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+import { aTimeout, expect, fixture, html, oneEvent } from '@open-wc/testing';
+import type SlAnimation from './animation';
+
+describe('<sl-animation>', () => {
+  const boxToAnimate = html`<div style="width: 10px; height: 10px;" data-testid="animated-box"></div>`;
+
+  it('renders', async () => {
+    const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(html`<sl-animation>${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`);
+
+    expect(animationContainer).to.exist;
+  });
+
+  it('is accessible', async () => {
+    const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(html`<sl-animation>${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`);
+
+    await expect(animationContainer).to.be.accessible();
+  });
+
+  describe('animation start', () => {
+    it('does not start the animation by default', async () => {
+      const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(
+        html`<sl-animation name="bounce" easing="ease-in-out" duration="10">${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`
+      );
+      await aTimeout(0);
+
+      expect(animationContainer.play).to.be.false;
+    });
+
+    it('emits the correct event on animation start', async () => {
+      const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(
+        html`<sl-animation name="bounce" easing="ease-in-out" duration="10">${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`
+      );
+
+      const startPromise = oneEvent(animationContainer, 'sl-start');
+      animationContainer.play = true;
+      return startPromise;
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('emits the correct event on animation end', async () => {
+    const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(
+      html`<sl-animation name="bounce" easing="ease-in-out" duration="1">${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`
+    );
+
+    const endPromise = oneEvent(animationContainer, 'sl-finish');
+    animationContainer.iterations = 1;
+    animationContainer.play = true;
+    return endPromise;
+  });
+
+  it('can be finished by hand', async () => {
+    const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(
+      html`<sl-animation name="bounce" easing="ease-in-out" duration="1000">${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`
+    );
+
+    const endPromise = oneEvent(animationContainer, 'sl-finish');
+    animationContainer.iterations = 1;
+    animationContainer.play = true;
+
+    await aTimeout(0);
+
+    animationContainer.finish();
+    return endPromise;
+  });
+
+  it('can be cancelled', async () => {
+    const animationContainer = await fixture<SlAnimation>(
+      html`<sl-animation name="bounce" easing="ease-in-out" duration="1">${boxToAnimate}</sl-animation>`
+    );
+    let animationHasFinished = false;
+    oneEvent(animationContainer, 'sl-finish').then(() => (animationHasFinished = true));
+    const cancelPromise = oneEvent(animationContainer, 'sl-cancel');
+    animationContainer.play = true;
+
+    await aTimeout(0);
+    animationContainer.cancel();
+
+    await cancelPromise;
+    expect(animationHasFinished).to.be.false;
+  });
+});