Glass menu

When to use #

Use it for

An overlay menu that should feel light over a busy background.
Pairing with other frosted surfaces.

Skip it when

The menu sits on a flat page where frost adds nothing.

Installation #

terminal

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @caliper/glass-menu

Adds its 5 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 { GlassMenu } from "@/components/ui/glass-menu"

The worked example comes with Pro

The 19-line example behind the preview opens here with a Pro or Team licence.

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API reference #

GlassMenu

component

PropTypeDefault

label *string—

sections *readonly GlassMenuSection[]—

onSelect *(item: GlassMenuItem) => void—

iconReactNode—

classNamestring—

It is built on native elements and keeps aria-hidden in step with state.

Keyboard and focus handling comes from Radix dropdown-menu: arrow keys move through items, Enter and Space select, and Escape closes and returns focus.

Motion #

It declares no animation in its component source. Any transition comes from its stylesheet, which uses the duration tokens that collapse to instant under prefers-reduced-motion.