How do I install Radial Menu?

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

Is Radial Menu free for commercial use?

Radial 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 Radial 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 Radial Menu?

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

Radial Menu

A pie of actions around a button. Hold the button, move toward a wedge and release to pick it in one gesture, or click to open a ring the arrow keys move around.

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

Examples

Radial Menu

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`items`	`{ label: string; icon: ReactNode; onSelect?: () => void }[]`	—
`radius`	`number`	`84`
`trigger`	`"click" \| "hold"`	`"click"`
`children`	`ReactNode`	—	The trigger's content.
`aria-label`	`string`	`"Actions"`
`className`	`string`	—

About Radial Menu

Radial Menu is a pie of actions around a button. Hold the button, move toward a wedge and release to pick it in one gesture, or click to open a ring that the arrow keys move around.

Radial 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 Radial Menu

Quick actions in creative and canvas tools.
Game-style interfaces.
Touch-first command menus.
Reactions and share actions.

How it works

The hovered wedge is found from the pointer's angle to the centre, so aiming feels natural. In click mode items are menu items with roving focus, and Escape closes with focus returned to the trigger.

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 Radial 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 radius, trigger live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

items.
radius (number, default 84).
trigger ("click" | "hold", default "click").
aria-label (string, default "Actions").

Goes well with Radial 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 Radial Menu

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/radial-menu

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

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