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A slash command menu for chat composers: recent commands first, groups for code, prompts and skills, a short description each, usage hints for arguments, and filtering as you type.
Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Slash Menu to your project and fits it to your theme.
Code
How Slash Menu 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 { MentionMenuHandle, SlashCommand, SlashMenu } from "@/components/ui/slash-menu"
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 commands: SlashCommand[] = [
{
name: "review",
description: "Review the current diff or a pull request",
category: "Code",
argumentHint: "<pr-number> [--strict]",
},
{
name: "test",
description: "Run tests and fix what fails",
category: "Code",
argumentHint: "[pattern]",
},
{ name: "init", description: "Write an AGENTS.md for this repository", category: "Code" },
{
name: "bug",
description: "Investigate a regression",
category: "Prompts",
template: "Investigate {{symptom}} in {{area}}. It started after {{commit}}.",
},
{
name: "changelog",
description: "Write release notes from merged pull requests",
kind: "skill",
argumentHint: "<from>..<to>",
},
{
name: "compact",
description: "Summarize the conversation to free up context",
category: "Session",
argumentHint: "[what to keep]",
},
{
name: "clear",
description: "Start a new conversation",
category: "Session",
immediate: true,
shortcut: ["⌘", "K"],
},
]
/**
* The menu in place under a command field. Focus stays in the field; arrows, Enter, Tab and
* Escape reach the menu through `menuRef`.
*/
function SlashMenuDemo() {
const [query, setQuery] = React.useState("")
const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(true)
const [picked, setPicked] = React.useState<SlashCommand>()
const [active, setActive] = React.useState<string>()
const menuRef = React.useRef<MentionMenuHandle>(null)
const listId = "slash-menu-demo-list"
return (
<div className="flex w-full max-w-md flex-col gap-2">
<div className="bg-(color:--chatcn-card) shadow-(--chatcn-shadow-sm) rounded-(--chatcn-radius-lg) flex h-10 items-center gap-1 px-3 focus-within:shadow-[0_0_0_1px_var(--chatcn-gray-900),0_0_0_4px_var(--chatcn-alpha-300)]">
<span aria-hidden="true" className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] tracking-[-0.003em]">
/
</span>
<input
role="combobox"
aria-label="Command"
aria-expanded={open}
aria-controls={listId}
aria-autocomplete="list"
aria-activedescendant={open ? active : undefined}
value={query}
placeholder="Filter commands…"
className="text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] tracking-[-0.003em] text-(color:--chatcn-fg) placeholder:text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) pointer-coarse:text-[1rem]/[1.5rem] pointer-coarse:tracking-[-0.01em] min-w-0 flex-1 bg-transparent outline-none"
onChange={(event) => {
setQuery(event.target.value.replace(/^\//, ""))
setOpen(true)
}}
onKeyDown={(event) => {
if (menuRef.current?.onKeyDown(event)) event.preventDefault()
else if (event.key === "ArrowDown") setOpen(true)
}}
/>
</div>
<SlashMenu
open={open}
onOpenChange={setOpen}
listId={listId}
query={query}
commands={commands}
recent={["review"]}
menuRef={menuRef}
onActiveChange={setActive}
onSelect={(command) => {
setPicked(command)
setQuery("")
setOpen(false)
}}
width={448}
/>
{!open ? (
<p className="text-[0.8125rem]/[1.25rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-muted) px-1" aria-live="polite">
{picked ? (
<>
Picked <span className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg) font-medium">/{picked.name}</span>. Press{" "}
<span className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg)">Down</span> to open the list again.
</>
) : (
"Press Down to open the list."
)}
</p>
) : null}
</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 SlashMenuPreview() {
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">
<SlashMenuDemo />
</div>
<MoreOn slug="slash-menu">Slash commands with groups, usage and filtering. On</MoreOn>
</div>
</FitFrame>
)
}








