diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/e2e.ts b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/e2e.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 225d0a543f..0000000000
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/e2e.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { newE2EPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
-
-test('item-sliding: basic', async () => {
-  const page = await newE2EPage({
-    url: '/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic?ionic:_testing=true',
-  });
-
-  const compare = await page.compareScreenshot();
-  expect(compare).toMatchScreenshot();
-});
-
-test('item-sliding:rtl: basic', async () => {
-  const page = await newE2EPage({
-    url: '/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic?ionic:_testing=true&rtl=true',
-  });
-
-  const compare = await page.compareScreenshot();
-  expect(compare).toMatchScreenshot();
-});
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/index.html b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/index.html
index a9bed0e0bd..87f649f922 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/index.html
+++ b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/index.html
@@ -19,33 +19,17 @@
       <ion-header>
         <ion-toolbar>
           <ion-title>Item Sliding - Basic</ion-title>
-          <ion-buttons slot="secondary">
-            <ion-button onclick="changeDynamicText()">Dynamic</ion-button>
-          </ion-buttons>
-          <ion-buttons slot="primary">
-            <ion-button onclick="reload()">Reload</ion-button>
-          </ion-buttons>
         </ion-toolbar>
       </ion-header>
 
       <ion-content>
-        <ion-refresher id="refresher">
-          <ion-refresher-content
-            pulling-text="Pull to refresh..."
-            refreshing-spinner="bubbles"
-            refreshing-text="Refreshing..."
-          >
-          </ion-refresher-content>
-        </ion-refresher>
-
         <div class="ion-padding">
-          <ion-button expand="block" onclick="toggleSliding()">Toggle sliding</ion-button>
-          <ion-button expand="block" onclick="toggleDynamicOptions()">Toggle Dynamic Options</ion-button>
           <ion-button expand="block" onclick="closeOpened()">Close Opened Items</ion-button>
-          <ion-button expand="block" onclick="openItem('start')">Open Item Start</ion-button>
-          <ion-button expand="block" onclick="openItem('end')">Open Item End</ion-button>
-          <ion-button expand="block" onclick="openItemOneSide()">Open Item with only one side</ion-button>
-          <ion-button expand="block" onclick="setDynaicItem()">Swap dynamic item</ion-button>
+          <ion-button expand="block" id="openItemStart" onclick="openItem('start')">Open Item Start</ion-button>
+          <ion-button expand="block" id="openItemEnd" onclick="openItem('end')">Open Item End</ion-button>
+          <ion-button expand="block" id="openItemOneSide" onclick="openItemOneSide()"
+            >Open Item with only one side</ion-button
+          >
         </div>
 
         <ion-list id="list">
@@ -59,66 +43,6 @@
               </ion-item>
             </ion-item-sliding>
 
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item6">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-label> One Line, dynamic option and text </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options class="show-options">
-                <ion-item-option color="primary">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-                  <span class="more-text"></span>
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" onclick="archive('item6')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-                  <span class="archive-text"></span>
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="two-options">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-label> Two options, one dynamic option and text </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options side="start">
-                <ion-item-option color="primary">
-                  <ion-icon slot="icon-only" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-              <ion-item-options side="end" class="show-options">
-                <ion-item-option color="primary">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-                  <span class="more-text"></span>
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" onclick="archive('two-options')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-                  <span class="archive-text"></span>
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item100">
-              <ion-item href="#">
-                <ion-label>
-                  <h2>HubStruck Notifications</h2>
-                  <p>A new message from a repo in your network</p>
-                  <p>Oceanic Next has joined your network</p>
-                </ion-label>
-                <ion-note slot="end"> 10:45 AM </ion-note>
-              </ion-item>
-
-              <ion-item-options side="start">
-                <ion-item-option onclick="noclose('item100')"> No close </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-              <ion-item-options side="end">
-                <ion-item-option color="danger" onclick="unread('item100')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="trash"></ion-icon>
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option onclick="unread('item100')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="star"></ion-icon>
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
             <ion-item-sliding id="item100">
               <ion-item href="#">
                 <ion-label>
@@ -141,15 +65,15 @@
             </ion-item-sliding>
 
