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Navbar Pill

Sticky dark navbar: glowing gradient brand mark, links centered in a hairline pill, sign-in link and a periwinkle CTA with a soft glow; collapses into a full-width sheet on mobile (Escape closes).

nocturne/section/navbar-pill
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"use client";

import { useEffect, useId, useState } from "react";
import { Menu, X } from "lucide-react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";

export interface NavbarPillLink {
  label: string;
  href: string;
}

export interface NavbarPillProps {
  brand?: string;
  links?: NavbarPillLink[];
  signIn?: NavbarPillLink;
  cta?: NavbarPillLink;
  className?: string;
}

function BrandMark() {
  return (
    <span aria-hidden className="relative grid size-7 place-items-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br from-da-primary to-da-accent">
      <span className="size-2.5 rounded-full bg-da-bg" />
    </span>
  );
}

/** Sticky dark bar: glowing brand mark, centered links in a hairline pill, sign-in + primary CTA; full-screen sheet on mobile. */
export function NavbarPill({
  brand = "Nova",
  links = [
    { label: "Product", href: "#product" },
    { label: "Agents", href: "#agents" },
    { label: "Pricing", href: "#pricing" },
    { label: "Changelog", href: "#changelog" },
  ],
  signIn = { label: "Sign in", href: "#signin" },
  cta = { label: "Try Nova free", href: "#start" },
  className,
}: NavbarPillProps) {
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
  const menuId = useId();

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!open) return;
    const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => e.key === "Escape" && setOpen(false);
    window.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
  }, [open]);

  return (
    <header className={cn("sticky top-0 z-40 border-b border-da-border bg-da-bg/80 backdrop-blur-da", className)}>
      <nav aria-label="Main" className="da-container flex h-16 items-center gap-4">
        <a href="#" className="da-focus flex items-center gap-2.5 rounded-da-sm font-da-display text-[17px] font-semibold tracking-da-display">
          <BrandMark />
          {brand}
        </a>

        <ul className="da-stroke mx-auto hidden items-center gap-1 rounded-da-pill bg-da-surface/60 p-1 md:flex">
          {links.map((l) => (
            <li key={l.href}>
              <a href={l.href} className="da-focus da-transition block rounded-da-pill px-4 py-1.5 text-sm text-da-muted-fg hover:bg-da-surface-2 hover:text-da-fg">
                {l.label}
              </a>
            </li>
          ))}
        </ul>

        <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2 md:ml-0">
          <a href={signIn.href} className="da-focus da-transition hidden rounded-da-pill px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-da-muted-fg hover:text-da-fg sm:block">
            {signIn.label}
          </a>
          <a
            href={cta.href}
            className="da-focus da-transition hidden h-9 items-center rounded-da-pill bg-da-primary px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-da-primary-fg shadow-[0_0_24px_-6px_var(--da-primary)] hover:brightness-110 sm:inline-flex"
          >
            {cta.label}
          </a>
          <button
            type="button"
            aria-expanded={open}
            aria-controls={menuId}
            aria-label={open ? "Close menu" : "Open menu"}
            onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}
            className="da-focus da-transition grid size-9 place-items-center rounded-da-pill text-da-fg hover:bg-da-surface md:hidden"
          >
            {open ? <X className="size-5" /> : <Menu className="size-5" />}
          </button>
        </div>
      </nav>

      <div id={menuId} hidden={!open} className="border-t border-da-border bg-da-bg md:hidden">
        <ul className="da-container flex flex-col gap-1 py-4">
          {links.map((l) => (
            <li key={l.href}>
              <a href={l.href} onClick={() => setOpen(false)} className="da-focus block rounded-da-md px-3 py-3 text-base text-da-fg hover:bg-da-surface">
                {l.label}
              </a>
            </li>
          ))}
          <li className="mt-3 flex flex-col gap-2">
            <a href={signIn.href} className="da-focus da-stroke rounded-da-pill px-4 py-3 text-center text-sm font-medium">
              {signIn.label}
            </a>
            <a href={cta.href} className="da-focus rounded-da-pill bg-da-primary px-4 py-3 text-center text-sm font-semibold text-da-primary-fg">
              {cta.label}
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </header>
  );
}

export default NavbarPill;

modules/nocturne/section/navbar-pill/index.tsx

Props

PropTypeDefaultDescription
brandstring—Brand name.
links{ label, href }[]—Center links.
signIn / cta{ label, href }—Right-side actions.

Navbar in other art directions

Navbar Bold

Sticky top bar with square logo mark, mono uppercase links, underlined login and a pressable yellow CTA. Collapses into a full-width stacked menu on mobile.

BrutalistNavbar

Navbar Centered

Boxed navbar card with a hard shadow: links split left and right around a tilted yellow wordmark sticker in the center, ink CTA pressing into its shadow. Mobile opens a two-column ruled menu grid.

BrutalistNavbar

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.

BrutalistNavbar

Navbar Ticker

Two-tier sticky header: a scrolling ink announcement ticker on top, then a ruled bar where every link is a full-height cell that floods yellow on hover and a blue CTA block on the right.

