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Measured entry

8bitcn-context-menu

dropdownskeuomorphism

A retro-styled React context menu distributed as a shadcn registry component with a TypeScript module and companion CSS. It wraps Radix Context Menu, uses Lucide icons and a shared cn helper, and expects Tailwind theme utilities plus an externally loaded pixel font.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-context-menu at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-context-menu at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-context-menu at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for 8bitcn-context-menu
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal62.1 KB (127.6 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 804ms
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "@radix-ui/react-context-menu" from "<sandbox>re-17401976df47/src/cut/components/ui/8bit/context-menu.tsx".

Verdict

A sound choice for a deliberately retro interface: it built and mounted cleanly, stayed within the tested viewports, and raised no automated accessibility findings. The distinctive styling and supporting dependency stack make it a poor default for otherwise neutral products.

Use it if

  • You need a keyboard-aware right-click menu with items, labels, separators, shortcuts, submenus, checkboxes, and radio choices.
  • Your interface already uses Tailwind theme tokens and can accommodate a strong pixel-art treatment.
  • You want Radix menu behavior while keeping the rendered markup and styles in your own codebase.

Skip it if

  • Your product needs a neutral menu that can blend into several visual systems without restyling.
  • Your dependency policy excludes Radix, Lucide, or fonts fetched from Google.
  • You need a lightweight native menu and do not need nested or selectable menu primitives.

Install

Installation record for 8bitcn-context-menu
Declared dependenciesclsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add the Radix context-menu package, Lucide React, clsx, and tailwind-merge. Provide the cn utility, Tailwind theme tokens and animation utilities used by the classes, copy the retro stylesheet, and decide whether your content policy permits its Google Fonts import.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/TheOrcDev/8bitcn-ui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-16

Alternatives

Other published entries for the dropdown pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.