How do I install Mega Menu?

Mega 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/mega-menu. It copies mega-menu.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Mega Menu free for commercial use?

Mega 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 Mega 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 Mega Menu?

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

Mega Menu

A top nav whose items open wide panels of link columns and a featured card. One panel morphs its size between items instead of reopening, and the content crossfades.

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

Examples

Mega Menu

API reference

Prop	Type	Default
`items`	`{ label: string; href?: string; columns?: { title: string; links: { label: string; href: string; description?: string; icon?: ReactNode }[] }[]; feature?: { title: string; body: string; href: string; image?: string } }[]`	—
`align`	`"left" \| "center"`	`"left"`
`onNavigate`	`(link, event) => void`	—
`className`	`string`	—

About Mega Menu

Mega Menu opens wide panels of link columns and a featured card from a top nav. Moving between items morphs one panel to the new size and crossfades the content, so it never flashes closed and open.

Mega 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 Mega Menu

SaaS marketing sites with many products.
Ecommerce category navigation.
Developer platforms with docs, products and resources.
Enterprise sites.

How it works

One panel element uses Motion layout to animate its size and position between items. A short close delay forgives diagonal mouse paths, and Escape and arrow keys work along the bar.

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

items.
align ("left" | "center", default "left").

Goes well with Mega 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 Mega Menu

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/mega-menu

Mega 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 mega-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 Mega Menu?: Mega 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/mega-menu. It copies mega-menu.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Mega Menu free for commercial use?: Mega 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 Mega 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 Mega Menu?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Mega Menu's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

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