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Testimonials Deck

Stacked deck of glass testimonial cards offset in depth; a ‘Next story’ button sends the top card to the back and the others slide forward, with a live counter.

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"use client";

import { useState } from "react";
import { ArrowRight } from "lucide-react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";

export interface TestimonialsDeckItem {
  quote: string;
  name: string;
  role: string;
  company: string;
}

export interface TestimonialsDeckProps {
  eyebrow?: string;
  title?: string;
  items?: TestimonialsDeckItem[];
  className?: string;
}

const GLASS = "da-stroke bg-da-surface backdrop-blur-da backdrop-saturate-150";
const TONES = ["from-da-primary to-da-accent", "from-da-accent to-da-success", "from-da-danger to-da-primary", "from-da-warning to-da-danger"];

const DEFAULT_ITEMS: TestimonialsDeckItem[] = [
  {
    quote: "We cancelled our Monday status meeting. Halo recaps and two-minute videos replaced it, and nobody misses it.",
    name: "Amara Diallo",
    role: "Head of Product",
    company: "Lumen",
  },
  { quote: "Sales calls go straight into HubSpot with next steps. My reps got four hours a week back.", name: "Leo Park", role: "VP Sales", company: "Parcel" },
  {
    quote: "Ask Halo is scary good. I found the pricing decision from March in ten seconds, with the exact timestamp.",
    name: "Sofia Rossi",
    role: "COO",
    company: "Quanta",
  },
  {
    quote: "Half our team is in Lisbon, half in Seoul. Live translation made our all-hands feel like one room.",
    name: "Noah Klein",
    role: "CEO",
    company: "Heliograph",
  },
];

/** Stacked deck of glass testimonial cards; “Next” sends the top card to the back with a slide, others move up. Keyboard friendly. */
export function TestimonialsDeck({
  eyebrow = "Loved by busy teams",
  title = "Fewer meetings. Better ones.",
  items = DEFAULT_ITEMS,
  className,
}: TestimonialsDeckProps) {
  const [top, setTop] = useState(0);
  const n = items.length;

  return (
    <section aria-labelledby="glass-deck-title" className={cn("da-section overflow-hidden text-da-fg", className)}>
      <div className="da-container grid items-center gap-12 lg:grid-cols-[1fr_1.2fr]">
        <div>
          <p className="text-sm font-semibold text-da-primary">{eyebrow}</p>
          <h2
            id="glass-deck-title"
            className="mt-3 font-da-display text-[clamp(2rem,4.5vw,3.25rem)] leading-[1.08] font-semibold tracking-da-display text-balance"
          >
            {title}
          </h2>
          <div className="mt-8 flex items-center gap-4">
            <button
              type="button"
              onClick={() => setTop((t) => (t + 1) % n)}
              className="da-focus da-transition group inline-flex h-12 items-center gap-2 rounded-da-pill bg-da-fg px-6 font-semibold text-da-bg shadow-da-md hover:-translate-y-0.5"
            >
              Next story
              <ArrowRight aria-hidden className="da-transition size-4 group-hover:translate-x-0.5" />
            </button>
            <p className="font-da-mono text-sm text-da-muted-fg" aria-live="polite">
              {top + 1} / {n}
            </p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div className="relative mx-auto grid w-full max-w-lg pt-10">
          {items.map((t, i) => {
            const depth = (i - top + n) % n;
            return (
              <figure
                key={t.name}
                aria-hidden={depth !== 0}
                inert={depth !== 0}
                className={cn(
                  "col-start-1 row-start-1 rounded-da-lg p-7 shadow-da-lg transition-[translate,scale,opacity] duration-(--da-duration-slow) ease-(--da-ease-emphasized) motion-reduce:transition-none",
                  GLASS,
                  depth > 2 && "opacity-0",
                )}
                style={{ translate: `0 ${-depth * 18}px`, scale: `${1 - depth * 0.05}`, zIndex: n - depth }}
              >
                <blockquote className="font-da-display text-xl leading-snug font-medium tracking-da-display text-balance">“{t.quote}”</blockquote>
                <figcaption className="mt-6 flex items-center gap-3">
                  <span aria-hidden className={cn("size-10 rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br", TONES[i % TONES.length])} />
                  <span className="text-sm">
                    <span className="block font-semibold">{t.name}</span>
                    <span className="block text-da-muted-fg">
                      {t.role}, {t.company}
                    </span>
                  </span>
                </figcaption>
              </figure>
            );
          })}
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
  );
}

export default TestimonialsDeck;

modules/glass/section/testimonials-deck/index.tsx

Props

PropTypeDefaultDescription
eyebrow / titlestring—Header.
items{ quote, name, role, company }[]—Cards.
classNamestring—Classes.

