Detached Pill Mega

Navbar88: Detached Pill Mega

A floating pill bar set off the top edge, holding the brand, four links and a small button. The Features item opens a floating card under the pill with two columns of described links; on a phone the pill itself grows into a card with a height animation and the menu inside it.

Installation

Swap YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_KEY for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your account page.

Radix flavor

npx shadcn add "https://beste.dev/r/navbar88?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

Base UI flavor

npx shadcn add "https://beste.dev/r-base/navbar88?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

This installs the block to components/beste/block/navbar88.tsx plus the shadcn button primitive it uses, and adds framer-motion for the mobile height animation.

Quick start

The installed file exports navbar88Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working navbar in one line.

import { Navbar88, navbar88Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/navbar88";

export default function Page() {
  return <Navbar88 {...navbar88Demo} />;
}

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

import { Navbar88 } from "@/components/beste/block/navbar88";

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Navbar88
      brand="Alder"
      mega={{
        label: "Features",
        columns: [
          {
            title: "Write",
            links: [
              { title: "Editor", description: "A calm page with markdown shortcuts.", href: "/editor" },
              { title: "Templates", description: "Start from ready layouts.", href: "/templates" },
            ],
          },
          {
            title: "Share",
            links: [{ title: "Publishing", description: "One click to a public page.", href: "/publishing" }],
          },
        ],
      }}
      links={[
        { label: "Pricing", href: "/pricing" },
        { label: "Docs", href: "/docs" },
      ]}
      button={{ label: "Sign up", href: "/signup" }}
      labels={{ open: "Open menu", close: "Close menu" }}
    />
  );
}

Props

type Mega = {
  label: string;
  columns: FeatureColumn[];
};

type FeatureColumn = {
  title: string;
  links: FeatureLink[];
};

type FeatureLink = {
  title: string;
  description: string;
  href: string;
};

type NavItem = {
  label: string;
  href: string;
};

type ActionButton = {
  label: string;
  href: string;
  variant?: "default" | "outline" | "ghost" | "secondary";
};

Behavior notes

• The features card is always rendered and toggled with CSS classes, and the mobile menu stays mounted at zero height, so every link is in the server-rendered HTML. Both carry aria-hidden and inert while closed, which keeps their links out of the tab order.
• The Features trigger opens on hover and on click, with aria-expanded and aria-controls; the card closes when the pointer leaves the header, when a plain link is hovered, on Escape and on a pointer down outside the header.
• The card hangs from a padded wrapper flush with the pill, so the pointer can cross the gap without closing it.
• On a phone the pill switches from rounded-full to rounded-md and framer-motion animates its menu from height 0 to auto; reduced motion makes the change instant. Escape, a tap outside and any link inside close it.
• The sticky header itself ignores pointer events, so the page stays clickable around the floating pill.