Morphing Tabs
Reorderable tabs whose selected item grows into a white content surface, with the active shape gliding as tabs move and a shared morph between rooms.
Preview
quiet focus
Room 2
A small space for the work that needs a little more air around it.
"use client";
import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
import { MorphingTabs, type MorphingTabsItem } from "@/components/motion/morphing-tabs";
const ROOM_CONTENT: Record<string, { eyebrow: string; title: string; detail: string; accent: string }> = {
"room-2": {
eyebrow: "quiet focus",
title: "Room 2",
detail: "A small space for the work that needs a little more air around it.",
accent: "#db5b2f",
},
general: {
eyebrow: "shared space",
title: "General",
detail: "The common room for notes, links and the ideas that are still finding their shape.",
accent: "#1bb273",
},
archive: {
eyebrow: "kept close",
title: "Archive",
detail: "Past rooms stay available without competing with the conversations in motion.",
accent: "#7a6de2",
},
};
function RoomPanel({ id }: { id: string }) {
const room = ROOM_CONTENT[id];
return (
<div className="relative min-h-64 overflow-hidden bg-[radial-gradient(circle_at_1px_1px,#dfe2e3_1px,transparent_1.5px)] bg-[size:4.8rem_4.8rem] px-7 py-8 md:px-12 md:py-10">
<div className="relative max-w-xl">
<p className="text-[0.68rem] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.24em] text-black/40">
{room.eyebrow}
</p>
<h3 className="mt-3 text-3xl font-light tracking-[-0.055em] text-[#151515] md:text-5xl">
{room.title}
</h3>
<p className="mt-4 max-w-md text-sm leading-6 text-black/55 md:text-base">
{room.detail}
</p>
<div className="mt-8 flex items-center gap-3 text-xs font-medium text-black/50">
<span className="size-2 rounded-full" style={{ backgroundColor: room.accent }} />
drag any room to reorder
</div>
</div>
</div>
);
}
export function MorphingTabsPreview() {
const initialItems = useMemo<MorphingTabsItem[]>(
() =>
Object.keys(ROOM_CONTENT).map((id) => ({
id,
label: ROOM_CONTENT[id].title,
content: <RoomPanel id={id} />,
})),
[],
);
const [items, setItems] = useState(initialItems);
const [value, setValue] = useState<string | null>("room-2");
return (
<div className="flex w-full min-w-0 items-center justify-center bg-[#242424] p-3 md:p-8">
<MorphingTabs
items={items}
value={value}
onValueChange={setValue}
onOrderChange={(ids) => {
setItems((current) => {
const byId = new Map(current.map((item) => [item.id, item]));
return ids.flatMap((id) => {
const item = byId.get(id);
return item ? [item] : [];
});
});
}}
onClose={(id) => {
setItems((current) => {
const next = current.filter((item) => item.id !== id);
if (id === value) setValue(next[0]?.id ?? null);
return next;
});
}}
ariaLabel="Rooms"
className="w-full max-w-5xl"
/>
</div>
);
}
"use client";
// beui.dev/components/blocks/morphing-tabs
import { X } from "lucide-react";
import {
AnimatePresence,
animate as animateValue,
motion,
useMotionValue,
useReducedMotion,
useSpring,
useTransform,
type MotionValue,
} from "motion/react";
import {
useCallback,
useEffect,
useId,
useLayoutEffect,
useMemo,
useRef,
useState,
type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent,
type ReactNode,
} from "react";
import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
import { EASE_OUT, SPRING_GLIDE, SPRING_PRESS } from "@/lib/ease";
import { TOUCH_GESTURE_CLASS, capturePointer } from "@/lib/touch";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
export type MorphingTabsItem = {
id: string;
label: string;
icon?: ReactNode;
content: ReactNode;
disabled?: boolean;
};
export type MorphingTabsClassNames = {
root?: string;
rail?: string;
tab?: string;
activeTab?: string;
icon?: string;
label?: string;
close?: string;
content?: string;
};
export interface MorphingTabsProps {
items: MorphingTabsItem[];
value?: string | null;
defaultValue?: string | null;
onValueChange?: (id: string | null) => void;
/** Called once after a pointer drag or keyboard reorder completes. */
onOrderChange?: (ids: string[]) => void;
/** Enables the close affordance on every tab when provided. */
onClose?: (id: string) => void;
ariaLabel?: string;
className?: string;
classNames?: MorphingTabsClassNames;
}
type DragSession = {
id: string;
pointerId: number;
originX: number;
startLeft: number;
startIndex: number;
targetIndex: number;
moved: boolean;
finishing: boolean;
startOrder: string[];
slotLefts: number[];
};
type SpringTabProps = {
id: string;
targetLeft: number;
dragging: boolean;
dragLeft: MotionValue<number>;
surfaceLeft: MotionValue<number>;
reduce: boolean;
active: boolean;
anyDragging: boolean;
surfaceHost: HTMLDivElement | null;
surfaceWidth: number;
tabWidth: number;
surfaceClassName?: string;
zIndex: number;
className: string;
children: ReactNode;
registerPosition: (id: string, position: MotionValue<number> | null) => void;
onPointerDown: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onPointerMove: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onPointerUp: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onPointerCancel: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onLostPointerCapture: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
};
const DRAG_THRESHOLD = 5;
// The design width of a tab, and the narrowest it may shrink to before the
// label stops reading. See `tabWidth` in MorphingTabs.
const MAX_TAB_WIDTH = 176;
const MIN_TAB_WIDTH = 96;
const TAB_HEIGHT = 56;
const TAB_TOP = 24;
const TAB_RADIUS = 24;
const RAIL_HEIGHT = 80;
const SURFACE_INSET = 16;
const LIQUID_JOIN = 24;
const PANEL_RADIUS = 28;
function sameOrder(a: string[], b: string[]) {
return a.length === b.length && a.every((id, index) => id === b[index]);
}
function safeId(value: string) {
return value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "-");
}
function moveItem(order: string[], from: number, to: number) {
if (from === to) return order.slice();
const next = order.slice();
const [item] = next.splice(from, 1);
next.splice(to, 0, item);
return next;
}
function liquidTabPath(
tabLeft: number,
surfaceWidth: number,
tabWidth: number,
) {
const panelLeft = SURFACE_INSET;
const panelRight = surfaceWidth - SURFACE_INSET;
const left = Math.max(
panelLeft,
Math.min(panelRight - tabWidth, tabLeft),
);
const right = left + tabWidth;
const top = RAIL_HEIGHT - TAB_HEIGHT;
const bottom = RAIL_HEIGHT;
