Measured entry

ruixen-chrono-select

selectunclassifiedmotion on file

An inline React date picker that expands from its trigger into an animated monthly calendar, with month navigation, a today shortcut, click-outside dismissal, and optional interaction sounds. It ships as a client component styled with Tailwind classes and depends on Motion plus a shadcn-style cn utility backed by clsx and tailwind-merge.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-chrono-select at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-chrono-select at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-chrono-select 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 ruixen-chrono-select
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal73.3 KB (138.8 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 826ms
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>re-f83f9a0ca857/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/ruixen/chrono-select.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>re-f83f9a0ca857/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A polished fit for a Tailwind interface that needs a focused single-date picker, but its limited date rules and keyboard model keep it out of demanding form systems. It needs a shadcn-style setup because the bare project cannot resolve its shared utility import.

Use it if

  • You want a compact single-date picker that stays visually attached to its trigger.
  • Your interface already uses Tailwind, a cn utility, and Motion animations.
  • You want month navigation, a today shortcut, dark-mode classes, and optional interaction sounds in one component.

Skip it if

  • You need a native date input with browser-provided localization and mobile picker behavior.
  • You require full keyboard calendar-grid navigation, explicit dialog semantics, or mature date-picker accessibility behavior.
  • You need date ranges, disabled dates, minimum or maximum bounds, locale-aware labels, or custom date formatting.
  • You want a strictly controlled value that also clears when the parent passes an empty value.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-chrono-select
Declared dependenciesmotion, clsx, 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 Motion, Tailwind, clsx, and tailwind-merge; configure the source alias; create the shared cn helper; include the Tailwind styles and dark-mode behavior; and keep the component on the client. Disable the sound option if interaction audio is inappropriate.

Source and credit

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Alternatives

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