Preview Link Card
An inline link that floats a preview card above itself on hover or focus, with the page's image, title and domain, tilting a little toward the pointer.
- Category: React Dialog, Popover and Tooltip Components
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Preview Link Card
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
href | string | — | |
image | string | — | |
title / description | string | — | |
children | ReactNode | — | |
delay | number | 250 | Ms before opening. |
className | string | — |
About Preview Link Card
Preview Link Card floats a preview above an inline link on hover or focus, with the page's image, title, description and domain, tilting slightly toward the pointer. People see where a link goes before they click.
Preview Link 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 Preview Link Card
- Docs and blog posts.
- Changelogs that reference pages.
- Knowledge bases.
- Social and community content.
How it works
The card opens after a short delay you set and is linked to the link with aria-describedby. The tilt is a spring on the pointer position, and reduced motion keeps it still.
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 Preview Link 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 delay live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- href (string).
- image (string).
- title / description (string).
- delay (number, default 250): Ms before opening.
Goes well with Preview Link 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
- Hover Card: An animated React hover card that previews links on hover or focus
- 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
Install Preview Link Card
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/preview-link-cardPreview Link Card 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 preview-link-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 Preview Link Card?
- Preview Link 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/preview-link-card. It copies preview-link-card.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Preview Link Card free for commercial use?
- Preview Link 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 Preview Link 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 Preview Link Card?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Preview Link Card's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.