const leftJoin = Math.max(panelLeft, left - LIQUID_JOIN);
const rightJoin = Math.min(panelRight, right + LIQUID_JOIN);
const leftDepth = Math.min(LIQUID_JOIN, left - leftJoin);
const rightDepth = Math.min(LIQUID_JOIN, rightJoin - right);
const leftControl = leftDepth * 0.55;
const rightControl = rightDepth * 0.55;
const leftPanelRadius = Math.min(PANEL_RADIUS, leftJoin - panelLeft);
const rightPanelRadius = Math.min(PANEL_RADIUS, panelRight - rightJoin);
return [
`M${panelLeft} ${bottom + PANEL_RADIUS}`,
`V${bottom + leftPanelRadius}`,
`Q${panelLeft} ${bottom} ${panelLeft + leftPanelRadius} ${bottom}`,
`H${leftJoin}`,
`C${leftJoin + leftControl} ${bottom} ${left} ${bottom - leftDepth + leftControl} ${left} ${bottom - leftDepth}`,
`V${top + TAB_RADIUS}`,
`Q${left} ${top} ${left + TAB_RADIUS} ${top}`,
`H${right - TAB_RADIUS}`,
`Q${right} ${top} ${right} ${top + TAB_RADIUS}`,
`V${bottom - rightDepth}`,
`C${right} ${bottom - rightDepth + rightControl} ${rightJoin - rightControl} ${bottom} ${rightJoin} ${bottom}`,
`H${panelRight - rightPanelRadius}`,
`Q${panelRight} ${bottom} ${panelRight} ${bottom + rightPanelRadius}`,
`V${bottom + PANEL_RADIUS}`,
"Z",
].join(" ");
}
function SpringTab({
id,
targetLeft,
dragging,
dragLeft,
surfaceLeft,
reduce,
active,
anyDragging,
surfaceHost,
surfaceWidth,
tabWidth,
surfaceClassName,
zIndex,
className,
children,
registerPosition,
onPointerDown,
onPointerMove,
onPointerUp,
onPointerCancel,
onLostPointerCapture,
}: SpringTabProps) {
const target = useMotionValue(targetLeft);
const position = useSpring(target, SPRING_GLIDE);
const settledTransform = useTransform(
reduce ? target : position,
(left) => `translate3d(${left}px, 0, 0)`,
);
const draggedTransform = useTransform(
dragLeft,
(left) => `translate3d(${left}px, 0, 0)`,
);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
target.set(targetLeft);
if (reduce) position.jump(targetLeft);
}, [position, reduce, target, targetLeft]);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
registerPosition(id, position);
return () => registerPosition(id, null);
}, [id, position, registerPosition]);
const liquidDriver = anyDragging
? dragging
? dragLeft
: position
: surfaceLeft;
return (
<>
{active && surfaceHost && surfaceWidth > SURFACE_INSET * 2
? createPortal(
<svg
aria-hidden="true"
focusable="false"
viewBox={`0 0 ${surfaceWidth} ${RAIL_HEIGHT + PANEL_RADIUS}`}
preserveAspectRatio="none"
className={cn(
"pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 top-0 h-[108px] w-full text-[#fafaf8]",
dragging ? "z-20" : "z-0",
surfaceClassName,
)}
>
<LiquidSurfacePath
key={
anyDragging
? dragging
? "dragged"
: "displaced"
: "idle"
}
left={liquidDriver}
surfaceWidth={surfaceWidth}
tabWidth={tabWidth}
/>
</svg>,
surfaceHost,
)
: null}
<motion.div
style={{
zIndex,
transform: dragging ? draggedTransform : settledTransform,
}}
className={className}
onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
onPointerMove={onPointerMove}
onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
onPointerCancel={onPointerCancel}
onLostPointerCapture={onLostPointerCapture}
>
{children}
</motion.div>
</>
);
}
function LiquidSurfacePath({
left,
surfaceWidth,
tabWidth,
}: {
left: MotionValue<number>;
surfaceWidth: number;
tabWidth: number;
}) {
const path = useTransform(left, (value) =>
liquidTabPath(value, surfaceWidth, tabWidth),
);
return <motion.path d={path} fill="currentColor" />;
}
export function MorphingTabs({
items,
value,
defaultValue,
onValueChange,
onOrderChange,
onClose,
ariaLabel = "Tabs",
className,
classNames,
}: MorphingTabsProps) {
const reduce = Boolean(useReducedMotion());
const uid = useId();
const itemIds = useMemo(() => items.map((item) => item.id), [items]);
const itemMap = useMemo(
() => new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id, item])),
[items],
);
const [order, setOrder] = useState(itemIds);
const orderRef = useRef(order);
orderRef.current = order;
const [internalValue, setInternalValue] = useState<string | null>(
defaultValue ?? itemIds[0] ?? null,
);
const controlled = value !== undefined;
const currentValue = controlled ? (value ?? null) : internalValue;
const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
const railRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
const tabButtonRefs = useRef<Record<string, HTMLButtonElement | null>>({});
const tabPositionRefs = useRef<Record<string, MotionValue<number> | null>>(
{},
);
const dragRef = useRef<DragSession | null>(null);
const dragAnimationRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof animateValue> | null>(null);
const surfaceAnimationRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof animateValue> | null>(
null,
);
const [surfaceWidth, setSurfaceWidth] = useState(0);
const [tabGap, setTabGap] = useState(12);
const [draggingId, setDraggingId] = useState<string | null>(null);
const [dragTargetIndex, setDragTargetIndex] = useState(-1);
const dragLeft = useMotionValue(SURFACE_INSET);
const surfaceLeft = useMotionValue(SURFACE_INSET);
useEffect(() => {
setOrder((current) => {
const available = new Set(itemIds);
const retained = current.filter((id) => available.has(id));
const retainedSet = new Set(retained);
const added = itemIds.filter((id) => !retainedSet.has(id));
const next = [...retained, ...added];
return sameOrder(current, next) ? current : next;
});
}, [itemIds]);
const orderedItems = useMemo(
() =>
order.flatMap((id) => {
const item = itemMap.get(id);
return item ? [item] : [];
}),
[itemMap, order],
);
const firstEnabledItem =
orderedItems.find((item) => !item.disabled) ?? orderedItems[0] ?? null;
const activeItem =
currentValue && itemMap.has(currentValue)
? itemMap.get(currentValue) ?? null
: firstEnabledItem;
const activeId = activeItem?.id ?? null;
// The rail cannot scroll: the liquid surface is one continuous shape spanning
// the panel, so its notch has to stay over the tab that cut it. Slots narrow
// to fit the panel instead, in that order of sacrifice:
// 1. the design width, down to a floor where a truncated label still reads;
// 2. the gap between slots, so the floor survives one panel narrower;
// 3. the floor itself — a cramped tab is still tappable, a clipped one is
// not reachable at all.
// Every tier fits inside the panel by construction, so no tab is ever cut off
// and the notch never has to be clamped away from the tab that cut it.
