Measured entry

ruixen-tag-cloud-select

selectunclassified

A React client component that opens a searchable popover for multi-selecting tags, sizes each option from a popularity value, and shows removable selections. It ships as source through a shadcn registry and depends on Lucide, Tailwind classes, the cn utility, and shadcn-style Popover, Button, Input, and ScrollArea components backed by Radix.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of ruixen-tag-cloud-select at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-tag-cloud-select at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-tag-cloud-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-tag-cloud-select
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal58.8 KB (124.3 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 4m 24s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/ruixen/tag-cloud-select.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A credible choice for an exploratory skills or topics picker, with search and removal already covered. It needs a shadcn-style setup and is less suitable for strict forms because selection is internally managed and the cloud presentation is intentionally unconventional.

Use it if

  • You want users to explore and choose several tags while seeing relative popularity at a glance.
  • Your app already uses shadcn-style primitives, Tailwind theme tokens, and the cn utility.
  • An initially selected, internally managed value with an onChange callback fits your form state model.

Skip it if

  • You need a fully controlled value prop that can be replaced when external state changes.
  • You need native select semantics, conventional option density, or direct form submission behavior.
  • Your labels are long or popularity-based text sizing would make scanning and comparison harder.
  • You do not want to bring Radix-backed shadcn primitives and Tailwind conventions into the project.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-tag-cloud-select
Declared dependencieslucide-react, radix-ui, 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 compatible Popover, Button, Input, and ScrollArea primitives, the cn class-merging helper, Lucide React, Radix dependencies, and Tailwind styles with the expected theme tokens. Preserve the import aliases or rewrite them to your local paths.

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.

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.