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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react';
+
+import {
+  EuiSideNav,
+  EuiSideNavProps,
+  EuiSideNavHeadingProps,
+} from './side_nav';
+import { EuiIcon } from '../icon';
+
+const meta: Meta<EuiSideNavProps> = {
+  title: 'EuiSideNav',
+  component: EuiSideNav,
+};
+
+export default meta;
+type Story = StoryObj<EuiSideNavProps>;
+
+const componentDefaults: EuiSideNavProps = {
+  mobileBreakpoints: ['xs', 's'],
+  items: [],
+  // Aria-label and mobileTitle do not have defaults; they are being set here as they are shared between examples
+  'aria-label': 'Side navigation example',
+  mobileTitle: 'Mobile navigation header',
+};
+
+// Heading props shared across examples
+const _sharedHeadingProps: EuiSideNavHeadingProps = {
+  element: 'h1',
+  screenReaderOnly: false,
+};
+
+export const Playground: Story = {
+  args: {
+    ...componentDefaults,
+    heading: 'Elastic',
+    headingProps: _sharedHeadingProps,
+    isOpenOnMobile: false,
+    truncate: false,
+  },
+  render: ({ ...args }) => <StatefulSideNav {...args} />,
+};
+
+export const SideNavHeader: Story = {
+  args: {
+    ...componentDefaults,
+    items: [
+      {
+        name: 'Root item',
+        id: 'rootItem',
+        items: [
+          {
+            name: 'Child item',
+            id: 'childItem',
+            onClick: () => {},
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+    heading: 'Navigation header',
+    headingProps: _sharedHeadingProps,
+  },
+  argTypes: {
+    // This story demos the header props; removing other props to prevent confusion
+    toggleOpenOnMobile: { table: { disable: true } },
+    isOpenOnMobile: { table: { disable: true } },
+    mobileBreakpoints: { table: { disable: true } },
+    items: { table: { disable: true } },
+    renderItem: { table: { disable: true } },
+    truncate: { table: { disable: true } },
+  },
+  render: ({ ...args }) => <EuiSideNav {...args} />,
+};
+
+const StatefulSideNav = (props: Partial<EuiSideNavProps>) => {
+  const [isSideNavOpenOnMobile, setIsSideNavOpenOnMobile] = useState(false);
+  const [selectedItemName, setSelectedItem] = useState('Time stuff');
+
+  const toggleOpenOnMobile = () => {
+    setIsSideNavOpenOnMobile(!isSideNavOpenOnMobile);
+  };
+
+  const sideNav = [
+    {
+      name: 'Kibana',
+      id: 'kibana',
+      onClick: undefined,
+      icon: <EuiIcon type="logoKibana" />,
+      items: [
+        {
+          name: 'Has nested children',
+          id: 'normal_children',
+          isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Has nested children',
+          onClick: () => setSelectedItem('Has nested children'),
+          items: [
+            {
+              name: 'Child 1',
+              id: 'child_1',
+              isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Child 1',
+              onClick: () => setSelectedItem('Child 1'),
+              items: [
+                {
+                  name: 'Child 2',
+                  id: 'child_2',
+                  isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Child 2',
+                  onClick: () => setSelectedItem('Child 2'),
+                  items: [],
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'Has forceOpen: true',
+          id: 'force_open',
+          isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Has forceOpen: true',
+          onClick: () => setSelectedItem('Has forceOpen: true'),
+          forceOpen: true,
+          items: [
+            {
+              name: 'Child 3',
+              id: 'child_3',
+              isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Child 3',
+              onClick: () => setSelectedItem('Child 3'),
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'Children only without link',
+          id: 'children_only',
+          isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Children only without link',
+          onClick: undefined,
+          items: [
+            {
+              name: 'Child 4',
+              id: 'child_4',
+              isSelected: selectedItemName === 'Child 4',
+              onClick: () => setSelectedItem('Child 4'),
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <EuiSideNav
+      {...props}
+      toggleOpenOnMobile={toggleOpenOnMobile}
+      isOpenOnMobile={isSideNavOpenOnMobile}
+      items={sideNav}
+      css={{ width: '200px' }} // Required to view text truncation
+    />
+  );
+};