Header Compact
Dense 56px app header built from ruled cells: title with count chip, view tabs (yellow active cell), filter search, ink 'New' cell, and an optional strip of active filter chips.
brutalist/layout/header-compactSource
import { useId, type ReactNode } from "react";
import { Plus, Search } from "lucide-react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
export interface HeaderCompactProps {
title?: string;
count?: number;
tabs?: { label: string; href: string }[];
activeTab?: string;
filters?: string[];
action?: { label: string; href: string };
extra?: ReactNode;
className?: string;
}
export function HeaderCompact({
title = "Releases",
count = 142,
tabs = [
{ label: "All", href: "#all" },
{ label: "Drafts", href: "#drafts" },
{ label: "Published", href: "#published" },
],
activeTab = "#all",
filters = ["Project: acme-web", "Label: feature"],
action = { label: "New", href: "#new" },
extra,
className,
}: HeaderCompactProps) {
const searchId = useId();
return (
<header className={cn("da-stroke-b bg-da-surface text-da-surface-fg", className)}>
<div className="flex h-14 items-stretch">
<h1 className="da-stroke-r flex items-center gap-2 px-4 font-da-display text-lg tracking-da-display uppercase">
{title}
<span className="da-stroke bg-da-fg px-1.5 font-da-mono text-[11px] text-da-bg">{count}</span>
</h1>
<nav aria-label="Views" className="hidden sm:flex">
<ul className="flex">
{tabs.map((t) => {
const on = t.href === activeTab;
return (
<li key={t.href} className="da-stroke-r flex">
<a
href={t.href}
aria-current={on ? "page" : undefined}
className={cn("da-focus flex items-center px-4 font-da-mono text-xs font-bold uppercase", on ? "bg-da-primary text-da-primary-fg" : "hover:bg-da-muted")}
>
{t.label}
</a>
</li>
);
})}
</ul>
</nav>
<form role="search" action="#" className="da-stroke-r ml-auto hidden items-center gap-2 px-3 md:flex">
<Search aria-hidden className="size-4" strokeWidth={2.5} />
<label htmlFor={searchId} className="sr-only">
Search
</label>
<input id={searchId} type="search" name="q" placeholder="Filter…" className="w-40 bg-transparent text-sm font-medium outline-none placeholder:text-da-muted-fg" />
</form>
{extra}
<a href={action.href} className="da-focus ml-auto flex items-center gap-2 bg-da-fg px-5 font-bold text-da-bg hover:bg-da-primary hover:text-da-primary-fg md:ml-0">
<Plus aria-hidden className="size-4" strokeWidth={3} />
{action.label}
</a>
</div>
{filters.length > 0 && (
<div className="da-stroke-t flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 bg-da-surface-2 px-4 py-2">
<span className="font-da-mono text-[11px] font-bold text-da-muted-fg uppercase">Filters</span>
{filters.map((f) => (
<span key={f} className="da-stroke bg-da-surface px-2 py-0.5 font-da-mono text-[11px] font-bold">
{f}
</span>
))}
</div>
)}
</header>
);
}
export default HeaderCompact;
modules/brutalist/layout/header-compact/index.tsx
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title / count | string / number | — | Page title (h1) and count chip. |
| tabs / activeTab | { label, href }[] / string | — | View tabs and the active href. |
| filters | string[] | — | Active filter chips (empty hides the strip). |
| action | { label: string; href: string } | — | Primary action cell. |
| extra | ReactNode | — | Extra cell before the action. |
| className | string | — | Classes on the <header>. |
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