Other testimonials variants in Glass

Testimonials in other art directions

Testimonials Big Quote

Full-bleed blue section showing one giant uppercase quote at a time with a tilted yellow metric card, author row, pressable prev/next buttons and bar-shaped pagination.

BrutalistTestimonials

Testimonials Logos

Case-study strip: four ruled cells, each with a company wordmark, a giant result number, its label and a one-line quote, alternating solid and paper tones.

BrutalistTestimonials

Testimonials Posts

Social-post wall: ruled cards styled like timeline posts (square colored avatar, handle, date, casual copy, reply/repost/like counts) in a 3-column grid with a 'see more' CTA.

BrutalistTestimonials

Testimonials Wall

Wall of quote cards in alternating solid colors with hard shadows, initials avatars and optional rotated metric stickers ("2× adoption").

BrutalistTestimonials

Testimonials Carousel

One large quote at a time with initials avatar and role, cross-fading between slides; progress dots, a 01 / 04 counter and round prev/next buttons, arrow-key navigation.

MinimalTestimonials

Testimonials Case Studies

Three case-study cards led by an oversized mono metric in indigo (−71% pages), a short quote, author and a Read the story link that makes the whole card clickable.

MinimalTestimonials

Testimonials Grid

Asymmetric testimonial grid: one large featured quote with a headline metric, flanked by two compact quotes, then a second row. Hairline cards, initials avatars, no logos needed.

MinimalTestimonials

Testimonials Posts

Masonry wall of social-post cards in 1–3 CSS columns: initials avatar, name and handle, post text, date and like count. Hairline cards, centered header.

MinimalTestimonials

Testimonials Grid

Hairline grid of short quotes (gap-px on a border-colored background) — 3 columns desktop, each cell with the quote and mono attribution; no cards, no shadows.

Mono CleanTestimonials

Testimonials List

Testimonials as an editorial ruled list: each row pairs a mono index + name/studio/city on the left with the quote on the right in a larger size; rows separated by hairlines.

Mono CleanTestimonials

Testimonials Marquee

Slow horizontal ticker of short quotes in large display type, separated by signal dots, between two ink rules; pauses on hover, static and wrapped with reduced motion. Pure CSS.

Mono CleanTestimonials

Testimonials Quote

One oversized pull quote set in the display face with a hanging opening quote mark, mono attribution under a short ink rule; lots of whitespace.

Mono CleanTestimonials

Testimonials Cards

Clean 3-column grid of bordered quote cards with company name header, quote, and initials avatar + role footer divided by a hairline.

Neo CorporateTestimonials

Testimonials Case Study

Featured customer story: bordered card split into a company quote (logo wordmark, quote, author) and a tinted column of three big result metrics with a “Read the case study” link.

Neo CorporateTestimonials

Testimonials Logos

Row of customer wordmark buttons acting as tabs; selecting one swaps the quote, author and key metric below.

Neo CorporateTestimonials

Testimonials Ratings

Review-site proof: rating tiles per platform (score + stars + review count), a row of award badges, and two review excerpts.

Neo CorporateTestimonials

Testimonials Carousel

Gentle one-at-a-time carousel on a sage band: serif quote cross-fades, round prev/next buttons, leaf-shaped position dots; no autoplay.

Organic SoftTestimonials

Testimonials Notes

Kind words as handwritten-feeling notes: slightly tilted paper/sage/clay cards with italic serif quotes and a small “pinned” dot, straightening on hover.

Organic SoftTestimonials

Testimonials Portrait

Single large testimonial: an arch-shaped sage “portrait” with big initials and a leaf, next to a large serif quote, attribution and a clay result chip.

Organic SoftTestimonials

Testimonials Wall

Masonry wall of soft rounded quote cards in mixed tints (CSS columns), each with a small leaf-dot avatar, name and role.

Organic SoftTestimonials

Testimonials Bubbles

Testimonials as a friendly group chat: alternating pastel speech bubbles with round avatars and names inside a big white phone-like card, next to the section title.

Soft FlatTestimonials

Testimonials Notes

Wall of pastel sticky notes, slightly rotated with a round periwinkle pin on top, each holding a bold short quote and author; notes straighten on hover.

Soft FlatTestimonials

Testimonials Slider

Horizontal slider of pastel testimonial cards with star ratings; round prev/next buttons move one card at a time and pill dots show the position.

Soft FlatTestimonials

Testimonials Spotlight

One big quote on a mint block with a giant quote mark, a flat shape avatar, three white stat bubbles and a row of customer wordmarks below.

Soft FlatTestimonials