Card morph

When to use #

Use it for

Moving from a list item to its detail with context.

Skip it when

The detail is a separate page.

Installation #

terminal

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @caliper/card-morph

Adds its 3 files to components/ui/, each with its own stylesheet, and installs their packages. Pro installs with your access token, set up once per project. See Pro access. The first part also adds Caliper UI’s tokens; import them once as in Installation.

Usage #

Import it from your copy of the source. The example behind the preview comes with the source.

example.tsx

import { CardMorph } from "@/components/ui/card-morph"

The worked example comes with Pro

The 25-line example behind the preview opens here with a Pro or Team licence.

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API reference #

CardMorph

component

PropTypeDefaultDescription

title *string—

preview *ReactNode—What the card shows while closed.

children *ReactNode—What the opened panel shows.

widthnumber640

classNamestring—

It exposes dialog semantics, with aria-haspopup, aria-expanded, aria-hidden, aria-modal, aria-labelledby and aria-label kept in step with state.

KeyBehaviour

EscapeCloses or cancels, then returns focus to where it came from.

TabMoves focus through the part's focusable elements.

Motion #

Transitions use the shared duration and easing tokens. Under prefers-reduced-motion those tokens collapse to instant and travel distances go to zero, so state changes still happen without movement.