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Drop Zone

Component 1

About

A drop zone for chat attachments: drag files in or click to browse, accepted types and a count limit, and clear states for dragging, wrong type and too many files.

Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Drop Zone to your project and fits it to your theme.

Code

How Drop Zone is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.

Usage.tsx

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { DropZone, DropZoneOverlay, FileRejection, UploadIcon } from "@/components/ui/drop-zone"

const FIT_CSS = "html,body{overflow:hidden}[data-fit-small] [data-fit-hide]{display:none!important}"

/**
 * 21st shows a demo in a small frame: about 674 by 421 on a component page, 358 by 224 on a
 * phone and 245 by 139 on a profile card. A demo taller than its frame gets scrollbars, which
 * render white on dark pages. FitFrame fills the frame exactly instead.
 *
 * - "scale": the content shrinks until it fits, centered. For visuals such as orbs.
 * - "crop": the content stays at full size from the top and fades out at the bottom. For text
 *   that streams in, where a changing scale would make the page breathe.
 *
 * `minWidth` lays out a wide demo (a table, a two column panel) at that width and scales it down
 * to the frame, instead of letting it collapse to a narrow layout. The frame centers it, so it
 * shrinks evenly on both sides.
 *
 * Anything marked `data-fit-hide` (state buttons, the chatcn.dev line) drops out in frames
 * shorter than `hideBelow`, so a profile card shows the visual alone.
 */
function FitFrame({
  children,
  mode = "scale",
  hideBelow = 360,
  minWidth,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
  mode?: "scale" | "crop"
  hideBelow?: number
  minWidth?: string
}) {
  const content = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
  const [cropped, setCropped] = React.useState(false)

  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
    const el = content.current
    if (!el) return
    const measure = () => {
      const vw = window.innerWidth
      const vh = window.innerHeight
      el.toggleAttribute("data-fit-small", vh < hideBelow)
      // Layout sizes ignore the transform, so measuring never feeds back.
      const w = Math.max(el.offsetWidth, el.scrollWidth)
      const h = Math.max(el.offsetHeight, el.scrollHeight)
      const scale = mode === "scale" ? Math.min(1, vw / w, vh / h) : 1
      el.style.transform = scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : ""
      setCropped(mode === "crop" && h > vh + 1)
    }
    measure()
    const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure)
    observer.observe(el)
    // Content that changes inside a fixed width box (a headline that cycles words) never resizes
    // the box itself, so changes below it measure again on the next frame.
    let frame = 0
    const mutations = new MutationObserver(() => {
      cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
      frame = requestAnimationFrame(measure)
    })
    mutations.observe(el, { subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true })
    window.addEventListener("resize", measure)
    return () => {
      observer.disconnect()
      mutations.disconnect()
      cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
      window.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
    }
  }, [mode, hideBelow])

  const fade = "linear-gradient(to bottom, #000 calc(100% - 40px), transparent)"
  return (
    <div
      className="flex w-full justify-center overflow-hidden"
      style={{
        height: "100dvh",
        alignItems: mode === "crop" ? "flex-start" : "center",
        maskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
        WebkitMaskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
      }}
    >
      <style>{FIT_CSS}</style>
      <div
        ref={content}
        className="w-full shrink-0"
        style={{ transformOrigin: mode === "crop" ? "top center" : "center", minWidth }}
      >
        {children}
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

const ACCEPT = "image/*,.pdf"

/**
 * Drag files onto the box. Up to four images or PDFs are accepted; anything else is refused before
 * the drop, with the reason. The static boxes below show the states without dragging.
 */
function DropZoneDemo() {
  const [last, setLast] = React.useState<string>()

  return (
    <div className="flex w-full max-w-3xl flex-col gap-4">
      <DropZone
        accept={ACCEPT}
        maxSize={20_000_000}
        maxFiles={4}
        onFiles={(files) => setLast(`Attached ${files.map((f) => f.name).join(", ")}`)}
        onReject={(r: FileRejection[]) =>
          setLast(`${r[0]?.file.name} can’t be attached. Attach an image or a PDF.`)
        }
        hint="Images and PDFs up to 20 MB each"
        className="rounded-(--chatcn-radius-xl) bg-(color:--chatcn-card) shadow-(--chatcn-shadow-sm) grid h-40 place-items-center"
      >
        <div className="text-[0.8125rem]/[1.25rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) flex flex-col items-center gap-2 text-center">
          <UploadIcon aria-hidden="true" className="size-5" />
          <p aria-live="polite">{last ?? "Drag a screenshot or a PDF here"}</p>
        </div>
      </DropZone>
      <div className="grid grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)] gap-4 sm:grid-cols-3">
        <div className="rounded-(--chatcn-radius-xl) bg-(color:--chatcn-card) shadow-(--chatcn-shadow-sm) relative h-32">
          <DropZoneOverlay state="accept" accept={ACCEPT} count={3} maxFiles={4} />
        </div>
        <div className="rounded-(--chatcn-radius-xl) bg-(color:--chatcn-card) shadow-(--chatcn-shadow-sm) relative h-32">
          <DropZoneOverlay state="reject" accept={ACCEPT} count={1} />
        </div>
        <div className="rounded-(--chatcn-radius-xl) bg-(color:--chatcn-card) shadow-(--chatcn-shadow-sm) relative h-32">
          <DropZoneOverlay state="reject" accept={ACCEPT} count={6} maxFiles={4} />
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

/** The line under each 21st demo that points back to the kit. */
function MoreOn({ slug, children }: { slug: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <p data-fit-hide className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-faint) text-center text-balance">
      {children}{" "}
      <a
        href={`https://chatcn.dev/docs/components/${slug}`}
        target="_blank"
        rel="noopener"
        className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) underline underline-offset-2"
      >
        chatcn.dev
      </a>
    </p>
  )
}

/** The kit's own example, framed for the 21st preview. */
export default function DropZonePreview() {
  return (
    <FitFrame minWidth="38rem">
      <div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
        <div className="flex w-full max-w-2xl justify-center">
          <DropZoneDemo />
        </div>
        <MoreOn slug="drop-zone">Drop files to attach, with type and count limits. On</MoreOn>
      </div>
    </FitFrame>
  )
}

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