             <ion-item-sliding id="item0">
-              <ion-item onclick="clickedItem('item0')">
+              <ion-item>
                 <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
                   <h2>RIGHT side - no icons</h2>
                   <p>Hey do you want to go to the game tonight?</p>
                 </ion-label>
               </ion-item>
               <ion-item-options class="sliding-enabled">
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" onclick="archive('item0')">Archive</ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="danger" onclick="del('item0')">Delete</ion-item-option>
+                <ion-item-option color="primary">Archive</ion-item-option>
+                <ion-item-option color="danger">Delete</ion-item-option>
               </ion-item-options>
             </ion-item-sliding>
 
@@ -161,8 +85,8 @@
                 </ion-label>
               </ion-item>
               <ion-item-options side="start" class="sliding-enabled">
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" onclick="archive('item1')">Archive</ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="danger" onclick="del('item1')">Delete</ion-item-option>
+                <ion-item-option color="primary">Archive</ion-item-option>
+                <ion-item-option color="danger">Delete</ion-item-option>
               </ion-item-options>
             </ion-item-sliding>
 
@@ -174,138 +98,24 @@
                 </ion-label>
               </ion-item>
               <ion-item-options side="start" class="sliding-enabled">
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" expandable onclick="unread('item2')">
+                <ion-item-option color="secondary" expandable>
                   <ion-icon slot="start" name="checkmark"></ion-icon>
                   Unread
                 </ion-item-option>
               </ion-item-options>
 
               <ion-item-options side="end" class="sliding-enabled">
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" onclick="archive('item2')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="mail"></ion-icon>
-                  Archive
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="danger" onclick="del('item2')" expandable>
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="trash"></ion-icon>
-                  Delete
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item3">
-              <ion-item detail>
-                <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
-                  <h2>RIGHT/LEFT side - icons (slot="start")</h2>
-                  <p>I think I figured out how to get more Mountain Dew</p>
-                </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options side="start" icon-start class="sliding-enabled">
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" expandable onclick="unread('item3')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="checkmark"></ion-icon>
-                  Unread
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-
-              <ion-item-options icon-start>
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" onclick="archive('item3')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="mail"></ion-icon>
-                  Archive
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="danger" onclick="del('item3')" expandable class="sliding-enabled">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="trash"></ion-icon>
-                  Delete
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item4">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-icon name="mail" slot="start"></ion-icon>
-                <ion-label> One Line w/ Icon, div only text </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options icon-start>
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" onclick="archive('item4')" expandable class="sliding-enabled">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-                  Archive
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item5" class="sliding-enabled">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-avatar slot="start">
-                  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" />
-                </ion-avatar>
-                <ion-label> One Line w/ Avatar, div only text </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options>
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" expandable>
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-                  More
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" onclick="archive('item5')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-                  Archive
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="light" onclick="del('item5')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="trash"></ion-icon>
-                  Delete
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item7">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-label> One Line, dynamic icon-start option </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options icon-start>
                 <ion-item-option color="primary">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-                  <span class="more-text"></span>
+                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="mail"></ion-icon>
+                  Archive
                 </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" onclick="archive('item7')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-                  <span class="archive-text"></span>
+                <ion-item-option color="danger" expandable>
+                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="trash"></ion-icon>
+                  Delete
                 </ion-item-option>
               </ion-item-options>
             </ion-item-sliding>
 
