+cmd 'layout toggle splith splitv';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splith', 'layout now splith');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle splith splitv';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splitv', 'layout now splitv');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle stacked splitv tabbed';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'tabbed', 'layout now tabbed');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle stacking splitv tabbed';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'stacked', 'layout now stacked');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle stacking splitv tabbed';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splitv', 'layout now splitv');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle splitv i stacking tabbed';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'stacked', 'layout now stacked');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle stacked';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+# this is correct if it does nothing
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'stacked', 'layout now tabbed');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle tabbed stacked';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'tabbed', 'layout now stacked');
+
+# obsoletes 'split' ;)
+cmd 'layout toggle splith splitv';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splith', 'layout now splith');
+
+# nonsense but works expectedly
+cmd 'layout toggle split split';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splitv', 'layout now splitv');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle split split';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splith', 'layout now splith');
+
+# testing with arbitrary length and garbage
+cmd 'layout toggle stacking splith tabbed splitv stacking';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'tabbed', 'layout now tabbed');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle stacking splith garbage tabbed splitv stacking';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splitv', 'layout now splitv');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle stacking splith garbage tabbed splitv stacking';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'stacked', 'layout now stacked');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle splitv splith garbage splitv tabbed stacking splitv';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'splitv', 'layout now splitv');
+
+cmd 'layout toggle splitv garbage tabbed';
+($nodes, $focus) = get_ws_content($tmp);
+is($nodes->[1]->{layout}, 'tabbed', 'layout now tabbed');
+