Hover Reveal List
A list of projects; hovering a row floats its image beside the pointer.
- Category: Interactive
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Hover Reveal List
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
items | { title, meta, image, href? }[] | — |
About Hover Reveal List
Hover Reveal List shows a list of projects where hovering a row floats its image beside the pointer. It is the classic agency index.
Hover Reveal List is an interactive effect 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 Reveal List
- Agency and studio work indexes.
- Blog and article lists.
- Product collections.
- Menus with photos.
How it works
The preview follows the pointer on a spring and crossfades between rows. Rows are links, and touch users see a plain list.
Pointer effects have a keyboard or static equivalent, and nothing that matters depends on hover alone. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Hover Reveal List
Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.
Style it with className like any other element. It only uses your theme's tokens, so it follows light and dark mode without extra work.
- items ({ title, meta, image, href? }[]).
Goes well with Hover Reveal List
Hover Reveal List is already composed into a ready-made section, so you can see it in context or install the whole block.
- Features Hover List: Features section
- Pixel Grid: A React pixel grid: cells light up under the pointer and fade slowly
- Draggable Cards: React draggable cards: polaroids scattered on a table you can pick up
- Image Accordion: A React image accordion: the hovered panel expands to reveal its caption
- Velocity Marquee: A React velocity marquee: big text that speeds up and flips with scroll
- Stack Cards: React stack cards: cards pin as you scroll and stack on each other
Install Hover Reveal List
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/hover-reveal-listHover Reveal List 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-reveal-list.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
- What do touch users see?
- A plain, readable list of links. The floating image preview is a pointer effect, so phones skip it.
- How do I install Hover Reveal List?
- Hover Reveal List 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-reveal-list. It copies hover-reveal-list.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Hover Reveal List free for commercial use?
- Hover Reveal List 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 Reveal List 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 Reveal List?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Hover Reveal List's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.