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item8">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-thumbnail slot="start">
-                  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" />
-                </ion-thumbnail>
-                <ion-label>
-                  <h2>DOWNLOAD</h2>
-                  <p>Paragraph text.</p>
-                </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options>
-                <ion-item-option color="primary" onclick="archive('item8')">
-                  <ion-icon name="archive"></ion-icon>Archive
-                </ion-item-option>
-                <ion-item-option color="secondary" expandable onclick="download('item8')">
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" name="download" class="download-hide"></ion-icon>
-                  <div class="download-hide">Download</div>
-
-                  <ion-icon slot="start" class="download-spinner" name="refresh"></ion-icon>
-                  <div class="download-spinner">Loading...</div>
-                </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="item9">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-thumbnail slot="start">
-                  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" />
-                </ion-thumbnail>
-                <ion-label>
-                  <h2>ion-item-sliding without options (no sliding)</h2>
-                  <p>Paragraph text.</p>
-                </ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
             <ion-item-sliding id="item10">
               <ion-item detail>
                 <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
@@ -351,81 +161,10 @@
                 </ion-item-option>
               </ion-item-options>
             </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item-sliding id="dynamic-item">
-              <ion-item>
-                <ion-label>Dynamic First Item</ion-label>
-              </ion-item>
-              <ion-item-options side="end">
-                <ion-item-option color="tertiary" expandable> First Item Options </ion-item-option>
-              </ion-item-options>
-            </ion-item-sliding>
-
-            <ion-item>
-              <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
-                <h2>Normal ion-item (no sliding)</h2>
-                <p>Paragraph text.</p>
-              </ion-label>
-            </ion-item>
-
-            <ion-item onclick="clickedItem('item9')">
-              <ion-label class="ion-text-wrap">
-                <h2>Normal button (no sliding)</h2>
-                <p>Hey do you want to go to the game tonight?</p>
-              </ion-label>
-            </ion-item>
           </div>
         </ion-list>
 
         <script>
-          const setDynaicItem = () => {
-            const sliding = document.querySelector('#dynamic-item');
-            sliding.innerHTML = `
-            <ion-item>
-              <ion-label>Dynamic Second Item</ion-label>
-            </ion-item>
-            <ion-item-options side="end">
-              <ion-item-option color="tertiary" expandable>
-                Second Item Options
-              </ion-item-option>
-            </ion-item-options>
-          `;
-          };
-
-          var dynamicSlidingEnabled = document.getElementsByClassName('sliding-enabled');
-
-          // Toggle the dynamic options
-          var dynamicShowOptions = document.getElementsByClassName('show-options');
-          toggleDynamicOptions();
-
-          function toggleDynamicOptions() {
-            // TODO the element needs to be removed / added to the DOM
-          }
-
-          // Change the text for the more and archive buttons
-          var dynamicText = true;
-          var moreTextSpans = document.getElementsByClassName('more-text');
-          var archiveTextSpans = document.getElementsByClassName('archive-text');
-          changeDynamicText();
-
-          function changeDynamicText() {
-            dynamicText = !dynamicText;
-
-            for (var i = 0; i < moreTextSpans.length; i++) {
-              var moreText = dynamicText ? 'Changed More' : 'Dynamic More';
-              moreTextSpans[i].innerHTML = moreText;
-            }
-
-            for (var i = 0; i < archiveTextSpans.length; i++) {
-              var archiveText = dynamicText ? 'Changed Archive' : 'Dynamic Archive';
-              archiveTextSpans[i].innerHTML = archiveText;
-            }
-          }
-
-          function toggleSliding() {
-            // this.slidingEnabled = !this.slidingEnabled;
-          }
-
           function closeOpened() {
             var list = document.getElementById('list');
             list.closeSlidingItems();
@@ -441,89 +180,14 @@
             item.open();
           }
 
-          function noclose(item) {
-            var itemEle = document.getElementById(item);
-            console.log('no close', itemEle);
-          }
-
-          function unread(item) {
-            closeSlidingItem('UNREAD', item);
-          }
-
-          function archive(item) {
-            closeSlidingItem('ARCHIVE', item);
-          }
-
-          function del(item) {
-            closeSlidingItem('DELETE', item);
-          }
-
-          function download(item) {
-            var itemEle = document.getElementById(item);
-            console.log(itemEle);
-            itemEle.classList.add('downloading');
-            setTimeout(() => {
-              alert('Item was downloaded!');
-
-              itemEle.classList.remove('downloading');
-              itemEle.close();
-            }, 1500);
-          }
-
           function closeSlidingItem(option, item) {
             var itemEle = document.getElementById(item);
 