const { tabWidth, slotGap } = useMemo(() => {
const count = order.length;
if (!surfaceWidth || count === 0) {
return { tabWidth: MAX_TAB_WIDTH, slotGap: tabGap };
}
const inner = surfaceWidth - SURFACE_INSET * 2;
const widthAt = (gap: number) =>
Math.floor((inner - gap * (count - 1)) / count);
if (widthAt(tabGap) >= MIN_TAB_WIDTH) {
return {
tabWidth: Math.min(MAX_TAB_WIDTH, widthAt(tabGap)),
slotGap: tabGap,
};
}
if (count > 1 && widthAt(0) >= MIN_TAB_WIDTH) {
const gap = Math.floor((inner - MIN_TAB_WIDTH * count) / (count - 1));
return { tabWidth: MIN_TAB_WIDTH, slotGap: Math.max(0, gap) };
}
return { tabWidth: Math.max(0, widthAt(0)), slotGap: 0 };
}, [order.length, surfaceWidth, tabGap]);
const slotLefts = useMemo(
() =>
order.map(
(_, index) => SURFACE_INSET + index * (tabWidth + slotGap),
),
[order, slotGap, tabWidth],
);
const dragStartIndex = draggingId ? order.indexOf(draggingId) : -1;
const visualIndexFor = useCallback(
(index: number) => {
if (dragStartIndex < 0 || dragTargetIndex < 0) return index;
if (index === dragStartIndex) return dragTargetIndex;
if (
dragTargetIndex > dragStartIndex &&
index > dragStartIndex &&
index <= dragTargetIndex
) {
return index - 1;
}
if (
dragTargetIndex < dragStartIndex &&
index >= dragTargetIndex &&
index < dragStartIndex
) {
return index + 1;
}
return index;
},
[dragStartIndex, dragTargetIndex],
);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
const root = rootRef.current;
const rail = railRef.current;
if (!root || !rail) return;
const measure = () => {
setSurfaceWidth(root.clientWidth);
const nextGap = Number.parseFloat(getComputedStyle(rail).columnGap);
if (Number.isFinite(nextGap)) setTabGap(nextGap);
};
measure();
const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure);
observer.observe(root);
return () => observer.disconnect();
}, []);
const setActive = useCallback(
(id: string | null) => {
if (id && itemMap.get(id)?.disabled) return;
if (!controlled) setInternalValue(id);
onValueChange?.(id);
},
[controlled, itemMap, onValueChange],
);
useEffect(() => {
if (currentValue && itemMap.has(currentValue)) return;
if (firstEnabledItem && firstEnabledItem.id !== currentValue) {
setActive(firstEnabledItem.id);
}
}, [currentValue, firstEnabledItem, itemMap, setActive]);
const activeOrderIndex = activeId ? order.indexOf(activeId) : -1;
const activeVisualIndex =
activeOrderIndex < 0 ? -1 : visualIndexFor(activeOrderIndex);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
if (
!activeId ||
activeVisualIndex < 0 ||
activeId === draggingId ||
!slotLefts[activeVisualIndex]
) {
return;
}
surfaceAnimationRef.current?.stop();
if (draggingId) return;
surfaceAnimationRef.current = animateValue(
surfaceLeft,
slotLefts[activeVisualIndex],
reduce ? { duration: 0 } : SPRING_GLIDE,
);
}, [
activeId,
activeVisualIndex,
draggingId,
reduce,
slotLefts,
surfaceLeft,
]);
const commitOrder = useCallback(
(next: string[], notify: boolean) => {
orderRef.current = next;
setOrder((current) => (sameOrder(current, next) ? current : next));
if (notify) onOrderChange?.(next);
},
[onOrderChange],
);
const registerPosition = useCallback(
(id: string, position: MotionValue<number> | null) => {
tabPositionRefs.current[id] = position;
},
[],
);
const startDrag = useCallback(
(id: string, event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
if (
event.button !== 0 ||
itemMap.get(id)?.disabled ||
dragRef.current
) {
return;
}
const startIndex = orderRef.current.indexOf(id);
if (startIndex < 0) return;
const capturedSlots = orderRef.current.map(
(_, index) => SURFACE_INSET + index * (tabWidth + slotGap),
);
const startLeft = capturedSlots[startIndex];
dragAnimationRef.current?.stop();
dragAnimationRef.current = null;
dragLeft.set(startLeft);
dragRef.current = {
id,
pointerId: event.pointerId,
originX: event.clientX,
startLeft,
startIndex,
targetIndex: startIndex,
moved: false,
finishing: false,
startOrder: orderRef.current.slice(),
slotLefts: capturedSlots,
};
},
[dragLeft, itemMap, slotGap, tabWidth],
);
const moveDrag = useCallback(
(event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
const drag = dragRef.current;
if (!drag || drag.finishing || drag.pointerId !== event.pointerId) return;
const delta = event.clientX - drag.originX;
if (!drag.moved && Math.abs(delta) < DRAG_THRESHOLD) return;
event.preventDefault();
if (!drag.moved) {
drag.moved = true;
capturePointer(event.currentTarget, event.pointerId);
if (drag.id === activeId) {
surfaceAnimationRef.current?.stop();
surfaceLeft.set(drag.startLeft);
}
setDraggingId(drag.id);
setDragTargetIndex(drag.startIndex);
}
const minLeft = drag.slotLefts[0];
const maxLeft = drag.slotLefts[drag.slotLefts.length - 1];
const visualLeft = Math.max(
minLeft,
Math.min(maxLeft, drag.startLeft + delta),
);
let targetIndex = drag.startIndex;
if (visualLeft >= drag.startLeft) {
for (
let index = drag.startIndex + 1;
index < drag.slotLefts.length;
index += 1
) {
if (visualLeft + tabWidth / 2 >= drag.slotLefts[index]) {
targetIndex = index;
}
}
} else {
for (let index = drag.startIndex - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
if (visualLeft <= drag.slotLefts[index] + tabWidth / 2) {
targetIndex = index;
}
}
}
dragLeft.set(visualLeft);
if (targetIndex !== drag.targetIndex) {
drag.targetIndex = targetIndex;
setDragTargetIndex(targetIndex);
}
},
[activeId, dragLeft, surfaceLeft, tabWidth],
);
const finishDrag = useCallback(
(pointerId: number) => {
const drag = dragRef.current;
if (!drag || drag.pointerId !== pointerId || drag.finishing) return;
if (!drag.moved) {
dragRef.current = null;
return;
}
drag.finishing = true;
const targetLeft = drag.slotLefts[drag.targetIndex];
const controls = animateValue(
dragLeft,
targetLeft,
reduce ? { duration: 0 } : SPRING_GLIDE,
);
dragAnimationRef.current = controls;
controls.then(async () => {
if (dragAnimationRef.current !== controls) return;
const next = moveItem(
drag.startOrder,
drag.startIndex,
drag.targetIndex,
);
if (!reduce) {
await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
const startedAt = performance.now();
const check = () => {
const settled = next.every((id, index) => {
if (id === drag.id) return true;
const position = tabPositionRefs.current[id];
if (!position) return true;
return (
Math.abs(position.get() - drag.slotLefts[index]) < 0.5 &&
Math.abs(position.getVelocity()) < 10
);
});
if (settled || performance.now() - startedAt > 500) {
resolve();
return;
}
requestAnimationFrame(check);
};
check();
});
}
if (dragAnimationRef.current !== controls) return;
if (drag.id === activeId) {
surfaceLeft.set(targetLeft);
} else if (activeId) {
const activePosition = tabPositionRefs.current[activeId];
if (activePosition) surfaceLeft.set(activePosition.get());
}
tabPositionRefs.current[drag.id]?.jump(targetLeft);
dragAnimationRef.current = null;
dragRef.current = null;
commitOrder(next, !sameOrder(drag.startOrder, next));
setDraggingId(null);
setDragTargetIndex(-1);
});
},
[activeId, commitOrder, dragLeft, reduce, surfaceLeft],
);
useEffect(() => {
const finishFromWindow = (event: PointerEvent) => {
finishDrag(event.pointerId);
};
window.addEventListener("pointerup", finishFromWindow, true);
window.addEventListener("pointercancel", finishFromWindow, true);
return () => {
window.removeEventListener("pointerup", finishFromWindow, true);
window.removeEventListener("pointercancel", finishFromWindow, true);
};
}, [finishDrag]);
const moveBy = useCallback(
(id: string, direction: -1 | 1) => {
const current = orderRef.current;
const index = current.indexOf(id);
const nextIndex = index + direction;
if (
index < 0 ||
nextIndex < 0 ||
nextIndex >= current.length ||
itemMap.get(id)?.disabled
) {
return;
}
commitOrder(moveItem(current, index, nextIndex), true);
},
[commitOrder, itemMap],
);
const handleTabKeyDown = useCallback(
(id: string, event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
const index = orderRef.current.indexOf(id);
if (index < 0) return;
if (
event.altKey &&
(event.key === "ArrowLeft" || event.key === "ArrowRight")
) {
event.preventDefault();
moveBy(id, event.key === "ArrowLeft" ? -1 : 1);
return;
}
if (event.key !== "ArrowLeft" && event.key !== "ArrowRight") return;
event.preventDefault();
const direction = event.key === "ArrowLeft" ? -1 : 1;
const nextIndex =
(index + direction + orderRef.current.length) % orderRef.current.length;
const nextId = orderRef.current[nextIndex];
setActive(nextId);
requestAnimationFrame(() => tabButtonRefs.current[nextId]?.focus());
},
[moveBy, setActive],
);
if (!orderedItems.length) return null;
return (
<div
ref={rootRef}
className={cn(
"relative isolate min-w-0 overflow-hidden rounded-[2rem] bg-[#292929] text-white",
classNames?.root,
className,
)}
>
<div className="relative h-20">
<div
ref={railRef}
role="tablist"
aria-label={ariaLabel}
aria-orientation="horizontal"
className={cn(
"relative z-30 flex h-full gap-3 md:gap-4",
classNames?.rail,
)}
>
{orderedItems.map((item, index) => {
const isActive = item.id === activeId;
const isDragging = item.id === draggingId;
const visualIndex = visualIndexFor(index);
const targetLeft = slotLefts[visualIndex] ?? SURFACE_INSET;
const tabId = `${uid}-tab-${safeId(item.id)}`;
return (
<SpringTab
key={item.id}
id={item.id}
targetLeft={targetLeft}
dragging={isDragging}
dragLeft={dragLeft}
surfaceLeft={surfaceLeft}
reduce={reduce}
active={isActive}
anyDragging={Boolean(draggingId)}
surfaceHost={rootRef.current}
surfaceWidth={surfaceWidth}
tabWidth={tabWidth}
surfaceClassName={classNames?.activeTab}
zIndex={isDragging ? 30 : isActive ? 20 : 1}
className={cn(
// The drag is ours end to end, so iPadOS must not answer the
// press with its callout or a native drag of the label.
