Can I turn off the reflections?

Yes. Set reflection to false for a cleaner look.

How do I install Cover Flow?

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

Is Cover Flow free for commercial use?

Cover Flow 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 Cover Flow 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 Cover Flow?

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

Cover Flow

The classic cover flow: the chosen cover faces you, the rest fan away at an angle with reflections beneath. Click, arrow keys or scroll bring another to the front on a spring.

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

Examples

Cover Flow

API reference

Prop	Type	Default
`items`	`{ src: string; title: string; subtitle?: string }[]`	—
`angle`	`number`	`55`
`spacing`	`number`	`70`
`reflection`	`boolean`	`true`
`size`	`number`	`200`
`defaultIndex`	`number`	—
`onChange`	`(index: number) => void`	—
`className`	`string`	—

About Cover Flow

Cover Flow is the classic: the chosen cover faces you, the rest fan away at an angle with reflections beneath. Click, arrow keys or scroll bring another to the front on a spring.

Cover Flow 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 Cover Flow

Album and podcast browsers.
Book and magazine shelves.
Product lines.
Portfolio projects.

How it works

Each cover's offset, rotation and depth are derived from its distance to the selection. It is a listbox, so arrows, Home and End work.

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 Cover Flow

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 angle, spacing, reflection live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

items.
angle (number, default 55).
spacing (number, default 70).
reflection (boolean, default true).
size (number, default 200).
defaultIndex (number).

Goes well with Cover Flow

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 Cover Flow

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/cover-flow

Cover Flow 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 cover-flow.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 I turn off the reflections?: Yes. Set reflection to false for a cleaner look.
How do I install Cover Flow?: Cover Flow is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/cover-flow. It copies cover-flow.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Cover Flow free for commercial use?: Cover Flow 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 Cover Flow 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 Cover Flow?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Cover Flow's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

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