-            // TODO open alert instead
             if (itemEle) {
               itemEle.close();
             }
-            console.log(option, itemEle);
           }
-
-          function clickedItem(item) {
-            var itemEle = document.getElementById(item);
-            console.log('Clicked, ion-item', itemEle);
-          }
-
-          function reload() {
-            window.location.reload();
-          }
-          document.addEventListener('ionSwipe', (ev) => console.log('SWIPE!!', ev.detail));
-          document.addEventListener('ionDrag', (ev) => {
-            // console.log('DRAG!!', ev.detail);
-
-            let slidingRatio = ev.target.getSlidingRatio();
-            console.log('sliding', slidingRatio);
-
-            if (slidingRatio > 0) {
-              // positive
-              console.log('right side');
-            } else {
-              // negative
-              console.log('left side');
-            }
-            if (Math.abs(slidingRatio) > 1) {
-              console.log('overscroll');
-            }
-          });
         </script>
-        <style>
-          .download-spinner {
-            display: none;
-          }
-
-          svg circle {
-            stroke: white;
-          }
-
-          .downloading .download-spinner {
-            display: block;
-          }
-
-          .downloading .download-hide {
-            display: none;
-          }
-        </style>
       </ion-content>
     </ion-app>
   </body>
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/item-sliding.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/item-sliding.e2e.ts
index 3f8baae470..a3068258e2 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/item-sliding.e2e.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic/item-sliding.e2e.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,51 @@
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+import { dragElementBy, test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+
+import { testSlidingItem } from '../test.utils';
 
 test.describe('item-sliding: basic', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ skip }) => {
+    skip.mode('ios', "item-sliding doesn't have mode-specific styling");
+  });
+
+  test('should not have visual regressions', async ({ page, browserName }, testInfo) => {
+    // TODO(FW-2608)
+    test.fixme(
+      testInfo.project.metadata.rtl === true && (browserName === 'firefox' || browserName === 'webkit'),
+      'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/26103'
+    );
+
+    await page.goto(`/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic`);
+    const item = page.locator('#item2');
+
+    await testSlidingItem(page, item, 'start', true);
+    await testSlidingItem(page, item, 'end');
+  });
+
+  test('should open when swiped', async ({ page, skip }) => {
+    skip.rtl();
+    skip.browser(
+      (browserName: string) => browserName !== 'chromium',
+      'dragElementBy is flaky outside of Chrome browsers.'
+    );
+
+    await page.goto(`/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic`);
+    const item = page.locator('#item2');
+
+    await dragElementBy(item, page, -150);
+    await page.waitForChanges();
+
+    // item-sliding doesn't have an easy way to tell whether it's fully open so just screenshot it
+    expect(await item.screenshot()).toMatchSnapshot(`item-sliding-gesture-${page.getSnapshotSettings()}.png`);
+  });
+
   test('should not scroll when the item-sliding is swiped', async ({ page, skip }) => {
     skip.browser('webkit', 'mouse.wheel is not available in WebKit');
     skip.rtl();
 
     await page.goto(`/src/components/item-sliding/test/basic`);
 