BrutalistNavbar

Navbar Bar

Full-width sticky frosted bar with a Features dropdown that opens a glass panel of four icon cards, plain links and a gradient pill CTA; stacked mobile menu.

GlassNavbar

Navbar Dock

macOS-style floating bottom dock: a glass pill of round icon links that magnify with a spring when hovered (neighbours too), tooltips, a gradient active item with dot and an ink CTA.

GlassNavbar

Navbar Floating

Floating frosted pill navbar detached from the top edge: gradient orb logo, centered links, gradient CTA. On mobile the pill opens a frosted dropdown panel that fades in.

GlassNavbar

Navbar Islands

Three separate floating glass islands — brand pill, centered links pill, actions pill with gradient CTA — that merge into a single button and frosted panel on mobile.

GlassNavbar

Navbar Announcement

Two-tier header: a dismissible ink announcement bar with a link, above a hairline navbar with links, a ⌘K search trigger (wired to onSearch) and log in / demo actions.

MinimalNavbar

Navbar Blur

Sticky 56px top bar that is transparent at the top of the page and turns into a translucent blurred bar with a hairline once scrolled. Muted links, ink CTA, compact mobile menu.

MinimalNavbar

Navbar Mega

Navbar with a full-width Product mega menu: six icon + description items in a 3-column grid and a featured launch card, closes on outside click and Escape; grouped mobile menu.

MinimalNavbar

Navbar Pill

Floating, centered pill navbar with backdrop blur: logo, links with a shared hover/active pill indicator, ink CTA; collapses into a dropdown sheet with Escape support on mobile.

MinimalNavbar

Navbar Fullscreen

Minimal bar (logo + “Menu”) that opens a full-screen ink overlay with giant stacked links sliding up line by line, mono notes and contact details; Escape closes and scroll is locked.

Mono CleanNavbar

Navbar Index

Studio-style index navbar: numbered links “(01) Work”, a live local clock with city in mono, availability dot in the signal color and an underlined text CTA; stacked list on mobile.

Mono CleanNavbar

Navbar Meta

Two-tier editorial header: a mono meta strip (version, status with signal dot, changelog link) over a nav bar closed by a full-ink rule; oversize logo wordmark on desktop; stacked menu on mobile.

Mono CleanNavbar

Navbar Mono

Clean monochrome navbar on a hairline: square logo, links whose underline wipes in on hover (orange dot marks the active one), text sign-in and an ink button; text “Menu/Close” toggle opens a ruled list on mobile.

Mono CleanNavbar

Navbar Corporate

Corporate navbar: logo, two dropdown menus (items with descriptions), plain links, “Sign in”, bordered “Contact sales” and a blue primary; mobile accordion menu.

Neo CorporateNavbar

Navbar Mega

Navbar with a wide “Platform” mega menu: three titled columns of icon links plus a navy promo card, closing on Escape/outside click; stacked on mobile.

Neo CorporateNavbar

Navbar Scroll

Sticky navbar that starts tall and transparent and condenses on scroll into a white bordered bar with a subtle shadow and a smaller CTA.

Neo CorporateNavbar

Navbar Utility

Two-tier enterprise header: a slim surface-2 utility bar (system status, sales phone, language select, support/login) above the main navbar.

Neo CorporateNavbar

Navbar Announce

Sage announcement strip (leaf icon, message, link, dismiss) above a simple cream navbar with a terracotta-tinted secondary pill and sage primary pill; drop-down menu on mobile.

Organic SoftNavbar

Navbar Floating

Floating pill navbar: a rounded, softly blurred surface bar detached from the top edge, with centered links and an arrow CTA; expands into a rounded panel on mobile.

Organic SoftNavbar

Navbar Organic

Calm cream navbar: round leaf logo + serif wordmark, links with a hand-drawn underline on the active one, text sign-in and a sage pill CTA; rounded sheet menu on mobile.

Organic SoftNavbar

Navbar Split

Editorial symmetric navbar: links split on both sides of a centered logo + large serif wordmark, a thin warm rule below, outlined pill CTA; full-width stacked menu on mobile.

Organic SoftNavbar

Navbar Centered

Symmetric navbar inside a soft rounded well: links split left and right of a centered wordmark with two overlapping dots, ink pill CTA at the far right; stacked sheet on mobile.

Soft FlatNavbar

Navbar Sheet

Minimal bar with a wordmark and a big “Menu” pill that unfolds a grid of pastel link tiles (title, description, arrow) with a staggered bouncy entrance, on every screen size.

Soft FlatNavbar

Navbar Soft

Friendly sticky navbar: rounded pastel logo mark, pill links with a soft lavender active fill, text log-in and a periwinkle pill CTA; rounded drop-down sheet on mobile.

Soft FlatNavbar

Navbar Tabs

Two-row header: brand and CTA on top, then a horizontally scrollable strip of pill tabs with emoji where the active tab is an ink-filled pill.

Soft FlatNavbar