Clear Input
A search field whose clear button dissolves the text word by word instead of blanking it.
- Category: Transitions
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Clear Input
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
value | string | — | |
onValueChange | (value: string) => void | — | |
icon | ReactNode | — |
About Clear Input
Clear Input is a search field whose clear button dissolves the text word by word instead of blanking it.
Clear Input is an UI transition 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 Clear Input
- Search bars.
- Filter inputs.
- Command bars.
- Chat inputs.
How it works
Words animate out with a stagger before the value is cleared.
The change it animates is also announced to assistive tech, and the motion is short enough never to block what the user wants to do. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Clear Input
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 placeholder live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- value (string).
- icon (ReactNode).
Goes well with Clear Input
These transitions pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Card Resize: A React box that springs to the size of its content
- Notification Badge: A React notification badge that pops in and slides new counts in
- Page Transition: React page transitions: native-feeling push and pop between views
- Error Shake: A React error shake: a decaying head shake for wrong input
- Arrow Link: A React arrow link whose chevron grows a stem on hover, CSS only
Install Clear Input
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/clear-inputClear Input 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 clear-input.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
- Does the dissolve slow down clearing?
- Barely. Words animate out with a short stagger and the value clears when the last one leaves, a fraction of a second. Under reduced motion the field simply empties at once.
- How do I install Clear Input?
- Clear Input is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/clear-input. It copies clear-input.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Clear Input free for commercial use?
- Clear Input 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 Clear Input 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 Clear Input?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Clear Input's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.