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Floating Tool Rail
Free Dashboard React component — FloatingToolRail. MIT licensed, copy-paste ready for Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
Floating vertical tool rail for editor and creator dashboards with active tool state.
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Free for personal and commercial use. No UI attribution required. Include the MIT copyright notice when copying component source into your project. Read the MIT license.
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Run in your terminal:
$npm install clsx tailwind-merge lucide-react - 2
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lib/cn.tsbelow. Skip if you already havecn(). - 3
Copy the code below and create
components/dashboard/floating-tool-rail.tsxin your project. - 4
Import and render:
Exampleimport { FloatingToolRail } from "@/components/dashboard/floating-tool-rail";
lib/cn.ts
import { type ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {return twMerge(clsx(inputs));}
components/dashboard/floating-tool-rail.tsx
"use client";import { forwardRef, type ComponentPropsWithoutRef } from "react";import {AudioLines,Grid2x2,MousePointer2,PenLine,Sparkles,type LucideIcon,} from "lucide-react";import { cn } from "@/lib/cn";export type FloatingToolItem = Readonly<{id: string;label: string;icon?: LucideIcon;}>;export type FloatingToolRailProps = Readonly<{tools?: readonly FloatingToolItem[];activeId?: string;onSelect?: (id: string) => void;} & ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"nav">>;const DEFAULT_TOOLS: readonly FloatingToolItem[] = [{ id: "select", label: "Select", icon: MousePointer2 },{ id: "layers", label: "Layers", icon: PenLine },{ id: "draw", label: "Draw", icon: Sparkles },{ id: "audio", label: "Audio", icon: AudioLines },];// Floating tool rail — vertical Apple-style action strip for editors.export const FloatingToolRail = forwardRef<HTMLElement, FloatingToolRailProps>(({className,tools = DEFAULT_TOOLS,activeId = "select",onSelect,...props},ref,) => (<navref={ref}data-slot="floating-tool-rail"aria-label="Editor tools"className={cn("inline-flex w-14 flex-col items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-neutral-100 bg-white p-2 font-sans shadow-lg shadow-black/10",className,)}{...props}>{tools.map((tool) => {const Icon = tool.icon ?? MousePointer2;const active = tool.id === activeId;return (<buttonkey={tool.id}type="button"aria-label={tool.label}aria-pressed={active}onClick={() => onSelect?.(tool.id)}className={cn("flex size-10 items-center justify-center rounded-full transition-colors",active? "bg-neutral-100 text-neutral-900": "text-neutral-500 hover:bg-neutral-50 hover:text-neutral-800",)}><Icon size={17} aria-hidden strokeWidth={1.75} /></button>);})}<buttontype="button"aria-label="All tools"className="mt-1 flex size-10 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-neutral-900 text-white transition-opacity hover:opacity-90"><Grid2x2 size={16} aria-hidden /></button></nav>),);FloatingToolRail.displayName = "FloatingToolRail";