-    const itemSlidingEl = page.locator('#two-options');
+    const itemSlidingEl = page.locator('#item2');
     const scrollEl = page.locator('ion-content .inner-scroll');
 
     expect(await scrollEl.evaluate((el: HTMLElement) => el.scrollTop)).toEqual(0);
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diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons/index.html b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons/index.html
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <title>Item Sliding - Icons</title>
+    <meta
+      name="viewport"
+      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, viewport-fit=cover"
+    />
+    <link href="../../../../../css/ionic.bundle.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <link href="../../../../../scripts/testing/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <script src="../../../../../scripts/testing/scripts.js"></script>
+    <script nomodule src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.js"></script>
+    <script type="module" src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.esm.js"></script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <ion-app>
+      <ion-header>
+        <ion-toolbar>
+          <ion-title>Item Sliding - Icons</ion-title>
+        </ion-toolbar>
+      </ion-header>
+
+      <ion-content>
+        <ion-list>
+          <ion-item-sliding id="iconsOnly">
+            <ion-item>
+              <ion-label>Icons Only</ion-label>
+            </ion-item>
+            <ion-item-options>
+              <ion-item-option color="danger">
+                <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="trash"></ion-icon>
+              </ion-item-option>
+              <ion-item-option>
+                <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="star"></ion-icon>
+              </ion-item-option>
+            </ion-item-options>
+          </ion-item-sliding>
+
+          <ion-item-sliding id="iconsStart">
+            <ion-item>
+              <ion-label>Icons in Start Slot</ion-label>
+            </ion-item>
+            <ion-item-options>
+              <ion-item-option color="primary">
+                <ion-icon slot="start" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
+                More
+              </ion-item-option>
+              <ion-item-option color="secondary">
+                <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
+                Archive
+              </ion-item-option>
+            </ion-item-options>
+          </ion-item-sliding>
+
+          <ion-item-sliding id="iconsEnd">
+            <ion-item>
+              <ion-label>Icons in End Slot</ion-label>
+            </ion-item>
+            <ion-item-options>
+              <ion-item-option color="primary">
+                <ion-icon slot="end" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
+                More
+              </ion-item-option>
+              <ion-item-option color="secondary">
+                <ion-icon slot="end" name="archive"></ion-icon>
+                Archive
+              </ion-item-option>
+            </ion-item-options>
+          </ion-item-sliding>
+
+          <ion-item-sliding id="iconsTop">
+            <ion-item>
+              <ion-label>Icons in Top Slot</ion-label>
+            </ion-item>
+            <ion-item-options>
+              <ion-item-option color="primary">
+                <ion-icon slot="top" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
+                More
+              </ion-item-option>
+              <ion-item-option color="secondary">
+                <ion-icon slot="top" name="archive"></ion-icon>
+                Archive
+              </ion-item-option>
+            </ion-item-options>
+          </ion-item-sliding>
+
+          <ion-item-sliding id="iconsBottom">
+            <ion-item>
+              <ion-label>Icons in Bottom Slot</ion-label>
+            </ion-item>
+            <ion-item-options>
+              <ion-item-option color="primary">
+                <ion-icon slot="bottom" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
+                More
+              </ion-item-option>
+              <ion-item-option color="secondary">
+                <ion-icon slot="bottom" name="archive"></ion-icon>
+                Archive
+              </ion-item-option>
+            </ion-item-options>
+          </ion-item-sliding>
+        </ion-list>
+      </ion-content>
+    </ion-app>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons/item-sliding.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons/item-sliding.e2e.ts
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index 0000000000..403bdf2918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons/item-sliding.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+
+import { testSlidingItem } from '../test.utils';
+
+test.describe('item-sliding: icons', () => {
+  test('should not have visual regressions', async ({ page, browserName, skip }, testInfo) => {
+    // TODO(FW-2608)
+    test.fixme(
+      testInfo.project.metadata.rtl === true && (browserName === 'firefox' || browserName === 'webkit'),
+      'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/26103'
+    );
+
+    skip.mode('ios', "item-sliding doesn't have mode-specific styling");
+    await page.goto(`/src/components/item-sliding/test/icons`);
+
+    const itemIDs = ['iconsOnly', 'iconsStart', 'iconsEnd', 'iconsTop', 'iconsBottom'];
+    for (const itemID of itemIDs) {
+      await testSlidingItem(page, page.locator(`#${itemID}`), itemID);
+    }
+  });
+});
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-import { newE2EPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
-
-import { openItemSliding } from '../test.utils';
-
-test('item-sliding: interactive', async () => {
-  const page = await newE2EPage({
-    url: '/src/components/item-sliding/test/interactive?ionic:_testing=true',
-  });
-
-  const compares = [];
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot());
-
-  const items = await page.$$('ion-item-sliding');
-  expect(items.length).toEqual(3);
-
-  await slideAndDelete(items[0], page);
