How do I install Staggered Menu?

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

Is Staggered Menu free for commercial use?

Staggered 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 Staggered 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 Staggered Menu?

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

Staggered Menu

A full-height menu that arrives in layers: coloured panels sweep in one after another, then the menu, then oversized numbered links rise in with a stagger. Escape closes and focus returns.

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

Examples

Staggered Menu

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`items`	`{ label: string; href: string; hint?: string }[]`	—
`socials`	`{ label: string; href: string }[]`	—
`open`	`boolean`	—
`onOpenChange`	`(open: boolean) => void`	—
`position`	`"left" \| "right"`	`"right"`
`colors`	`string[]`	`["var(--ember)", "var(--foreground)"]`	Panel layers, back to front.
`stagger`	`number`	`0.06`
`onNavigate`	`(item, event) => void`	—
`className`	`string`	—

About Staggered Menu

Staggered Menu arrives in layers: coloured panels sweep in one after another, then the menu, then oversized numbered links rise with a stagger. It is a statement navigation for creative sites.

Staggered Menu 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 Staggered Menu

Agency and portfolio sites.
Fashion and lifestyle brands.
Event and launch pages.
Mobile menus that should impress.

How it works

Panels and links run on a shared timeline of delays. Escape closes, focus moves to the first link on open and back to the trigger on close.

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 Staggered 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 position, stagger live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

items.
socials.
open (boolean).
position ("left" | "right", default "right").
colors (string[], default ["var(--ember)", "var(--foreground)"]): Panel layers, back to front.
stagger (number, default 0.06).

Goes well with Staggered Menu

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 Staggered Menu

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/staggered-menu

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

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