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Spotlight Bar

Free Docks React component — SpotlightBar. MIT licensed, copy-paste ready for Next.js and Tailwind CSS.

Spotlight-style command search in the frosted dock shell — keyboard nav and suggestions.

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How to use

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.

  1. 1

    Run in your terminal:

    $npm install clsx tailwind-merge lucide-react
  2. 2

    Copy lib/cn.ts below. Skip if you already have cn().

  3. 3

    Copy the code below and create components/docks/spotlight-bar.tsx in your project.

  4. 4

    Import and render:

    Example

    import { SpotlightBar } from "@/components/docks/spotlight-bar";

    <SpotlightBar onSelectSuggestion={(id) => console.log(id)} />

lib/cn.ts

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import { type ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

components/docks/spotlight-bar.tsx

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"use client";
 
import {
forwardRef,
useId,
useState,
type ComponentPropsWithoutRef,
type FormEvent,
type KeyboardEvent,
} from "react";
 
import { Command, Search, Sparkles } from "lucide-react";
 
import { cn } from "@/lib/cn";
 
export type SpotlightSuggestion = Readonly<{
id: string;
label: string;
hint?: string;
}>;
 
export type SpotlightBarProps = Readonly<
{
placeholder?: string;
suggestions?: readonly SpotlightSuggestion[];
showShortcut?: boolean;
onSubmit?: (value: string) => void;
onSelectSuggestion?: (id: string) => void;
} & Omit<ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"form">, "onSubmit">
>;
 
const DEFAULT_SUGGESTIONS: readonly SpotlightSuggestion[] = [
{ id: "new-page", label: "Create page", hint: "P" },
{ id: "invite", label: "Invite teammate", hint: "I" },
{ id: "analytics", label: "Open analytics", hint: "A" },
];
 
// Spotlight bar — frosted command search bar aligned with MacDock shell.
export const SpotlightBar = forwardRef<HTMLFormElement, SpotlightBarProps>(
(
{
className,
placeholder = "Search actions, pages, people…",
suggestions = DEFAULT_SUGGESTIONS,
showShortcut = true,
onSubmit,
onSelectSuggestion,
...props
},
ref,
) => {
const inputId = useId();
const [value, setValue] = useState("");
const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
const [activeIndex, setActiveIndex] = useState(0);
 
const filtered = suggestions.filter((item) =>
item.label.toLowerCase().includes(value.trim().toLowerCase()),
);
 
const run = (event?: FormEvent) => {
event?.preventDefault();
const target = filtered[activeIndex];
if (target) {
onSelectSuggestion?.(target.id);
setValue("");
setOpen(false);
return;
}
if (value.trim()) {
onSubmit?.(value.trim());
setValue("");
setOpen(false);
}
};
 
const onKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
if (!open && (event.key === "ArrowDown" || event.key === "ArrowUp")) {
setOpen(true);
return;
}
if (event.key === "ArrowDown") {
event.preventDefault();
setActiveIndex((index) =>
filtered.length === 0 ? 0 : (index + 1) % filtered.length,
);
}
if (event.key === "ArrowUp") {
event.preventDefault();
setActiveIndex((index) =>
filtered.length === 0
? 0
: (index - 1 + filtered.length) % filtered.length,
);
}
if (event.key === "Escape") setOpen(false);
};
 
return (
<form
ref={ref}
data-slot="spotlight-bar"
onSubmit={run}
className={cn("relative w-sm font-sans", className)}
{...props}
>
<div className="flex items-center gap-2.5 rounded-2xl border border-neutral-50 bg-white/50 p-3 shadow-xl shadow-black/10 backdrop-blur-md">
<label htmlFor={inputId} className="sr-only">
Spotlight search
</label>
<Search size={16} aria-hidden className="ml-1 shrink-0 text-neutral-400" />
<input
id={inputId}
value={value}
onChange={(event) => {
setValue(event.target.value);
setOpen(true);
setActiveIndex(0);
}}
onFocus={() => setOpen(true)}
onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
placeholder={placeholder}
className="min-w-0 flex-1 bg-transparent text-sm text-neutral-900 outline-none ring-0 placeholder:text-neutral-400 focus:border-transparent focus:ring-0"
/>
{showShortcut ? (
<kbd className="hidden items-center gap-0.5 rounded-md border border-neutral-100 bg-neutral-50 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-neutral-500 md:inline-flex">
<Command size={10} aria-hidden />K
</kbd>
) : null}
</div>
 
<ul
role="listbox"
className={cn(
"absolute top-[calc(100%+0.5rem)] left-0 z-10 w-full origin-top overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-neutral-50 bg-white/90 p-2 shadow-xl shadow-black/10 backdrop-blur-md transition-[opacity,transform] duration-200 ease-smooth",
open && filtered.length > 0
? "pointer-events-auto scale-100 opacity-100"
: "pointer-events-none scale-95 opacity-0",
)}
>
{filtered.map((item, index) => (
<li key={item.id}>
<button
type="button"
role="option"
aria-selected={index === activeIndex}
onMouseEnter={() => setActiveIndex(index)}
onClick={() => {
onSelectSuggestion?.(item.id);
setValue("");
setOpen(false);
}}
className={cn(
"flex w-full items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-2.5 text-left transition-colors duration-150 ease-smooth",
index === activeIndex
? "bg-neutral-100 text-neutral-900"
: "text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-50",
)}
>
<span className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2">
<Sparkles
size={14}
aria-hidden
className="shrink-0 text-neutral-400"
/>
<span className="truncate text-sm font-medium">
{item.label}
</span>
</span>
{item.hint ? (
<kbd className="rounded-md border border-neutral-100 bg-white px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-neutral-500">
{item.hint}
</kbd>
) : null}
</button>
</li>
))}
</ul>
</form>
);
},
);
 
SpotlightBar.displayName = "SpotlightBar";
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