Hover Card
A rich preview that springs out of a link on hover or focus, and stays open while the pointer is over it.
- Category: Overlays
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Hover Card
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
trigger | ReactElement | — | |
side | "top" | "bottom" | "bottom" | |
openDelay / closeDelay | number | 300 / 150 | |
children | ReactNode | — |
About Hover Card
Hover Card springs a rich preview out of a link on hover or focus and stays open while the pointer is over it, so people can peek at a profile or page before clicking.
Hover Card is an overlay 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 Hover Card
- User and author previews.
- Link previews in docs.
- Product previews in lists.
- Mention previews in chat.
How it works
Open and close delays forgive quick passes, and the card stays open while hovered. It opens on focus too, and Escape closes it.
It traps and returns focus correctly, closes on Escape, and is announced to screen readers with the right dialog or menu role. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Hover Card
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 side, openDelay, closeDelay live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- trigger (ReactElement).
- side ("top" | "bottom", default "bottom").
- openDelay / closeDelay (number, default 300 / 150).
Goes well with Hover Card
These overlays pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Command Menu: An animated React command palette with fuzzy search, groups and keyboard control
- Morph Dialog: A React card that morphs into a dialog: artwork and title flow between them
- Notification Stack: iOS-style grouped React notifications that fan out and swipe away
- Dynamic Island: A React Dynamic Island: a pill that morphs size and content between states
- Staggered Menu: A full-screen React menu that arrives in coloured layers with staggered links
Install Hover Card
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/hover-cardHover Card 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 hover-card.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 Hover Card?
- Hover Card is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/hover-card. It copies hover-card.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Hover Card free for commercial use?
- Hover Card 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 Hover Card 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 Hover Card?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Hover Card's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.