-
-  const itemsAfterFirstSlide = await page.$$('ion-item-sliding');
-  expect(itemsAfterFirstSlide.length).toEqual(2);
-
-  await slideAndDelete(items[1], page);
-
-  const itemsAfterSecondSlide = await page.$$('ion-item-sliding');
-  expect(itemsAfterSecondSlide.length).toEqual(1);
-
-  for (const compare of compares) {
-    expect(compare).toMatchScreenshot();
-  }
-});
-
-const slideAndDelete = async (item: any, page: any) => {
-  try {
-    // Get the element's ID
-    const id = await (await item.getProperty('id')).jsonValue();
-    await openItemSliding(`#${id}`, page);
-    await deleteItemSliding(item, page, id);
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw err;
-  }
-};
-
-const deleteItemSliding = async (item: any, page: any, id: string) => {
-  // Click the "delete" option
-  const options = await item.$$('ion-item-option');
-  await options[0].click();
-
-  // Wait for element to be removed from DOM
-  await page.waitForSelector(id, { hidden: true });
-
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
-};
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/interactive/index.html b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/interactive/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e453f4f8bf..0000000000
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/interactive/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <title>Item Sliding - Standalone</title>
-    <meta
-      name="viewport"
-      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"
-    />
-    <link href="../../../../../css/core.css" rel="stylesheet" />
-    <link href="../../../../../scripts/testing/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
-    <script src="../../../../../scripts/testing/scripts.js"></script>
-    <script nomodule src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.js"></script>
-    <script type="module" src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.esm.js"></script>
-  </head>
-
-  <body>
-    <ion-list></ion-list>
-
-    <script>
-      let lists = document.getElementsByTagName('ion-list');
-      for (var i = 0; i < lists.length; i++) {
-        for (var j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-          addSlidingItem(lists[i]);
-        }
-      }
-
-      function addSlidingItem(list) {
-        const slidingItem = document.createElement('ion-item-sliding');
-        slidingItem.innerHTML = `
-          <ion-item>
-            <ion-label>
-              <h2>Item Options Both Sides</h2>
-            </ion-label>
-          </ion-item>
-
-          <ion-item-options side="end">
-            <ion-item-option color="danger" expandable onclick="remove(this)">
-              <ion-icon name="trash"></ion-icon>
-              Delete
-            </ion-item-option>
-          </ion-item-options>
-        `;
-
-        slidingItem.id = `item-${list.childElementCount}`;
-
-        list.appendChild(slidingItem);
-      }
-
-      function remove(optionElement) {
-        const slidingElement = optionElement.parentNode.parentNode;
-        lists[0].removeChild(slidingElement);
-      }
-    </script>
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone/e2e.ts b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone/e2e.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bc577ad521..0000000000
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone/e2e.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-import { newE2EPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
-
-import { closeItemSliding, openItemSliding } from '../test.utils';
-
-test('item-sliding: standalone', async () => {
-  const page = await newE2EPage({
-    url: '/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone?ionic:_testing=true',
-  });
-
-  const compares = [];
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot());
-
-  // Pass sliding item with start icons in option
-  await openItemSliding('#startItem', page);
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot(`start icons open`));
-  await closeItemSliding(page);
-
-  // Pass sliding item with top icons in option
-  await openItemSliding('#topItem', page);
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot(`top icons open`));
-  await closeItemSliding(page);
-
-  // Pass sliding item with anchor option
-  await openItemSliding('#anchorItem', page);
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot(`anchor option`));
-  await closeItemSliding(page);
-
-  for (const compare of compares) {
-    expect(compare).toMatchScreenshot();
-  }
-});
-
-test('item-sliding:rtl: standalone', async () => {
-  const page = await newE2EPage({
-    url: '/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone?ionic:_testing=true&rtl=true',
-  });
-
-  const compares = [];
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot());
-
-  // Pass sliding item with start icons in option
-  await openItemSliding('#startItem', page, true);
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot(`start icons open`));
-  await closeItemSliding(page);
-
-  // Pass sliding item with top icons in option
-  await openItemSliding('#topItem', page, true);
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot(`top icons open`));
-  await closeItemSliding(page);
-
-  // Pass sliding item with anchor option
-  await openItemSliding('#anchorItem', page, true);
-  compares.push(await page.compareScreenshot(`anchor option`));
-  await closeItemSliding(page);
-
-  for (const compare of compares) {
-    expect(compare).toMatchScreenshot();
-  }
-});
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone/index.html b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 29645780fc..0000000000
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/standalone/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <title>Item Sliding - Standalone</title>
-    <meta
-      name="viewport"
-      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"
-    />
-    <link href="../../../../../css/core.css" rel="stylesheet" />
-    <link href="../../../../../scripts/testing/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
