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ruixen-navbar-floating

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A client-side React navigation shell shipped as a shadcn registry component. It uses Next.js Link, a local cn utility, a registry Button, Tailwind theme classes, and the declared radix-ui package. The pill header accepts custom logo, links, actions, and wrapper classes, while compact layouts hide the navigation links.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of ruixen-navbar-floating at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-navbar-floating at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-navbar-floating 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-navbar-floating
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal44.4 KB (109.8 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 41.11s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/navbar-floating.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A tidy, adaptable desktop header that works in the configured harness, but it is a styled shell rather than a complete responsive navigation system. It needs a shadcn-style setup, and teams must add their own mobile navigation and scroll behavior.

Use it if

  • You need a compact pill-style header for a Next.js page and already use shadcn conventions.
  • Your product navigation can collapse to a logo and primary action on smaller screens.
  • You want a simple presentational shell whose links, active state, logo, and actions are supplied by the parent.

Skip it if

  • You need a mobile menu, because the link list is hidden without a replacement control.
  • You expect the bar to stay fixed or sticky while scrolling, because its floating treatment is visual only.
  • You are building outside Next.js and do not want to replace its Link import or recreate shadcn aliases and theme tokens.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-navbar-floating
Declared dependenciesradix-ui
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 Tailwind with matching background, accent, foreground, border, and shadow tokens; provide the cn class-merging helper and a compatible Button; install radix-ui; configure the import aliases; and either use Next.js Link or replace it with the project's router link.

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/ruixenui/ruixen.com
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

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