How do I install Flowing Menu?

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

Is Flowing Menu free for commercial use?

Flowing Menu 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 Flowing Menu 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 Flowing Menu?

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

Flowing Menu

Tall list links; hovering one slides a filled strip in from the side the pointer entered, carrying a marquee of its text and image, and out the side it left.

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

Examples

Flowing Menu

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`items`	`{ label: string; href: string; image: string; text?: string }[]`	—
`speed`	`number`	`80`	Marquee speed in px per second.
`onNavigate`	`(item, event) => void`	—
`className`	`string`	—

About Flowing Menu

Flowing Menu is a list of tall links where hovering one slides a filled strip in from the side the pointer entered, carrying a marquee of its text and an image, then out the side it left.

Flowing Menu is a navigation 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 Flowing Menu

Agency and studio navigation.
Category pages for creative work.
Full-screen menus.
Case-study lists.

How it works

The entry edge is computed from where the pointer crossed the row, so the strip follows your hand. The marquee is CSS, and focus shows the strip too, so keyboard users get the same effect.

Links and buttons keep their roles, arrow keys move where a group is expected, the current item is marked with aria-current, and focus is always visible. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.

Customizing Flowing Menu

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

items.
speed (number, default 80): Marquee speed in px per second.

Goes well with Flowing Menu

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

Dock: A macOS-style React dock whose icons swell with pointer distance and show labels
Expandable Tabs: Compact React icon tabs where the active tab expands to reveal its label
Floating Nav: A floating React pill nav that hides on scroll down and returns on scroll up
Context Menu: A React right-click context menu that opens at the pointer and stays on screen
Bottom Nav: An animated React mobile tab bar with a sliding pill, hopping icons and badges

Install Flowing Menu

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/flowing-menu

Flowing Menu 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 flowing-menu.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 Flowing Menu?: Flowing Menu is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/flowing-menu. It copies flowing-menu.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Flowing Menu free for commercial use?: Flowing Menu 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 Flowing Menu 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 Flowing Menu?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Flowing Menu's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

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