-    <script src="../../../../../scripts/testing/scripts.js"></script>
-    <script nomodule src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.js"></script>
-    <script type="module" src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.esm.js"></script>
-  </head>
-
-  <body>
-    <!-- Sliding item with text options on both sides -->
-    <ion-item-sliding>
-      <ion-item-options side="start">
-        <ion-item-option onClick="favorite(item)">Favorite</ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option color="danger" onClick="share(item)">Share</ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label>Item Options</ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-
-      <ion-item-options side="end">
-        <ion-item-option onClick="unread(item)">Unread</ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Sliding item with expandable options on both sides -->
-    <ion-item-sliding>
-      <ion-item-options side="start">
-        <ion-item-option color="danger" expandable> Delete </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label>Expandable Options</ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-
-      <ion-item-options side="end">
-        <ion-item-option color="tertiary" expandable> Archive </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Multi-line sliding item with icon options on both sides -->
-    <ion-item-sliding id="item100">
-      <ion-item href="#">
-        <ion-label>
-          <h2>HubStruck Notifications</h2>
-          <p>A new message in your network</p>
-          <p>Oceanic Next has joined your network</p>
-        </ion-label>
-        <ion-note slot="end"> 10:45 AM </ion-note>
-      </ion-item>
-
-      <ion-item-options side="start">
-        <ion-item-option>
-          <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="heart"></ion-icon>
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-
-      <ion-item-options side="end">
-        <ion-item-option color="danger">
-          <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="trash"></ion-icon>
-        </ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option>
-          <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="star"></ion-icon>
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Sliding item with icon start options on end side -->
-    <ion-item-sliding id="startItem">
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label> Sliding Item, Icons Start </ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-      <ion-item-options>
-        <ion-item-option color="primary">
-          <ion-icon slot="start" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-          More
-        </ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option color="secondary">
-          <ion-icon slot="start" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-          Archive
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Sliding item with icon end options on end side -->
-    <ion-item-sliding>
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label> Sliding Item, Icons End </ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-      <ion-item-options>
-        <ion-item-option color="primary">
-          <ion-icon slot="end" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-          More
-        </ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option color="secondary">
-          <ion-icon slot="end" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-          Archive
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Sliding item with icon top options on end side -->
-    <ion-item-sliding id="topItem">
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label> Sliding Item, Icons Top </ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-      <ion-item-options>
-        <ion-item-option color="primary">
-          <ion-icon slot="top" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-          More
-        </ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option color="secondary">
-          <ion-icon slot="top" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-          Archive
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Sliding item with icon bottom options on end side -->
-    <ion-item-sliding>
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label> Sliding Item, Icons Bottom </ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-      <ion-item-options>
-        <ion-item-option color="primary">
-          <ion-icon slot="bottom" ios="ellipsis-horizontal" md="ellipsis-vertical"></ion-icon>
-          More
-        </ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option color="secondary">
-          <ion-icon slot="bottom" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-          Archive
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-
-    <!-- Sliding item with one anchor option -->
-    <ion-item-sliding id="anchorItem">
-      <ion-item>
-        <ion-label> Sliding Item, Anchor Icon Option </ion-label>
-      </ion-item>
-      <ion-item-options>
-        <ion-item-option href="#" color="primary">
-          <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="star"></ion-icon>
-        </ion-item-option>
-        <ion-item-option color="secondary">
-          <ion-icon slot="icon-only" name="archive"></ion-icon>
-        </ion-item-option>
-      </ion-item-options>
-    </ion-item-sliding>
-  </body>
-
-  <style>
-    body {
-      margin: 0;
-    }
-  </style>
-</html>
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/test.utils.ts b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/test.utils.ts
index 1f236c5812..9fa3ee27a0 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/test.utils.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/item-sliding/test/test.utils.ts
@@ -1,58 +1,33 @@
-// Opens a sliding item by simulating a drag event
-export const openItemSliding = async (id: string, page: any, rtl = false) => {
-  try {
-    const slidingItem = await page.$(id);
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { Locator } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { E2EPage } from '@utils/test/playwright';
 
