Morph Menu
A button that stretches into its own menu surface, then shrinks back. Arrow keys and Escape work.
- Category: Transitions
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Morph Menu
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
trigger | ReactNode | — | |
items | { label, icon?, onSelect?, destructive? }[] | — | |
label | string | — | Accessible name. |
align | "start" | "end" | "start" |
About Morph Menu
Morph Menu stretches a button into its own menu surface, then shrinks it back. Arrow keys and Escape work.
Morph Menu is an UI transition 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 Morph Menu
- Overflow menus.
- Share menus.
- Account menus.
- Toolbar actions.
How it works
One element animates between button and menu sizes with layout.
The change it animates is also announced to assistive tech, and the motion is short enough never to block what the user wants to do. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Morph 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 text, align live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- trigger (ReactNode).
- items.
- label (string): Accessible name.
- align ("start" | "end", default "start").
Goes well with Morph Menu
These transitions pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Card Resize: A React box that springs to the size of its content
- Notification Badge: A React notification badge that pops in and slides new counts in
- Page Transition: React page transitions: native-feeling push and pop between views
- Error Shake: A React error shake: a decaying head shake for wrong input
- Arrow Link: A React arrow link whose chevron grows a stem on hover, CSS only
Install Morph Menu
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/morph-menuMorph 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 morph-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
- Is the morph menu keyboard accessible?
- Yes. The button opens the menu surface, arrow keys move between items, Enter selects and Escape closes it and returns focus to the button, so the morph is a visual touch on top of a proper menu.
- How do I install Morph Menu?
- Morph 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/morph-menu. It copies morph-menu.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Morph Menu free for commercial use?
- Morph 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 Morph 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 Morph Menu?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Morph Menu's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.