"group absolute left-0 top-0 flex touch-pan-y items-stretch",
TOUCH_GESTURE_CLASS,
item.disabled && "cursor-not-allowed",
isDragging ? "cursor-grabbing" : "cursor-grab",
)}
registerPosition={registerPosition}
onPointerDown={(event) => startDrag(item.id, event)}
onPointerMove={moveDrag}
onPointerUp={(event) => finishDrag(event.pointerId)}
onPointerCancel={(event) => finishDrag(event.pointerId)}
// A touch is implicitly captured by whatever it landed on —
// here the label inside the tab — so the moment the drag takes
// the capture for the tab itself, that child *loses* it, and
// the notification bubbles straight back up to this handler.
// Ending the drag on it kills the gesture on the frame it
// starts. Only the tab losing its own capture means the
// platform took the pointer away. A mouse has no implicit
// capture, which is why this only ever bit on a real finger.
onLostPointerCapture={(event) => {
if (event.target !== event.currentTarget) return;
finishDrag(event.pointerId);
}}
>
<div
style={{
width: tabWidth,
height: TAB_HEIGHT,
marginTop: TAB_TOP,
}}
className="relative flex items-stretch"
>
{!isActive ? (
<span
aria-hidden
className={cn(
"absolute inset-x-0 bottom-2 top-0 rounded-[1.25rem] transition-colors duration-200",
isDragging
? "bg-[#3a3a3a]"
: "bg-transparent group-hover:bg-white/[0.06]",
)}
/>
) : null}
<button
ref={(node) => {
tabButtonRefs.current[item.id] = node;
}}
id={tabId}
type="button"
role="tab"
aria-selected={isActive}
aria-controls={`${uid}-panel`}
aria-disabled={item.disabled || undefined}
tabIndex={isActive ? 0 : -1}
disabled={item.disabled}
onClick={() => {
const drag = dragRef.current;
if (drag?.id === item.id && drag.moved) return;
setActive(item.id);
}}
onKeyDown={(event) => handleTabKeyDown(item.id, event)}
className={cn(
"group relative z-10 flex h-full w-full min-w-0 items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-[1.5rem] px-3 text-left outline-none transition-colors",
isActive
? "text-[#181818]"
: "pb-2 text-white/70 hover:text-white",
classNames?.tab,
)}
>
<span
aria-hidden
className={cn(
"pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-1 top-1 opacity-0 transition-opacity group-focus-visible:opacity-100",
isActive
? "bottom-0 rounded-t-[1.25rem] border-x-2 border-t-2 border-black/20"
: "bottom-2 rounded-[1rem] border-2 border-white/60",
)}
/>
{item.icon ? (
<span
aria-hidden
className={cn(
"grid size-8 shrink-0 place-items-center",
classNames?.icon,
)}
>
{item.icon}
</span>
) : null}
<span
className={cn(
"min-w-0 truncate whitespace-nowrap text-base font-medium leading-none tracking-[-0.025em]",
classNames?.label,
)}
>
{item.label}
</span>
</button>
{onClose ? (
<button
type="button"
aria-label={`Close ${item.label}`}
onPointerDown={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
onClick={(event) => {
event.stopPropagation();
onClose(item.id);
}}
className={cn(
"absolute right-2 top-1/2 z-20 grid size-6 -translate-y-1/2 place-items-center rounded-full text-[#9aa0a8] transition-colors hover:bg-black/[0.06] hover:text-[#4b5563] focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-current",
!isActive &&
"top-[calc(50%-4px)] text-white/45 hover:bg-white/[0.08] hover:text-white/80",
classNames?.close,
)}
>
<X aria-hidden className="size-3.5 stroke-[1.5]" />
</button>
) : null}
</div>
</SpringTab>
);
})}
</div>
</div>
<div
id={`${uid}-panel`}
role="tabpanel"
aria-labelledby={`${uid}-tab-${safeId(activeId ?? "empty")}`}
className={cn(
"relative z-20 mx-4 min-h-64 overflow-hidden rounded-[1.75rem] bg-[#fafaf8] text-[#181818]",
classNames?.content,
)}
>
<AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
{activeItem ? (
<motion.div
key={activeItem.id}
initial={
reduce
? { opacity: 0 }
: { opacity: 0, y: 8, filter: "blur(6px)" }
}
animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" }}
exit={
reduce
? {
opacity: 0,
transition: { duration: 0.08, ease: EASE_OUT },
}
: {
opacity: 0,
y: -5,
filter: "blur(5px)",
transition: { duration: 0.12, ease: EASE_OUT },
}
}
transition={
reduce
? { duration: 0.12, ease: EASE_OUT }
: SPRING_PRESS
}
className="min-h-64"
>
{activeItem.content}
</motion.div>
) : null}
</AnimatePresence>
</div>
</div>
);
}
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npm i clsx lucide-react motion tailwind-mergeAdd util files
// Shared motion tokens. Easing curves mirror the CSS custom properties in
// globals.css; springs are the canonical physics used across components.
// Strong custom variants — defaults like `ease-in`/`ease-out` feel weak.
export const EASE_OUT = [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1] as const;
export const EASE_IN_OUT = [0.77, 0, 0.175, 1] as const;
export const EASE_DRAWER = [0.32, 0.72, 0, 1] as const;
/** CSS string form of EASE_OUT for inline style transitions. */
export const EASE_OUT_CSS = "cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)";
/** Press feedback on buttons and other tappable surfaces. */
export const SPRING_PRESS = {
type: "spring",
stiffness: 500,
damping: 30,
mass: 0.6,
} as const;
/** Content swaps — label/icon slots trading places inside a control. */
export const SPRING_SWAP = {
type: "spring",
stiffness: 460,
damping: 30,
mass: 0.55,
} as const;
/** Overlay panel entrances — modals and sheets summoned by pointer. */
export const SPRING_PANEL = {
type: "spring",
stiffness: 420,
damping: 40,
mass: 0.5,
} as const;
/** Shared-layout glides — pills, indicators and panels morphing between positions. */
export const SPRING_LAYOUT = {
type: "spring",
stiffness: 360,
damping: 32,
mass: 0.6,
} as const;
/** Cursor-follow physics for decorative mouse tracking (magnetic, tilt, dock). */
export const SPRING_MOUSE = {
stiffness: 200,
damping: 15,
mass: 0.3,
} as const;
/** Dragged handles and fills (sliders) — critically damped `useSpring` config,
* so the value follows the pointer butterily and never rebounds off an end. */
export const SPRING_GLIDE = {
stiffness: 700,
damping: 50,
mass: 0.5,
} as const;
// Shared touch primitives. iOS and iPadOS run their own gestures on top of the
// page — the long-press selection callout and the selection it drags in with
// it — and they win: once the platform claims a touch it cancels ours
// mid-gesture, so a press-and-hold or a drag simply dies. Surfaces that own
// their gesture have to opt out.
//
// What the two classes below cover, precisely:
// - `-webkit-touch-callout: none` stops iOS's long-press callout. WebKit-only:
// it is not a property other engines have, so it is inert everywhere else.
// - `user-select: none` stops the long-press selection on every engine,
// Android included, and stops a drag from painting a selection under the
// cursor. It is inherited, so it reaches every descendant — which is why the
// two classes differ only in whether they apply it unconditionally.
