper = mount(GraphSearchPanel, {
+      props: {
+        graph: buildGraph(),
+        nodesMatchingSearchQuery: ['node-1'],
+        focusedFoundNodeId: 'node-1'
+      }
+    })
+
+    await wrapper.find('.query-input input').setValue('[')
+    clock.tick(500)
+
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery')[0][0]).to.eql([])
+    const useRegExpBtn = wrapper.find('[data-test="use-reg-exp-btn"]')
+
+    await useRegExpBtn.trigger('click')
+
+    expect(
+      wrapper.emitted('update:nodesMatchingSearchQuery').at(-1)[0]
+    ).to.equal(null)
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:focusedFoundNodeId').at(-1)[0]).to.equal(
+      null
+    )
+    expect(wrapper.text()).to.contain('Invalid regular expression')
+
+    clock.restore()
+  })
+
+  it('toggles the search panel visibility', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(GraphSearchPanel, {
+      props: {
+        graph: buildGraph(),
+        nodesMatchingSearchQuery: null,
+        focusedFoundNodeId: null
+      },
+      attachTo: document.body
+    })
+
+    const searchControls = wrapper.find('.graph-search-panel--search-controls')
+    expect(searchControls.isVisible()).to.be.false
+
+    const toggleButton = wrapper.find(
+      '[data-test="toggle-search-panel-visibility-btn"]'
+    )
+    await toggleButton.trigger('click')
+    expect(searchControls.isVisible()).to.be.true
+
+    await toggleButton.trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.vm.panelOpen).to.be.false
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+})