Navbar Overlay
Minimal bar (wordmark + ink MENU button with animated burger) that opens a full-screen yellow overlay with giant numbered links sliding on hover, a contact line and CTA. Same menu on every screen size.
brutalist/section/navbar-overlaySource
"use client";
import { useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
export interface NavbarOverlayLink {
label: string;
href: string;
/** Small mono note next to the big link, e.g. "New". */
note?: string;
}
export interface NavbarOverlayProps {
brand?: string;
brandHref?: string;
links?: NavbarOverlayLink[];
cta?: { label: string; href: string };
contact?: { label: string; href: string };
className?: string;
}
export function NavbarOverlay({
brand = "Shipyard",
brandHref = "/",
links = [
{ label: "Product", href: "#product" },
{ label: "Changelog", href: "#changelog", note: "v4.2" },
{ label: "Customers", href: "#customers" },
{ label: "Pricing", href: "#pricing" },
{ label: "Docs", href: "#docs" },
],
cta = { label: "Start free", href: "#signup" },
contact = { label: "hello@shipyard.dev", href: "mailto:hello@shipyard.dev" },
className,
}: NavbarOverlayProps) {
const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
const panelId = useId();
const toggleRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
useEffect(() => {
if (!open) return;
const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
if (e.key === "Escape") {
setOpen(false);
toggleRef.current?.focus();
}
};
window.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
}, [open]);
return (
<header className={cn("relative z-40 text-da-fg", className)}>
<div className="da-container flex h-20 items-center justify-between">
<a href={brandHref} className="da-focus font-da-display text-2xl tracking-da-display uppercase">
{brand}
<span aria-hidden className="text-da-secondary">.</span>
</a>
<div className="flex items-center gap-3">
<a
href={cta.href}
className="da-focus da-transition da-stroke hidden bg-da-primary px-4 py-2 text-sm font-bold text-da-primary-fg shadow-da-sm hover:translate-x-[3px] hover:translate-y-[3px] hover:shadow-none sm:block"
>
{cta.label}
</a>
<button
ref={toggleRef}
type="button"
aria-expanded={open}
aria-controls={panelId}
onClick={() => setOpen((o) => !o)}
className="da-focus da-stroke relative z-50 flex h-11 items-center gap-3 bg-da-fg px-4 font-da-mono text-xs font-bold tracking-da-label text-da-bg uppercase shadow-da-sm"
>
{open ? "Close" : "Menu"}
<span aria-hidden className="flex w-5 flex-col gap-1">
<span className={cn("h-[3px] bg-current transition-transform duration-(--da-duration)", open && "translate-y-[7px] rotate-45")} />
<span className={cn("h-[3px] bg-current transition-opacity duration-(--da-duration)", open && "opacity-0")} />
<span className={cn("h-[3px] bg-current transition-transform duration-(--da-duration)", open && "-translate-y-[7px] -rotate-45")} />
</span>
</button>
</div>
</div>
<div
id={panelId}
hidden={!open}
className="fixed inset-0 z-40 overflow-y-auto bg-da-primary text-da-primary-fg transition-[clip-path] duration-(--da-duration-slow) ease-da-emphasized starting:[clip-path:inset(0_0_100%_0)] [clip-path:inset(0)] motion-reduce:transition-none"
>
<div className="da-container flex min-h-full flex-col pt-28 pb-10">
<nav aria-label="Main">
<ol className="da-stroke-t">
{links.map((l, i) => (
<li key={l.href} className="da-stroke-b">
<a
href={l.href}
onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
className="da-focus group flex items-baseline gap-4 py-3 font-da-display text-[clamp(2.5rem,9vw,6rem)] leading-none tracking-da-display uppercase"
>
<span className="font-da-mono text-sm font-bold">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
<span className="da-transition group-hover:translate-x-4">{l.label}</span>
{l.note && (
<span className="da-stroke ml-auto self-center bg-da-fg px-2 py-1 font-da-mono text-xs font-bold text-da-bg">{l.note}</span>
)}
</a>
</li>
))}
</ol>
</nav>
<div className="mt-auto flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4 pt-10 font-da-mono text-sm font-bold">
<a href={contact.href} className="da-focus underline decoration-[3px] underline-offset-4">
{contact.label}
</a>
<a href={cta.href} className="da-focus da-stroke bg-da-fg px-5 py-3 text-da-bg shadow-da-sm">
{cta.label} →
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</header>
);
}
export default NavbarOverlay;
modules/brutalist/section/navbar-overlay/index.tsx
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| brand / brandHref | string | "Shipyard" / "/" | Wordmark and its link. |
| links | NavbarOverlayLink[] | — | { label, href, note? } shown as giant numbered links. |
| cta | { label: string; href: string } | — | CTA in the bar and in the overlay. |
| contact | { label: string; href: string } | — | Contact link at the bottom of the overlay. |
| className | string | — | Classes on the <header>. |
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Navbar Blur
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Navbar Mega
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Navbar Pill
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Navbar Index
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Navbar Meta
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Navbar Mono
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Navbar Mega
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Navbar Tabs
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