Flip Button
A button that rolls like a cube on hover or focus: the front face tips away and the back face rotates in with a second label.
- Category: Inputs
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Flip Button
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
front / back | ReactNode | — | |
direction | "up" | "down" | "up" | |
className | string | — |
About Flip Button
Flip Button rolls on hover or focus like a cube: the front face tips away and the back face rotates in with a new label, which is a neat way to say what happens next.
Flip Button is an input 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 Flip Button
- Book a demo and contact buttons.
- Pricing and checkout CTAs.
- Download buttons that show the file size.
- Navigation that previews destinations.
How it works
Two faces sit on a preserve-3d container with backface hiding, and the container rotates on a spring. Reduced motion shows the back face without the roll.
It is a real form control: it has an accessible name, works with the keyboard alone, shows a visible focus ring and announces its state to screen readers. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Flip Button
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 direction live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- front / back (ReactNode).
- direction ("up" | "down", default "up").
Goes well with Flip Button
These inputs pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Magnetic: Make any React element lean toward the pointer and spring home: a magnetic hover in one wrapper
- Color Picker: An animated React swatch colour picker with a ring that glides to the selection
- Rating: An animated React star rating with hover preview and a ripple of popping stars
- File Dropzone: An animated React file dropzone that lifts on hover and lists uploads with progress
- Like Button: An animated React like button: the heart pops, sparks burst and the count rolls
Install Flip Button
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/flip-buttonFlip Button is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 393 Pro components, 112 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 flip-button.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
- How do I install Flip Button?
- Flip Button is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/flip-button. It copies flip-button.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Flip Button free for commercial use?
- Flip Button 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 Flip Button 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 Flip Button?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Flip Button's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.