// What neither covers:
// - Chrome for Android's long-press menu on a link or an image. No CSS
// suppresses it; a gesture surface that wraps one needs its own
// `onContextMenu` with `preventDefault()`.
// - The native drag of an `<img>` or `<a>` descendant. `-webkit-user-drag` is
// not inherited and plain divs and buttons are not drag sources, so setting
// it on the surface does nothing — the child itself needs `draggable={false}`.
/**
* Classes for a surface that *is* the control: a thumb, a drum, a stage, a
* handle, a hold button. Selection is suppressed on every input, because a
* drag that highlights the control's own label is wrong on a mouse too.
* Compose with `touch-none` when the surface also owns the scroll axis — leave
* it off when the page must still scroll from there.
*/
export const TOUCH_GESTURE_CLASS = "select-none [-webkit-touch-callout:none]";
/**
* The same opt-out for a gesture surface that wraps content the consumer owns:
* a scroller, a context-menu trigger, a sheet header, a list row. Selection is
* suppressed only where the platform runs its own press gestures — a coarse
* pointer — so a mouse user can still select and copy that content. If the
* gesture itself would paint a selection under the cursor, add `select-none`
* for the duration of the gesture rather than reaching for
* `TOUCH_GESTURE_CLASS`.
*
* `pointer: coarse` describes the *primary* pointer and nothing else, so a
* hybrid machine reads it wrong in both directions: a tablet with a mouse
* plugged in keeps touch as primary and loses mouse selection, and a laptop
* with a touchscreen keeps the mouse as primary and leaves selection live
* under a finger. No media query can answer per interaction — the query is
* about the device, and the question is about the gesture in progress. The
* default stays here because it is right on the machines that are one thing or
* the other, and losing a selection is a nuisance; where the miss costs a
* *gesture* instead, the surface pairs it with `holdSelection` on the press.
*/
export const TOUCH_GESTURE_CONTENT_CLASS =
"[-webkit-touch-callout:none] pointer-coarse:select-none";
/**
* Suppress selection on `element` for as long as a gesture is running on it,
* whatever the primary pointer of the machine happens to be. Returns the
* release. Inline, so it wins over the class above and is gone again the
* moment the gesture ends.
*
* For the press gestures a native selection would otherwise steal — a
* long-press that opens a menu. Elsewhere prefer the classes: a surface that
* takes selection away for the whole session is a surface whose text nobody
* can copy.
*/
export function holdSelection(element: HTMLElement) {
element.style.setProperty("user-select", "none");
element.style.setProperty("-webkit-user-select", "none");
return () => {
element.style.removeProperty("user-select");
element.style.removeProperty("-webkit-user-select");
};
}
/**
* Pointer capture, best effort. WebKit throws `NotFoundError` when the pointer
* is already gone by the time the handler runs — routine on iOS, where the
* system can claim the touch first — and an uncaught throw takes the rest of
* the handler, the gesture included, down with it. Touch pointers carry
* implicit capture anyway, so losing it is never fatal.
*/
export function capturePointer(element: Element, pointerId: number) {
try {
element.setPointerCapture(pointerId);
} catch {
// Pointer is no longer active — implicit capture still applies on touch.
}
}
/** Release a capture taken with `capturePointer`, ignoring a stale pointer. */
export function releasePointer(element: Element, pointerId: number) {
try {
if (element.hasPointerCapture(pointerId)) {
element.releasePointerCapture(pointerId);
}
} catch {
// Capture was already dropped by the browser.
}
}
/**
* Whether this event came from a pointer that is *hovering*: not a touch, and
* not currently pressed. Which input the user is holding right now is not
* something a device capability can answer — a touchscreen laptop hovers and
* taps, and iPadOS reports a fine hovering pointer for a finger — so both
* paths stay live and each handler branches on the event it was given.
*
* A pen resting on the glass is making contact, not hovering: `buttons` is the
* tell, and it sends a pen tap down the same route a finger takes.
*
* This answers what an *enter* asks. A leave is the other half of a pair and
* has to be read against the enter that started it — `useHoverGesture` in
* `lib/hooks/use-hover-gesture` does that, and hover surfaces should use it
* rather than asking this question twice.
*/
export const isHoveringPointer = (event: {
pointerType: string;
buttons: number;
}) => event.pointerType !== "touch" && event.buttons === 0;
import { clsx, type ClassValue } from "clsx"
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge"
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
return twMerge(clsx(inputs))
}
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"use client";
// beui.dev/components/blocks/morphing-tabs
import { X } from "lucide-react";
import {
AnimatePresence,
animate as animateValue,
motion,
useMotionValue,
useReducedMotion,
useSpring,
useTransform,
type MotionValue,
} from "motion/react";
import {
useCallback,
useEffect,
useId,
useLayoutEffect,
useMemo,
useRef,
useState,
type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent,
type ReactNode,
} from "react";
import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
import { EASE_OUT, SPRING_GLIDE, SPRING_PRESS } from "@/lib/ease";
import { TOUCH_GESTURE_CLASS, capturePointer } from "@/lib/touch";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
export type MorphingTabsItem = {
id: string;
label: string;
icon?: ReactNode;
content: ReactNode;
disabled?: boolean;
};
export type MorphingTabsClassNames = {
root?: string;
rail?: string;
tab?: string;
activeTab?: string;
icon?: string;
label?: string;
close?: string;
content?: string;
};
export interface MorphingTabsProps {
items: MorphingTabsItem[];
value?: string | null;
defaultValue?: string | null;
onValueChange?: (id: string | null) => void;
/** Called once after a pointer drag or keyboard reorder completes. */
onOrderChange?: (ids: string[]) => void;
/** Enables the close affordance on every tab when provided. */
onClose?: (id: string) => void;
ariaLabel?: string;
className?: string;
classNames?: MorphingTabsClassNames;
}
type DragSession = {
id: string;
pointerId: number;
originX: number;
startLeft: number;
startIndex: number;
targetIndex: number;
moved: boolean;
finishing: boolean;
startOrder: string[];
slotLefts: number[];
};
type SpringTabProps = {
id: string;
targetLeft: number;
dragging: boolean;
dragLeft: MotionValue<number>;
surfaceLeft: MotionValue<number>;
reduce: boolean;
active: boolean;
anyDragging: boolean;
surfaceHost: HTMLDivElement | null;
surfaceWidth: number;
tabWidth: number;
surfaceClassName?: string;
zIndex: number;
className: string;
children: ReactNode;
registerPosition: (id: string, position: MotionValue<number> | null) => void;
onPointerDown: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onPointerMove: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onPointerUp: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onPointerCancel: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
onLostPointerCapture: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
};
const DRAG_THRESHOLD = 5;
// The design width of a tab, and the narrowest it may shrink to before the
// label stops reading. See `tabWidth` in MorphingTabs.
