diff --git a/src/elements/select/select.stories.ts b/src/elements/select/select.stories.ts
index 112d2be2a7..ff6dca943d 100644
--- a/src/elements/select/select.stories.ts
+++ b/src/elements/select/select.stories.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type {
 } from '@storybook/web-components';
 import isChromatic from 'chromatic/isChromatic';
 import type { TemplateResult } from 'lit';
-import { html, nothing } from 'lit';
+import { html } from 'lit';
 import type { StyleInfo } from 'lit/directives/style-map.js';
 import { styleMap } from 'lit/directives/style-map.js';
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ const textBlock = (text: string | null = null): TemplateResult => {
               the form field, but it must always be covered by the select overlay.
             </span>
           `
-        : nothing}
+        : text}
     </div>
   `;
 };
diff --git a/src/elements/select/select.visual.spec.ts b/src/elements/select/select.visual.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88370f71dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/select/select.visual.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+import { html, nothing, type TemplateResult } from 'lit';
+
+import { describeViewports, visualDiffDefault, visualDiffFocus } from '../core/testing/private.js';
+
+import '../form-error.js';
+import '../form-field.js';
+import '../option.js';
+import './select.js';
+
+describe('sbb-select', () => {
+  const valueEllipsis: string = 'This label name is so long that it needs ellipsis to fit.';
+  const defaultArgs = {
+    borderless: false,
+    negative: false,
+    disableOption: false,
+    withOptionGroup: false,
+    disableGroup: false,
+    withEllipsis: false,
+    value: undefined as string | string[] | undefined,
+    multiple: false,
+    disabled: false,
+    required: false,
+    readonly: false,
+  };
+
+  const createOptions = (
+    disableOption: boolean,
+    group: string | boolean,
+    selectValue: string | string[] | undefined = undefined,
+  ): TemplateResult[] => {
+    return new Array(5).fill(null).map((_, i) => {
+      const value = group ? `Option ${i + 1} ${' - ' + group}` : `Option ${i + 1}`;
+      const selected = Array.isArray(selectValue)
+        ? selectValue.includes(value)
+        : selectValue === value;
+      return html`
+        <sbb-option value=${value} ?disabled=${disableOption && i < 2} ?selected=${selected}>
+          ${value}
+        </sbb-option>
+      `;
+    });
+  };
+
+  const createOptionsGroup = (
+    disableOption: boolean,
+    disableGroup: boolean,
+  ): TemplateResult => html`
+    <sbb-optgroup label="Group 1" ?disabled=${disableGroup}>
+      ${createOptions(disableOption, '1')}
+    </sbb-optgroup>
+    <sbb-optgroup label="Group 2"> ${createOptions(disableOption, '2')} </sbb-optgroup>
+  `;
+
+  const template = ({
+    borderless,
+    negative,
+    disableOption,
+    withOptionGroup,
+    disableGroup,
+    withEllipsis,
+    ...args
+  }: typeof defaultArgs): TemplateResult => {
+    if (args.multiple && args.value) {
+      args.value = [args.value as string];
+    }
+    return html`
+      <sbb-form-field ?borderless=${borderless} ?negative=${negative}>
+        <label>Select</label>
+        <sbb-select
+          value=${args.value || nothing}
+          ?multiple=${args.multiple}
+          ?disabled=${args.disabled}
+          ?required=${args.required}
+          ?readonly=${args.readonly}
+          class=${args.required ? 'sbb-invalid' : nothing}
+        >
+          ${withEllipsis
+            ? html` <sbb-option value=${valueEllipsis} selected=""> ${valueEllipsis} </sbb-option>`
+            : nothing}
+          ${withOptionGroup
+            ? createOptionsGroup(disableOption, disableGroup)
+            : createOptions(disableOption, false, args.value)}
+        </sbb-select>
+        ${args.required ? html`<sbb-form-error>Error</sbb-form-error>` : nothing}
+      </sbb-form-field>
+    `;
+  };
+
+  describeViewports({ viewports: ['zero', 'medium'], viewportHeight: 400 }, () => {
+    for (const negative of [false, true]) {
+      for (const visualDiffState of [visualDiffDefault, visualDiffFocus]) {
+        it(
+          `state=above negative=${negative} ${visualDiffState.name}`,
+          visualDiffState.with(async (setup) => {
+            await setup.withFixture(
+              html`
+                <div style="position: absolute; inset-block-end: 2rem;">
+                  ${template({ ...defaultArgs, negative })}
+                </div>
+              `,
+              {
+                minHeight: '400px',
+                backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+              },
+            );
+            setup.withPostSetupAction(() => {
+              const select = setup.snapshotElement.querySelector('sbb-select')!;
+              select.open();
+            });
+          }),
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  describeViewports({ viewports: ['zero', 'medium'] }, () => {
+    for (const negative of [false, true]) {
+      for (const visualDiffState of [visualDiffDefault, visualDiffFocus]) {
+        it(
+          `state=${visualDiffState.name} negative=${negative}`,
+          visualDiffState.with(async (setup) => {
+            await setup.withFixture(template({ ...defaultArgs, negative }), {
+              backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+            });
+          }),
+        );
+      }
+
+      it(
+        `state=required negative=${negative}`,
+        visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+          await setup.withFixture(template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, required: true }), {
+            backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      it(
+        `state=disabled negative=${negative}`,
+        visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+          await setup.withFixture(template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, disabled: true }), {
+            backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      it(
+        `state=readonly negative=${negative}`,
+        visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+          await setup.withFixture(template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, readonly: true }), {
+            backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      it(
+        `state=borderless negative=${negative}`,
+        visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+          await setup.withFixture(template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, borderless: true }), {
+            backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+          });
+        }),
+      );
+
+      for (const multiple of [false, true]) {
+        it(
+          `negative=${negative} multiple=${multiple}`,
+          visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+            await setup.withFixture(template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, multiple }), {
+              minHeight: '400px',
+              backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+            });
+            setup.withPostSetupAction(() => {
+              const select = setup.snapshotElement.querySelector('sbb-select')!;
+              select.open();
+            });
+          }),
+        );
+
+        it(
+          `negative=${negative} multiple=${multiple} withEllipsis=true`,
+          visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+            await setup.withFixture(
+              template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, multiple, withEllipsis: true }),
+              {
+                minHeight: '600px',
+                backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+              },
+            );
+            setup.withPostSetupAction(() => {
+              const select = setup.snapshotElement.querySelector('sbb-select')!;
+              select.open();
+            });
+          }),
+        );
+
+        it(
+          `negative=${negative} multiple=${multiple} disableOption=true`,
+          visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+            await setup.withFixture(
+              template({ ...defaultArgs, negative, multiple, disableOption: true }),
+              {
+                minHeight: '400px',
+                backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+              },
+            );
+            setup.withPostSetupAction(() => {
+              const select = setup.snapshotElement.querySelector('sbb-select')!;
+              select.open();
+            });
+          }),
+        );
+
+        for (const disableGroup of [false, true]) {
+          it(
+            `negative=${negative} multiple=${multiple} withOptionGroup=true disableGroup=${disableGroup}`,
+            visualDiffDefault.with(async (setup) => {
+              await setup.withFixture(
+                template({
+                  ...defaultArgs,
+                  negative,
+                  multiple,
+                  disableGroup,
+                  withOptionGroup: true,
+                }),
+                {
+                  minHeight: '800px',
+                  backgroundColor: negative ? 'var(--sbb-color-black)' : undefined,
+                },
+              );
+              setup.withPostSetupAction(() => {
+                const select = setup.snapshotElement.querySelector('sbb-select')!;
+                select.open();
+              });
+            }),
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});