App Sidebar
Friendly app shell: warm sidebar with emoji workspace chip, big periwinkle “New task” pill, search field, nav with peach count bubbles and a colored-dot board list; slide-in drawer on mobile.
soft-flat/layout/app-sidebarSource
"use client";
import { useEffect, useId, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
import { CalendarDays, Home, Inbox, Menu, Plus, Search, Settings, X, type LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
export interface AppSidebarProps {
workspace?: string;
nav?: { label: string; href: string; icon: LucideIcon; count?: number }[];
boards?: { name: string; href: string; tone: "peach" | "mint" | "lavender" | "butter" }[];
activeHref?: string;
children?: ReactNode;
className?: string;
}
const DOT = { peach: "bg-da-accent-fg/70", mint: "bg-da-secondary-fg/70", lavender: "bg-da-primary", butter: "bg-da-warning" } as const;
/** Friendly app shell: warm sidebar with workspace chip, big “New task” pill, search, nav with count bubbles and a colored-dot board list; drawer on mobile. */
export function AppSidebar({
workspace = "Bright & Co",
nav = [
{ label: "Home", href: "#home", icon: Home },
{ label: "Inbox", href: "#inbox", icon: Inbox, count: 3 },
{ label: "This week", href: "#week", icon: CalendarDays },
],
boards = [
{ name: "Website relaunch", href: "#b1", tone: "lavender" },
{ name: "Team retreat", href: "#b2", tone: "mint" },
{ name: "Q4 content", href: "#b3", tone: "peach" },
{ name: "Hiring", href: "#b4", tone: "butter" },
],
activeHref = "#week",
children,
className,
}: AppSidebarProps) {
const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
const id = useId();
useEffect(() => {
if (!open) return;
const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => e.key === "Escape" && setOpen(false);
window.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey);
}, [open]);
const item = (active: boolean) =>
cn(
"da-focus da-transition flex h-11 items-center gap-3 rounded-da-md px-3 text-[15px] font-medium",
active ? "bg-da-surface text-da-fg shadow-da-sm" : "text-da-muted-fg hover:bg-da-surface/60 hover:text-da-fg",
);
return (
<div className={cn("flex min-h-dvh bg-da-bg text-da-fg", className)}>
{open && <div aria-hidden className="fixed inset-0 z-40 bg-da-overlay lg:hidden" onClick={() => setOpen(false)} />}
<aside
id={id}
className={cn(
"fixed inset-y-0 left-0 z-50 flex w-72 flex-col bg-da-surface-2 p-4 transition-transform duration-(--da-duration-slow) ease-da lg:sticky lg:top-0 lg:h-dvh lg:translate-x-0 motion-reduce:transition-none",
open ? "translate-x-0" : "-translate-x-full",
)}
>
<div className="flex items-center gap-2.5 px-1">
<span aria-hidden className="grid size-10 place-items-center rounded-da-md bg-da-accent text-lg">
🌱
</span>
<span className="font-da-display text-lg font-extrabold">{workspace}</span>
<button
type="button"
aria-label="Close navigation"
onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
className="da-focus ml-auto grid size-9 place-items-center rounded-full hover:bg-da-surface lg:hidden"
>
<X aria-hidden className="size-4" />
</button>
</div>
<a
href="#new"
className="da-focus da-transition mt-6 flex h-12 items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-da-pill bg-da-primary font-semibold text-da-primary-fg shadow-da-sm hover:-translate-y-0.5"
>
<Plus aria-hidden className="size-5" /> New task
</a>
<button type="button" className="da-focus mt-3 flex h-11 items-center gap-3 rounded-da-md bg-da-surface px-3 text-[15px] text-da-muted-fg">
<Search aria-hidden className="size-4" /> Search
<kbd className="ml-auto rounded-da-sm bg-da-surface-2 px-1.5 font-da-mono text-xs">/</kbd>
</button>
<nav aria-label="Main" className="mt-6 flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
<ul className="space-y-1">
{nav.map((n) => (
<li key={n.href}>
<a
href={n.href}
aria-current={n.href === activeHref ? "page" : undefined}
onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
className={item(n.href === activeHref)}
>
<n.icon aria-hidden className="size-5" />
{n.label}
{n.count !== undefined && (
<span className="ml-auto grid h-6 min-w-6 place-items-center rounded-full bg-da-accent px-1.5 text-xs font-bold text-da-accent-fg">