const MAX_TAB_WIDTH = 176;
const MIN_TAB_WIDTH = 96;
const TAB_HEIGHT = 56;
const TAB_TOP = 24;
const TAB_RADIUS = 24;
const RAIL_HEIGHT = 80;
const SURFACE_INSET = 16;
const LIQUID_JOIN = 24;
const PANEL_RADIUS = 28;
function sameOrder(a: string[], b: string[]) {
return a.length === b.length && a.every((id, index) => id === b[index]);
}
function safeId(value: string) {
return value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "-");
}
function moveItem(order: string[], from: number, to: number) {
if (from === to) return order.slice();
const next = order.slice();
const [item] = next.splice(from, 1);
next.splice(to, 0, item);
return next;
}
function liquidTabPath(
tabLeft: number,
surfaceWidth: number,
tabWidth: number,
) {
const panelLeft = SURFACE_INSET;
const panelRight = surfaceWidth - SURFACE_INSET;
const left = Math.max(
panelLeft,
Math.min(panelRight - tabWidth, tabLeft),
);
const right = left + tabWidth;
const top = RAIL_HEIGHT - TAB_HEIGHT;
const bottom = RAIL_HEIGHT;
const leftJoin = Math.max(panelLeft, left - LIQUID_JOIN);
const rightJoin = Math.min(panelRight, right + LIQUID_JOIN);
const leftDepth = Math.min(LIQUID_JOIN, left - leftJoin);
const rightDepth = Math.min(LIQUID_JOIN, rightJoin - right);
const leftControl = leftDepth * 0.55;
const rightControl = rightDepth * 0.55;
const leftPanelRadius = Math.min(PANEL_RADIUS, leftJoin - panelLeft);
const rightPanelRadius = Math.min(PANEL_RADIUS, panelRight - rightJoin);
return [
`M${panelLeft} ${bottom + PANEL_RADIUS}`,
`V${bottom + leftPanelRadius}`,
`Q${panelLeft} ${bottom} ${panelLeft + leftPanelRadius} ${bottom}`,
`H${leftJoin}`,
`C${leftJoin + leftControl} ${bottom} ${left} ${bottom - leftDepth + leftControl} ${left} ${bottom - leftDepth}`,
`V${top + TAB_RADIUS}`,
`Q${left} ${top} ${left + TAB_RADIUS} ${top}`,
`H${right - TAB_RADIUS}`,
`Q${right} ${top} ${right} ${top + TAB_RADIUS}`,
`V${bottom - rightDepth}`,
`C${right} ${bottom - rightDepth + rightControl} ${rightJoin - rightControl} ${bottom} ${rightJoin} ${bottom}`,
`H${panelRight - rightPanelRadius}`,
`Q${panelRight} ${bottom} ${panelRight} ${bottom + rightPanelRadius}`,
`V${bottom + PANEL_RADIUS}`,
"Z",
].join(" ");
}
function SpringTab({
id,
targetLeft,
dragging,
dragLeft,
surfaceLeft,
reduce,
active,
anyDragging,
surfaceHost,
surfaceWidth,
tabWidth,
surfaceClassName,
zIndex,
className,
children,
registerPosition,
onPointerDown,
onPointerMove,
onPointerUp,
onPointerCancel,
onLostPointerCapture,
}: SpringTabProps) {
const target = useMotionValue(targetLeft);
const position = useSpring(target, SPRING_GLIDE);
const settledTransform = useTransform(
reduce ? target : position,
(left) => `translate3d(${left}px, 0, 0)`,
);
const draggedTransform = useTransform(
dragLeft,
(left) => `translate3d(${left}px, 0, 0)`,
);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
target.set(targetLeft);
if (reduce) position.jump(targetLeft);
}, [position, reduce, target, targetLeft]);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
registerPosition(id, position);
return () => registerPosition(id, null);
}, [id, position, registerPosition]);
const liquidDriver = anyDragging
? dragging
? dragLeft
: position
: surfaceLeft;
return (
<>
{active && surfaceHost && surfaceWidth > SURFACE_INSET * 2
? createPortal(
<svg
aria-hidden="true"
focusable="false"
viewBox={`0 0 ${surfaceWidth} ${RAIL_HEIGHT + PANEL_RADIUS}`}
preserveAspectRatio="none"
className={cn(
"pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 top-0 h-[108px] w-full text-[#fafaf8]",
dragging ? "z-20" : "z-0",
surfaceClassName,
)}
>
<LiquidSurfacePath
key={
anyDragging
? dragging
? "dragged"
: "displaced"
: "idle"
}
left={liquidDriver}
surfaceWidth={surfaceWidth}
tabWidth={tabWidth}
/>
</svg>,
surfaceHost,
)
: null}
<motion.div
style={{
zIndex,
transform: dragging ? draggedTransform : settledTransform,
}}
className={className}
onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
onPointerMove={onPointerMove}
onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
onPointerCancel={onPointerCancel}
onLostPointerCapture={onLostPointerCapture}
>
{children}
</motion.div>
</>
);
}
function LiquidSurfacePath({
left,
surfaceWidth,
tabWidth,
}: {
left: MotionValue<number>;
surfaceWidth: number;
tabWidth: number;
}) {
const path = useTransform(left, (value) =>
liquidTabPath(value, surfaceWidth, tabWidth),
);
return <motion.path d={path} fill="currentColor" />;
}
export function MorphingTabs({
items,
value,
defaultValue,
onValueChange,
onOrderChange,
onClose,
ariaLabel = "Tabs",
className,
classNames,
}: MorphingTabsProps) {
const reduce = Boolean(useReducedMotion());
const uid = useId();
const itemIds = useMemo(() => items.map((item) => item.id), [items]);
const itemMap = useMemo(
() => new Map(items.map((item) => [item.id, item])),
[items],
);
const [order, setOrder] = useState(itemIds);
const orderRef = useRef(order);
orderRef.current = order;
const [internalValue, setInternalValue] = useState<string | null>(
defaultValue ?? itemIds[0] ?? null,
);
const controlled = value !== undefined;
const currentValue = controlled ? (value ?? null) : internalValue;
const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
const railRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
const tabButtonRefs = useRef<Record<string, HTMLButtonElement | null>>({});
const tabPositionRefs = useRef<Record<string, MotionValue<number> | null>>(
{},
);
const dragRef = useRef<DragSession | null>(null);
const dragAnimationRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof animateValue> | null>(null);
const surfaceAnimationRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof animateValue> | null>(
null,
);
const [surfaceWidth, setSurfaceWidth] = useState(0);
const [tabGap, setTabGap] = useState(12);
const [draggingId, setDraggingId] = useState<string | null>(null);
const [dragTargetIndex, setDragTargetIndex] = useState(-1);
const dragLeft = useMotionValue(SURFACE_INSET);
const surfaceLeft = useMotionValue(SURFACE_INSET);
useEffect(() => {
setOrder((current) => {
const available = new Set(itemIds);
const retained = current.filter((id) => available.has(id));
const retainedSet = new Set(retained);
const added = itemIds.filter((id) => !retainedSet.has(id));
const next = [...retained, ...added];
return sameOrder(current, next) ? current : next;
});
}, [itemIds]);
const orderedItems = useMemo(
() =>
order.flatMap((id) => {
const item = itemMap.get(id);
return item ? [item] : [];
}),
[itemMap, order],
);
const firstEnabledItem =
orderedItems.find((item) => !item.disabled) ?? orderedItems[0] ?? null;
const activeItem =
currentValue && itemMap.has(currentValue)
? itemMap.get(currentValue) ?? null
: firstEnabledItem;
const activeId = activeItem?.id ?? null;
// The rail cannot scroll: the liquid surface is one continuous shape spanning
// the panel, so its notch has to stay over the tab that cut it. Slots narrow
// to fit the panel instead, in that order of sacrifice:
// 1. the design width, down to a floor where a truncated label still reads;
// 2. the gap between slots, so the floor survives one panel narrower;
// 3. the floor itself — a cramped tab is still tappable, a clipped one is
// not reachable at all.
