Can users swap cards manually?

Yes. Click the front card or press Enter on it to send it to the back; the timer also swaps on an interval and pauses on hover.

How do I install Card Swap?

Card Swap is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/card-swap. It copies card-swap.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Card Swap free for commercial use?

Card Swap needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.

Does Card Swap work with Next.js?

Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.

Can an AI coding agent install Card Swap?

Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Card Swap's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Card Swap

A stack of cards in loose 3D. On each tick, or click, the front card drops out, slides to the back and the rest shuffle forward on springs.

Category: Display
Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge

Examples

Card Swap

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`children`	`ReactNode[]`	—
`interval`	`number`	`3000`	Milliseconds between swaps; 0 disables the timer.
`pauseOnHover`	`boolean`	`true`
`skew`	`number`	`6`	Degrees of 3D skew.
`distance`	`number`	`56`	Offset per card in px.
`width`	`number`	`320`
`height`	`number`	`200`
`onSwap`	`(index: number) => void`	—
`className`	`string`	—

About Card Swap

Card Swap stacks cards in loose 3D. On each tick, or click, the front card drops out, slides to the back and the others shuffle forward on springs.

Card Swap is a display component for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.

When to use Card Swap

Feature highlights in heroes.
Testimonials.
Product benefits.
Onboarding tips.

How it works

Each card's depth is its offset from the front index, animated with springs. interval, skew and distance are props, and hover pauses the timer.

Interactive parts are buttons or links with accessible names, decorative layers are hidden from assistive tech, and everything is reachable by keyboard. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.

Customizing Card Swap

Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.

The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change interval, skew, distance, pauseOnHover live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

interval (number, default 3000): Milliseconds between swaps; 0 disables the timer.
pauseOnHover (boolean, default true).
skew (number, default 6): Degrees of 3D skew.
distance (number, default 56): Offset per card in px.
width (number, default 320).
height (number, default 200).

Goes well with Card Swap

These display pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.

Tilt Card: A 3D tilt card for React that leans toward the pointer with a moving glare
Spotlight Card: A React spotlight card: an accent glow follows the pointer across card and border
Sortable List: A drag-to-reorder React list with lifted shadows and keyboard sorting
Card Stack: A swipeable React card stack where the next card rises to meet you
Image Compare: A React before and after image comparison slider you can drag anywhere

Install Card Swap

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/card-swap

Card Swap is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies card-swap.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.

You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.

See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup

Frequently asked questions

Can users swap cards manually?: Yes. Click the front card or press Enter on it to send it to the back; the timer also swaps on an interval and pauses on hover.
How do I install Card Swap?: Card Swap is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/card-swap. It copies card-swap.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Card Swap free for commercial use?: Card Swap needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
Does Card Swap work with Next.js?: Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
Can an AI coding agent install Card Swap?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Card Swap's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Card Swap as Markdown · llms.txt