Glide Select
A select chip whose menu pops out of its own corner with a blur, and a highlight that glides between rows under the pointer or the arrow keys.
- Category: React Input Components
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Glide Select
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
options | string[] | — | |
value / defaultValue | string | options[0] | |
onValueChange | (v: string) => void | — | |
label | string | "Sort by" |
About Glide Select
Glide Select opens its menu out of the trigger's own corner with a soft blur, and a highlight glides between rows under the pointer or the arrow keys, so choosing feels fluid rather than jumpy.
Glide Select 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 Glide Select
- Sort and filter menus.
- Compact form selects.
- Toolbar dropdowns.
- Settings with a handful of options.
How it works
It is a listbox with options, aria-expanded and arrow-key navigation, and Escape closes it. The highlight is one shared element that moves with layout animation, and the menu scales from the trigger's corner.
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 Glide Select
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 label live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- options (string[]).
- value / defaultValue (string, default options[0]).
- label (string, default "Sort by").
Goes well with Glide Select
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 Glide Select
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/glide-selectGlide Select 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 glide-select.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 Glide Select?
- Glide Select is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/glide-select. It copies glide-select.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Glide Select free for commercial use?
- Glide Select 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 Glide Select 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 Glide Select?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Glide Select's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.