-    // Simulate a drag
-    const boundingBox = await slidingItem.boundingBox();
-    const centerX = parseFloat(boundingBox.x + boundingBox.width / 2);
-    const centerY = parseFloat(boundingBox.y + boundingBox.height / 2);
-
-    // In LTR start the drag at the center, move halfway in between the
-    // center and 0, then end at 0
-    //
-    //  0                                boundingBox.width
-    //  |---------|---------|---------|---------|
-    // endX     halfX    centerX
-
-    let halfX = centerX / 2;
-    let endX = 0;
-
-    // In RTL start at the center, move halfway in between the center and
-    // the total width, then end at the total width
-    //
-    //  0                                boundingBox.width
-    //  |---------|---------|---------|---------|
-    //                   centerX    halfX      endX
-
-    if (rtl) {
-      halfX = centerX + centerX / 2;
-      endX = boundingBox.width;
-    }
-
-    // Start in the center of the item
-    await page.mouse.move(centerX, centerY);
-    await page.mouse.down();
-
-    // Move halfway first
-    await page.mouse.move(halfX, centerY);
-
-    // Move all of the way to the end
-    await page.mouse.move(endX, centerY);
-    await page.mouse.up();
-
-    // Add a timeout to make sure the item is open
-    await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw err;
+export const testSlidingItem = async (
+  page: E2EPage,
+  item: Locator,
+  screenshotNameSuffix: string,
+  openStart = false
+) => {
+  // passing a param into the eval callback is tricky due to execution context
+  // so just do the check outside the callback instead to make things easy
+  if (openStart) {
+    await item.evaluate(async (el: HTMLIonItemSlidingElement) => {
+      await el.open('start');
+    });
+  } else {
+    await item.evaluate(async (el: HTMLIonItemSlidingElement) => {
+      await el.open('end');
+    });
   }
-};
 
-// Close a sliding item after taking a screenshot
-// to allow other sliding items to open
-export const closeItemSliding = async (page: any) => {
-  await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
-  await page.mouse.down();
-  await page.mouse.up();
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+  // opening animation takes longer than waitForChanges accounts for
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+  expect(await item.screenshot()).toMatchSnapshot(
+    `item-sliding-${screenshotNameSuffix}-${page.getSnapshotSettings()}.png`
+  );
+
+  await item.evaluate(async (el: HTMLIonItemSlidingElement) => {
+    await el.close();
+  });
 };