diff --git a/tests/tui/test_rich_text.py b/tests/tui/test_rich_text.py
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+from urwid import Divider, Filler, Pile
+from toot.tui.richtext import url_to_widget
+from urwidgets import Hyperlink, TextEmbed
+
+from toot.tui.richtext.richtext import html_to_widgets
+
+
+def test_url_to_widget():
+    url = "http://foo.bar"
+    embed_widget = url_to_widget(url)
+    assert isinstance(embed_widget, TextEmbed)
+
+    [(filler, length)] = embed_widget.embedded
+    assert length == len(url)
+    assert isinstance(filler, Filler)
+
+    link_widget: Hyperlink = filler.base_widget
+    assert isinstance(link_widget, Hyperlink)
+
+    assert link_widget.attrib == "link"
+    assert link_widget.text == url
+    assert link_widget.uri == url
+
+
+def test_html_to_widgets():
+    html = """
+    <p>foo</p>
+    <p>foo <b>bar</b> <i>baz</i></p>
+    """.strip()
+
+    [foo, divider, bar] = html_to_widgets(html)
+
+    assert isinstance(foo, Pile)
+    assert isinstance(divider, Divider)
+    assert isinstance(bar, Pile)
+
+    [foo_embed] = foo.widget_list
+    assert foo_embed.embedded == []
+    assert foo_embed.attrib == []
+    assert foo_embed.text == "foo"
+
+    [bar_embed] = bar.widget_list
+    assert bar_embed.embedded == []
+    assert bar_embed.attrib == [(None, 4), ("b", 3), (None, 1), ("i", 3)]
+    assert bar_embed.text == "foo bar baz"