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+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { configs, test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+
+configs({ modes: ['ionic-md'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, screenshot, config }) => {
+test.describe(title('segment: states'), () => {
+    test('should render focused segment correctly', async ({ page }) => {
+        await page.setContent(
+        `
+        <ion-segment value="2">
+            <ion-segment-button value="1">
+            <ion-label>Bookmarks</ion-label>
+            </ion-segment-button>
+            <ion-segment-button class="ion-focused" value="2">
+            <ion-label>Reading List</ion-label>
+            </ion-segment-button>
+            <ion-segment-button value="3">
+            <ion-label>Shared Links</ion-label>
+            </ion-segment-button>
+        </ion-segment>
+        `,
+        config
+        );
+
+        const segment = page.locator('ion-segment');
+
+        await expect(segment).toHaveScreenshot(screenshot(`segment-focused`));
+    });
+    });
+});
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