// Every tier fits inside the panel by construction, so no tab is ever cut off
// and the notch never has to be clamped away from the tab that cut it.
const { tabWidth, slotGap } = useMemo(() => {
const count = order.length;
if (!surfaceWidth || count === 0) {
return { tabWidth: MAX_TAB_WIDTH, slotGap: tabGap };
}
const inner = surfaceWidth - SURFACE_INSET * 2;
const widthAt = (gap: number) =>
Math.floor((inner - gap * (count - 1)) / count);
if (widthAt(tabGap) >= MIN_TAB_WIDTH) {
return {
tabWidth: Math.min(MAX_TAB_WIDTH, widthAt(tabGap)),
slotGap: tabGap,
};
}
if (count > 1 && widthAt(0) >= MIN_TAB_WIDTH) {
const gap = Math.floor((inner - MIN_TAB_WIDTH * count) / (count - 1));
return { tabWidth: MIN_TAB_WIDTH, slotGap: Math.max(0, gap) };
}
return { tabWidth: Math.max(0, widthAt(0)), slotGap: 0 };
}, [order.length, surfaceWidth, tabGap]);
const slotLefts = useMemo(
() =>
order.map(
(_, index) => SURFACE_INSET + index * (tabWidth + slotGap),
),
[order, slotGap, tabWidth],
);
const dragStartIndex = draggingId ? order.indexOf(draggingId) : -1;
const visualIndexFor = useCallback(
(index: number) => {
if (dragStartIndex < 0 || dragTargetIndex < 0) return index;
if (index === dragStartIndex) return dragTargetIndex;
if (
dragTargetIndex > dragStartIndex &&
index > dragStartIndex &&
index <= dragTargetIndex
) {
return index - 1;
}
if (
dragTargetIndex < dragStartIndex &&
index >= dragTargetIndex &&
index < dragStartIndex
) {
return index + 1;
}
return index;
},
[dragStartIndex, dragTargetIndex],
);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
const root = rootRef.current;
const rail = railRef.current;
if (!root || !rail) return;
const measure = () => {
setSurfaceWidth(root.clientWidth);
const nextGap = Number.parseFloat(getComputedStyle(rail).columnGap);
if (Number.isFinite(nextGap)) setTabGap(nextGap);
};
measure();
const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure);
observer.observe(root);
return () => observer.disconnect();
}, []);
const setActive = useCallback(
(id: string | null) => {
if (id && itemMap.get(id)?.disabled) return;
if (!controlled) setInternalValue(id);
onValueChange?.(id);
},
[controlled, itemMap, onValueChange],
);
useEffect(() => {
if (currentValue && itemMap.has(currentValue)) return;
if (firstEnabledItem && firstEnabledItem.id !== currentValue) {
setActive(firstEnabledItem.id);
}
}, [currentValue, firstEnabledItem, itemMap, setActive]);
const activeOrderIndex = activeId ? order.indexOf(activeId) : -1;
const activeVisualIndex =
activeOrderIndex < 0 ? -1 : visualIndexFor(activeOrderIndex);
useLayoutEffect(() => {
if (
!activeId ||
activeVisualIndex < 0 ||
activeId === draggingId ||
!slotLefts[activeVisualIndex]
) {
return;
}
surfaceAnimationRef.current?.stop();
if (draggingId) return;
surfaceAnimationRef.current = animateValue(
surfaceLeft,
slotLefts[activeVisualIndex],
reduce ? { duration: 0 } : SPRING_GLIDE,
);
}, [
activeId,
activeVisualIndex,
draggingId,
reduce,
slotLefts,
surfaceLeft,
]);
const commitOrder = useCallback(
(next: string[], notify: boolean) => {
orderRef.current = next;
setOrder((current) => (sameOrder(current, next) ? current : next));
if (notify) onOrderChange?.(next);
},
[onOrderChange],
);
const registerPosition = useCallback(
(id: string, position: MotionValue<number> | null) => {
tabPositionRefs.current[id] = position;
},
[],
);
const startDrag = useCallback(
(id: string, event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
if (
event.button !== 0 ||
itemMap.get(id)?.disabled ||
dragRef.current
) {
return;
}
const startIndex = orderRef.current.indexOf(id);
if (startIndex < 0) return;
const capturedSlots = orderRef.current.map(
(_, index) => SURFACE_INSET + index * (tabWidth + slotGap),
);
const startLeft = capturedSlots[startIndex];
dragAnimationRef.current?.stop();
dragAnimationRef.current = null;
dragLeft.set(startLeft);
dragRef.current = {
id,
pointerId: event.pointerId,
originX: event.clientX,
startLeft,
startIndex,
targetIndex: startIndex,
moved: false,
finishing: false,
startOrder: orderRef.current.slice(),
slotLefts: capturedSlots,
};
},
[dragLeft, itemMap, slotGap, tabWidth],
);
const moveDrag = useCallback(
(event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
const drag = dragRef.current;
if (!drag || drag.finishing || drag.pointerId !== event.pointerId) return;
const delta = event.clientX - drag.originX;
if (!drag.moved && Math.abs(delta) < DRAG_THRESHOLD) return;
event.preventDefault();
if (!drag.moved) {
drag.moved = true;
capturePointer(event.currentTarget, event.pointerId);
if (drag.id === activeId) {
surfaceAnimationRef.current?.stop();
surfaceLeft.set(drag.startLeft);
}
setDraggingId(drag.id);
setDragTargetIndex(drag.startIndex);
}
const minLeft = drag.slotLefts[0];
const maxLeft = drag.slotLefts[drag.slotLefts.length - 1];
const visualLeft = Math.max(
minLeft,
Math.min(maxLeft, drag.startLeft + delta),
);
let targetIndex = drag.startIndex;
if (visualLeft >= drag.startLeft) {
for (
let index = drag.startIndex + 1;
index < drag.slotLefts.length;
index += 1
) {
if (visualLeft + tabWidth / 2 >= drag.slotLefts[index]) {
targetIndex = index;
}
}
} else {
for (let index = drag.startIndex - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
if (visualLeft <= drag.slotLefts[index] + tabWidth / 2) {
targetIndex = index;
}
}
}
dragLeft.set(visualLeft);
if (targetIndex !== drag.targetIndex) {
drag.targetIndex = targetIndex;
setDragTargetIndex(targetIndex);
}
},
[activeId, dragLeft, surfaceLeft, tabWidth],
);
const finishDrag = useCallback(
(pointerId: number) => {
const drag = dragRef.current;
if (!drag || drag.pointerId !== pointerId || drag.finishing) return;
if (!drag.moved) {
dragRef.current = null;
return;
}
drag.finishing = true;
const targetLeft = drag.slotLefts[drag.targetIndex];
const controls = animateValue(
dragLeft,
targetLeft,
reduce ? { duration: 0 } : SPRING_GLIDE,
);
dragAnimationRef.current = controls;
controls.then(async () => {
if (dragAnimationRef.current !== controls) return;
const next = moveItem(
drag.startOrder,
drag.startIndex,
drag.targetIndex,
);
if (!reduce) {
await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
const startedAt = performance.now();
const check = () => {
const settled = next.every((id, index) => {
if (id === drag.id) return true;
const position = tabPositionRefs.current[id];
if (!position) return true;
return (
Math.abs(position.get() - drag.slotLefts[index]) < 0.5 &&
Math.abs(position.getVelocity()) < 10
);
});
if (settled || performance.now() - startedAt > 500) {
resolve();
return;
}
requestAnimationFrame(check);
};
check();
});
}
if (dragAnimationRef.current !== controls) return;
if (drag.id === activeId) {
surfaceLeft.set(targetLeft);
} else if (activeId) {
const activePosition = tabPositionRefs.current[activeId];
if (activePosition) surfaceLeft.set(activePosition.get());
}
tabPositionRefs.current[drag.id]?.jump(targetLeft);
dragAnimationRef.current = null;
dragRef.current = null;
commitOrder(next, !sameOrder(drag.startOrder, next));
setDraggingId(null);
setDragTargetIndex(-1);
});
},
[activeId, commitOrder, dragLeft, reduce, surfaceLeft],
);
useEffect(() => {
const finishFromWindow = (event: PointerEvent) => {
finishDrag(event.pointerId);
};
window.addEventListener("pointerup", finishFromWindow, true);
window.addEventListener("pointercancel", finishFromWindow, true);
return () => {
window.removeEventListener("pointerup", finishFromWindow, true);
window.removeEventListener("pointercancel", finishFromWindow, true);
};
}, [finishDrag]);
const moveBy = useCallback(
(id: string, direction: -1 | 1) => {
const current = orderRef.current;
const index = current.indexOf(id);
const nextIndex = index + direction;
if (
index < 0 ||
nextIndex < 0 ||
nextIndex >= current.length ||
itemMap.get(id)?.disabled
) {
return;
}
commitOrder(moveItem(current, index, nextIndex), true);
},
[commitOrder, itemMap],
);
const handleTabKeyDown = useCallback(
(id: string, event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
const index = orderRef.current.indexOf(id);
if (index < 0) return;
if (
event.altKey &&
(event.key === "ArrowLeft" || event.key === "ArrowRight")
) {
event.preventDefault();
moveBy(id, event.key === "ArrowLeft" ? -1 : 1);
return;
}
if (event.key !== "ArrowLeft" && event.key !== "ArrowRight") return;
event.preventDefault();
const direction = event.key === "ArrowLeft" ? -1 : 1;
const nextIndex =
(index + direction + orderRef.current.length) % orderRef.current.length;
const nextId = orderRef.current[nextIndex];
setActive(nextId);
requestAnimationFrame(() => tabButtonRefs.current[nextId]?.focus());
},
[moveBy, setActive],
);
if (!orderedItems.length) return null;
return (
<div
ref={rootRef}
className={cn(
"relative isolate min-w-0 overflow-hidden rounded-[2rem] bg-[#292929] text-white",
classNames?.root,
className,
)}
>
<div className="relative h-20">
<div
ref={railRef}
role="tablist"
aria-label={ariaLabel}
aria-orientation="horizontal"
className={cn(
"relative z-30 flex h-full gap-3 md:gap-4",
classNames?.rail,
)}
>
{orderedItems.map((item, index) => {
const isActive = item.id === activeId;
const isDragging = item.id === draggingId;
const visualIndex = visualIndexFor(index);
const targetLeft = slotLefts[visualIndex] ?? SURFACE_INSET;
const tabId = `${uid}-tab-${safeId(item.id)}`;
return (
<SpringTab
key={item.id}
id={item.id}
targetLeft={targetLeft}
dragging={isDragging}
dragLeft={dragLeft}
surfaceLeft={surfaceLeft}
reduce={reduce}
active={isActive}
anyDragging={Boolean(draggingId)}
surfaceHost={rootRef.current}
surfaceWidth={surfaceWidth}
tabWidth={tabWidth}
surfaceClassName={classNames?.activeTab}
zIndex={isDragging ? 30 : isActive ? 20 : 1}
className={cn(
// The drag is ours end to end, so iPadOS must not answer the
// press with its callout or a native drag of the label.
