diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c5ab1f3ca..5916e150e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: test startup
         run: ./test_startup.sh
       - name: setup chromedriver
-        uses: nanasess/setup-chromedriver@v2.0.0
-        with:
-          chromedriver-version: "114.0.5735.90"
+        uses: nanasess/setup-chromedriver@v2.1.1
       - name: pytest
         run: pytest
       - name: upload screenshots
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 242424461..fcb86744f 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
   "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
   "isort.args": ["--line-length", "120"],
   "prettier.printWidth": 120,
   "python.formatting.provider": "autopep8",
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 18a93fe97..bd659362c 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import importlib
 import inspect
-
-if True:
-    # increasing max decode packets to be able to transfer images
-    # see https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-engineio/issues/142
-    from engineio.payload import Payload
-    Payload.max_decode_packets = 500
-
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable, Optional
diff --git a/nicegui/elements/query.js b/nicegui/elements/query.js
index 5f0686b4f..84943cfca 100644
--- a/nicegui/elements/query.js
+++ b/nicegui/elements/query.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default {
     },
     add_style(style) {
       Object.entries(style).forEach(([key, val]) =>
-        document.querySelectorAll(this.selector).forEach((e) => (e.style[key] = val))
+        document.querySelectorAll(this.selector).forEach((e) => e.style.setProperty(key, val))
       );
     },
     remove_style(keys) {
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 5398063c9..d4910f308 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import pytest
 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
-from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
 
 from nicegui import Client, globals
+from nicegui.elements import plotly, pyplot
 from nicegui.page import page
 
 from .screen import Screen
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def capabilities(capabilities: Dict) -> Dict:
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def reset_globals() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    print('!!! resetting globals !!!')
     for path in {'/'}.union(globals.page_routes.values()):
         globals.app.remove_route(path)
     globals.app.middleware_stack = None
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ def reset_globals() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     # NOTE favicon routes must be removed separately because they are not "pages"
     [globals.app.routes.remove(r) for r in globals.app.routes if r.path.endswith('/favicon.ico')]
     importlib.reload(globals)
+    # repopulate globals.optional_features
+    importlib.reload(plotly)
+    importlib.reload(pyplot)
     globals.app.storage.clear()
     globals.index_client = Client(page('/'), shared=True).__enter__()
     globals.app.get('/')(globals.index_client.build_response)
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ def remove_all_screenshots() -> None:
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')
 def driver(chrome_options: webdriver.ChromeOptions) -> webdriver.Chrome:
-    s = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
+    s = Service()
     driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=chrome_options)
     driver.implicitly_wait(Screen.IMPLICIT_WAIT)
     driver.set_page_load_timeout(4)
diff --git a/tests/test_query.py b/tests/test_query.py
index 27824e198..163bffdc8 100644
--- a/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_query.py
@@ -52,3 +52,11 @@ def test_query_multiple_divs(screen: Screen):
     screen.wait(0.5)
     assert screen.find('A').value_of_css_property('border') == '1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0)'
     assert screen.find('B').value_of_css_property('border') == '1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0)'
+
+
+def test_query_with_css_variables(screen: Screen):
+    ui.add_body_html('<div id="element">Test</div>')
+    ui.query('#element').style('--color: red; color: var(--color)')
+
+    screen.open('/')
+    assert screen.find('Test').value_of_css_property('color') == 'rgba(255, 0, 0, 1)'
diff --git a/website/documentation.py b/website/documentation.py
index 08b88e12f..d600ecde1 100644
--- a/website/documentation.py
+++ b/website/documentation.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def add_face():
         add_face()
 
         ui.button('Add', on_click=add_face)
-        ui.button('Remove', on_click=lambda: container.remove(0))
+        ui.button('Remove', on_click=lambda: container.remove(0) if list(container) else None)
         ui.button('Clear', on_click=container.clear)
 
     load_demo(ui.expansion)
diff --git a/website/search.py b/website/search.py
index 1144975fa..bb721e780 100644
--- a/website/search.py
+++ b/website/search.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
                 ui.icon('search', size='2em')
                 ui.input(placeholder='Search documentation', on_change=self.handle_input) \
                     .classes('flex-grow').props('borderless autofocus')
-                ui.button('ESC').props('padding="2px 8px" outline size=sm color=grey-5').classes('shadow')
+                ui.button('ESC', on_click=self.dialog.close) \
+                    .props('padding="2px 8px" outline size=sm color=grey-5').classes('shadow')
             ui.separator()
             self.results = ui.element('q-list').classes('w-full').props('separator')
         ui.keyboard(self.handle_keypress)
diff --git a/website/static/search_index.json b/website/static/search_index.json
index 97b0e6532..e9f74bb29 100644
--- a/website/static/search_index.json
+++ b/website/static/search_index.json
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@
     "content": "Using NiceGUI as web interface for a ROS2 robot",
     "url": "https://github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/tree/main/examples/ros2/"
   },
+  {
+    "title": "Example: Download Text as File",
+    "content": "providing in-memory data like strings as file download",
+    "url": "https://github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/tree/main/examples/download_text_as_file/main.py"
+  },
   {
     "title": "Basic Elements",
     "content": "This is **Markdown**.",
@@ -874,6 +879,11 @@
     "content": "You can also use Lottie files with animations.",
     "url": "/documentation/image#lottie_files"
   },
+  {
+    "title": "Image: Image link",
+    "content": "Images can link to another page by wrapping them in a ui.link.",
+    "url": "/documentation/image#image_link"
+  },
   {
     "title": "Color Theming",
     "content": "Sets the main colors (primary, secondary, accent, ...) used by Quasar <https://quasar.dev/>_.",
@@ -1094,6 +1104,11 @@
     "content": "You can link to other pages by providing the link target as path or function reference.",
     "url": "/documentation/link#links_to_other_pages"
   },
+  {
+    "title": "Link: Link from images and other elements",
+    "content": "By nesting elements inside a link you can make the whole element clickable. This works with all elements but is most useful for non-interactive elements like ui.image, ui.avatar etc.",
+    "url": "/documentation/link#link_from_images_and_other_elements"
+  },
   {
     "title": "Log view",
     "content": "Create a log view that allows to add new lines without re-transmitting the whole history to the client.  :param max_lines: maximum number of lines before dropping oldest ones (default: None) push clear Clear the log",