diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/ManiaPlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/ManiaPlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c87978f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/ManiaPlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Timing;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
+using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    [Cached(Type = typeof(IManiaHitObjectComposer))]
+    public abstract class ManiaPlacementBlueprintTestCase : PlacementBlueprintTestCase, IManiaHitObjectComposer
+    {
+        private readonly Column column;
+
+        protected ManiaPlacementBlueprintTestCase()
+        {
+            Add(column = new Column(0)
+            {
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                AccentColour = Color4.OrangeRed,
+                Clock = new FramedClock(new StopwatchClock()), // No scroll
+            });
+        }
+
+        protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
+        {
+            var dependencies = new DependencyContainer(base.CreateChildDependencies(parent));
+
+            dependencies.CacheAs(((ScrollingTestContainer)HitObjectContainer).ScrollingInfo);
+
+            return dependencies;
+        }
+
+        protected override Container CreateHitObjectContainer() => new ScrollingTestContainer(ScrollingDirection.Down) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
+
+        protected override void AddHitObject(DrawableHitObject hitObject) => column.Add((DrawableManiaHitObject)hitObject);
+
+        public Column ColumnAt(Vector2 screenSpacePosition) => column;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseNotePlacementBlueprint.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseNotePlacementBlueprint.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ae49d200e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/TestCaseNotePlacementBlueprint.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests
+{
+    public class TestCaseNotePlacementBlueprint : ManiaPlacementBlueprintTestCase
+    {
+        protected override DrawableHitObject CreateHitObject(HitObject hitObject) => new DrawableNote((Note)hitObject);
+        protected override PlacementBlueprint CreateBlueprint() => new NotePlacementBlueprint();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaPlacementBlueprint.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaPlacementBlueprint.cs
index a7e84a97da..305c92671f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaPlacementBlueprint.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaPlacementBlueprint.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
         protected new T HitObject => (T)base.HitObject;
 
         [Resolved]
-        private ManiaHitObjectComposer composer { get; set; }
+        private IManiaHitObjectComposer composer { get; set; }
 
         [Resolved]
         private IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo { get; set; }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/IManiaHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/IManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6347370d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/IManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using OpenTK;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit
+{
+    public interface IManiaHitObjectComposer
+    {
+        Column ColumnAt(Vector2 screenSpacePosition);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
index 33e52b1737..07684f9eb8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ using OpenTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit
 {
-    [Cached]
-    public class ManiaHitObjectComposer : HitObjectComposer<ManiaHitObject>
+    [Cached(Type = typeof(IManiaHitObjectComposer))]
+    public class ManiaHitObjectComposer : HitObjectComposer<ManiaHitObject>, IManiaHitObjectComposer
     {
         public ManiaHitObjectComposer(Ruleset ruleset)
             : base(ruleset)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/PlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/PlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs
index f893d8456b..ca762c6be2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/PlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/PlacementBlueprintTestCase.cs
@@ -15,18 +15,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
     [Cached(Type = typeof(IPlacementHandler))]
     public abstract class PlacementBlueprintTestCase : OsuTestCase, IPlacementHandler
     {
-        private readonly Container hitObjectContainer;
+        protected readonly Container HitObjectContainer;
         private PlacementBlueprint currentBlueprint;
 
         protected PlacementBlueprintTestCase()
         {
             Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CircleSize = 2;
 
-            Add(hitObjectContainer = new Container
-            {
-                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                Clock = new FramedClock(new StopwatchClock())
-            });
+            Add(HitObjectContainer = CreateHitObjectContainer());
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 
         public void EndPlacement(HitObject hitObject)
         {
-            hitObjectContainer.Add(CreateHitObject(hitObject));
+            AddHitObject(CreateHitObject(hitObject));
 
             Remove(currentBlueprint);
             Add(currentBlueprint = CreateBlueprint());
@@ -59,6 +55,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         {
         }
 
+        protected virtual Container CreateHitObjectContainer() => new Container { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
+
+        protected virtual void AddHitObject(DrawableHitObject hitObject) => HitObjectContainer.Add(hitObject);
+
         protected abstract DrawableHitObject CreateHitObject(HitObject hitObject);
         protected abstract PlacementBlueprint CreateBlueprint();
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/ScrollingTestContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/ScrollingTestContainer.cs
index 1819fdb2a0..bc251fddbe 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/ScrollingTestContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/ScrollingTestContainer.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 
         public double TimeRange { set => scrollingInfo.TimeRange.Value = value; }
 
+        public IScrollingInfo ScrollingInfo => scrollingInfo;
+
         [Cached(Type = typeof(IScrollingInfo))]
         private readonly TestScrollingInfo scrollingInfo = new TestScrollingInfo();