"group absolute left-0 top-0 flex touch-pan-y items-stretch",
TOUCH_GESTURE_CLASS,
item.disabled && "cursor-not-allowed",
isDragging ? "cursor-grabbing" : "cursor-grab",
)}
registerPosition={registerPosition}
onPointerDown={(event) => startDrag(item.id, event)}
onPointerMove={moveDrag}
onPointerUp={(event) => finishDrag(event.pointerId)}
onPointerCancel={(event) => finishDrag(event.pointerId)}
// A touch is implicitly captured by whatever it landed on —
// here the label inside the tab — so the moment the drag takes
// the capture for the tab itself, that child *loses* it, and
// the notification bubbles straight back up to this handler.
// Ending the drag on it kills the gesture on the frame it
// starts. Only the tab losing its own capture means the
// platform took the pointer away. A mouse has no implicit
// capture, which is why this only ever bit on a real finger.
onLostPointerCapture={(event) => {
if (event.target !== event.currentTarget) return;
finishDrag(event.pointerId);
}}
>
<div
style={{
width: tabWidth,
height: TAB_HEIGHT,
marginTop: TAB_TOP,
}}
className="relative flex items-stretch"
>
{!isActive ? (
<span
aria-hidden
className={cn(
"absolute inset-x-0 bottom-2 top-0 rounded-[1.25rem] transition-colors duration-200",
isDragging
? "bg-[#3a3a3a]"
: "bg-transparent group-hover:bg-white/[0.06]",
)}
/>
) : null}
<button
ref={(node) => {
tabButtonRefs.current[item.id] = node;
}}
id={tabId}
type="button"
role="tab"
aria-selected={isActive}
aria-controls={`${uid}-panel`}
aria-disabled={item.disabled || undefined}
tabIndex={isActive ? 0 : -1}
disabled={item.disabled}
onClick={() => {
const drag = dragRef.current;
if (drag?.id === item.id && drag.moved) return;
setActive(item.id);
}}
onKeyDown={(event) => handleTabKeyDown(item.id, event)}
className={cn(
"group relative z-10 flex h-full w-full min-w-0 items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-[1.5rem] px-3 text-left outline-none transition-colors",
isActive
? "text-[#181818]"
: "pb-2 text-white/70 hover:text-white",
classNames?.tab,
)}
>
<span
aria-hidden
className={cn(
"pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-1 top-1 opacity-0 transition-opacity group-focus-visible:opacity-100",
isActive
? "bottom-0 rounded-t-[1.25rem] border-x-2 border-t-2 border-black/20"
: "bottom-2 rounded-[1rem] border-2 border-white/60",
)}
/>
{item.icon ? (
<span
aria-hidden
className={cn(
"grid size-8 shrink-0 place-items-center",
classNames?.icon,
)}
>
{item.icon}
</span>
) : null}
<span
className={cn(
"min-w-0 truncate whitespace-nowrap text-base font-medium leading-none tracking-[-0.025em]",
classNames?.label,
)}
>
{item.label}
</span>
</button>
{onClose ? (
<button
type="button"
aria-label={`Close ${item.label}`}
onPointerDown={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
onClick={(event) => {
event.stopPropagation();
onClose(item.id);
}}
className={cn(
"absolute right-2 top-1/2 z-20 grid size-6 -translate-y-1/2 place-items-center rounded-full text-[#9aa0a8] transition-colors hover:bg-black/[0.06] hover:text-[#4b5563] focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-current",
!isActive &&
"top-[calc(50%-4px)] text-white/45 hover:bg-white/[0.08] hover:text-white/80",
classNames?.close,
)}
>
<X aria-hidden className="size-3.5 stroke-[1.5]" />
</button>
) : null}
</div>
</SpringTab>
);
})}
</div>
</div>
<div
id={`${uid}-panel`}
role="tabpanel"
aria-labelledby={`${uid}-tab-${safeId(activeId ?? "empty")}`}
className={cn(
"relative z-20 mx-4 min-h-64 overflow-hidden rounded-[1.75rem] bg-[#fafaf8] text-[#181818]",
classNames?.content,
)}
>
<AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
{activeItem ? (
<motion.div
key={activeItem.id}
initial={
reduce
? { opacity: 0 }
: { opacity: 0, y: 8, filter: "blur(6px)" }
}
animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" }}
exit={
reduce
? {
opacity: 0,
transition: { duration: 0.08, ease: EASE_OUT },
}
: {
opacity: 0,
y: -5,
filter: "blur(5px)",
transition: { duration: 0.12, ease: EASE_OUT },
}
}
transition={
reduce
? { duration: 0.12, ease: EASE_OUT }
: SPRING_PRESS
}
className="min-h-64"
>
{activeItem.content}
</motion.div>
) : null}
</AnimatePresence>
</div>
</div>
);
}
API Reference
itemsMorphingTabsItem[]—value?string | null—defaultValue?string | null—onValueChange?((id: string | null) => void)—onOrderChange?((ids: string[]) => void)Called once after a pointer drag or keyboard reorder completes.
—onClose?((id: string) => void)Enables the close affordance on every tab when provided.
—ariaLabel?stringTabsclassName?string—classNames?MorphingTabsClassNames—Related components
Expandable Tabs
Icon tab bar where the active tab expands to a labelled pill, with a panel above that morphs height and slides content direction-aware on switch.
Morphing Search
Search field or compact icon that morphs into a glass results surface, whether opened by click or keyboard shortcut.
Expandable Action Bar
Compact icon actions that expand into labeled controls on hover or focus with shared layout motion.
Keep in mind
Some components on this site are inspired by or recreated from existing work across the web. I'm not here to take credit; just to learn, experiment, and sometimes push things a bit further. If something looks familiar and I forgot to mention you, reach out and I'll fix that right away.
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