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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import type { RenderResult } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+export const querySingleElement =
+  (attributeName: string, attributeValue: string) =>
+    (rendered: RenderResult) => {
+      const dataAttribute = `data-${attributeName}-test`;
+
+      return rendered.baseElement.querySelector(
+        `[${dataAttribute}="${attributeValue}"]`,
+      );
+    };
+
+export const queryAllElements =
+  (attributeName: string) => (rendered: RenderResult) => {
+    const dataAttribute = `data-${attributeName}-test`;
+
+    return [...rendered.baseElement.querySelectorAll(`[${dataAttribute}]`)];
+  };
+
+export const getSingleElement =
+  (attributeName: string, attributeValue: string) =>
+    (rendered: RenderResult) => {
+      const dataAttribute = `data-${attributeName}-test`;
+
+      const element = querySingleElement(attributeName, attributeValue)(rendered);
+
+      if (!element) {
+        const validValues = queryAllElements(attributeName)(rendered).map(
+          (elem) => elem.getAttribute(dataAttribute),
+        );
+
+        throw new Error(
+          `Couldn't find HTML element with attribute "${dataAttribute}" with value "${attributeValue}". Valid values are:\n\n"${validValues.join(
+            '",\n"',
+          )}"`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      return element;
+    };