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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router';
+
+import { SearchType } from '../index';
+import { SearchContext } from '../SearchContext';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Plugins/Search/SearchType',
+  component: SearchType,
+};
+
+const values = ['value-1', 'value-2', 'value-3'];
+
+export const Default = () => {
+  const [types, setTypes] = useState<string[]>([]);
+
+  return (
+    <MemoryRouter>
+      {/* @ts-ignore (value requires more than what is used here) */}
+      <SearchContext.Provider value={{ types, setTypes }}>
+        <SearchType
+          name="Search type"
+          values={values}
+          defaultValue={values[0]}
+        />
+      </SearchContext.Provider>
+    </MemoryRouter>
+  );
+};