CLI argument to open storybook to a specific story

[elevatebart]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am frustrated when I have to search for the story I am looking for among the 1000 stories my storybook has.

Describe the solution you'd like
A CLI argument that would allow the storybook command to open to an existing story.

Describe alternatives you've considered
We could instead filter stories that open. We would not have to search

Are you able to assist bring the feature to reality?
I can cook up a pull request but it might take time

Additional context
What would be even better would be integration with IDEs and code editors (VSCode, Atom, WebStrorm)?

[elevatebart]

@mdvorscak this was your idea, credit is due where credit is due ;)

[elevatebart]

@shilman Do you think there are enough details to start a discussion? To start coding.

[shilman]

This sounds reasonable. How do you expect users to run it? Like this:

yarn storybook --story my-button--basic

Or is it more of a utility for integrating with other tools?

Related #6201 #5065 #5855

[elevatebart]

I was thinking of exactly this, to start with.
This would probably allow external tools to interact efficiently with the parameter
Because the story names can be lengthy, next step would be to allow to specify only part of the name. Think of it like in jest:
instead of

yarn storybook --story my-button--basic

we would be allowed to write

yarn storybook --story button--bas

... typing is hard and I am lazy ;)

[github-actions]

Automention: Hey @Keraito, you've been tagged! Can you give a hand here?

[fabiomartins87]

I would like to help on this. I am not familiarized with the codebase...could you just give me a tip on where to start?

[cliffpyles]

@fabiomartins87 Did you decide to take a shot at this one? Or is this one up for grabs?

[azinit]

Still actual! :(

[ygkn]

Hi. I created VS Code extension for opening Storybook from editor. I hope it helps you.

Storybook Opener - Visual Studio Marketplace

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