{n.count}
<span className="sr-only"> unread</span>
</span>
)}
</a>
</li>
))}
</ul>
<p className="mt-8 mb-2 flex items-center justify-between px-3 text-xs font-bold text-da-muted-fg uppercase">
Boards
<a href="#new-board" aria-label="New board" className="da-focus grid size-6 place-items-center rounded-full hover:bg-da-surface">
<Plus aria-hidden className="size-3.5" />
</a>
</p>
<ul className="space-y-1">
{boards.map((b) => (
<li key={b.href}>
<a href={b.href} aria-current={b.href === activeHref ? "page" : undefined} className={item(b.href === activeHref)}>
<span aria-hidden className={cn("size-3 rounded-full", DOT[b.tone])} />
{b.name}
</a>
</li>
))}
</ul>
</nav>
<a href="#settings" className={item(false)}>
<Settings aria-hidden className="size-5" /> Settings
</a>
</aside>
<div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
<div className="flex items-center gap-3 p-4 lg:hidden">
<button
type="button"
onClick={() => setOpen(true)}
aria-expanded={open}
aria-controls={id}
aria-label="Open navigation"
className="da-focus grid size-11 place-items-center rounded-full bg-da-surface shadow-da-sm"
>
<Menu aria-hidden className="size-5" />
</button>
<span className="font-da-display font-extrabold">{workspace}</span>
</div>
<main>{children}</main>
</div>
</div>
);
}
export default AppSidebar;
modules/soft-flat/layout/app-sidebar/index.tsx
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| workspace | string | — | Workspace name. |
| nav | { label, href, icon, count? }[] | — | Main links. |
| boards | { name, href, tone }[] | — | Boards with pastel dots. |
| activeHref | string | — | Current page. |
| children | ReactNode | — | Content. |
Other sidebar variants in Soft Flat
Sidebar Boards
Board navigator: starred favorites, then collapsible emoji spaces holding emoji boards with count bubbles; active board in a white pill; dashed “New space” button.
Sidebar Card
Floating white sidebar card with generous radius on a tinted page: two-dot logo, nav with lavender active pill, butter “tip of the day” card and user row; horizontal nav on mobile.
Sidebar Rail
Slim rounded icon rail: round icons whose active item fills with its own pastel color, dark pill tooltips, emoji avatar at the bottom; floating bottom bar on mobile.
Sidebar in other art directions
App Sidebar
App shell with a sticky left sidebar: workspace header, grouped nav with yellow active state and counters, usage meter, user footer. Becomes a top bar + slide-over drawer below lg.
Icon Rail
Compact 80px icon rail: ink brand square, square icon links with yellow active state, red counters and ink tooltips on hover/focus, settings pinned at the bottom. Server-safe, CSS-only tooltips.
Sidebar Collapsible
App sidebar that collapses from 256px to a 76px icon column with a stepped width animation; ink active item, labels become sr-only when collapsed, collapse toggle pinned at the bottom.
Sidebar Dual
Two-level navigation: an ink icon rail switches sections, and a paper second panel lists that section's links with counts and a yellow active link. Second panel hides on very small screens.
App Sidebar
Floating frosted sidebar inset from the viewport edges: gradient-orb brand, pill nav items with an ink active state and gradient badges, workspace group, gradient promo card and user chip. Becomes a floating pill top bar + glass drawer below lg.
Sidebar Adaptive
Adaptive navigation: a full glass sidebar with brand, gradient action button, labelled links and a usage meter on desktop; a floating bottom tab bar with a raised gradient “+” on mobile.
Sidebar Channels
Chat-app style double sidebar: a column of gradient workspace squircles plus a glass channel panel with collapsible sections, private/live icons, unread counts and LIVE meeting badges; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Floating
Floating glass icon rail detached from the viewport edges: gradient logo orb, gradient active item, unread badges, glass tooltips on hover/focus, settings and avatar at the bottom; a floating bottom bar on mobile.
App Sidebar
Linear-style app shell: 240px translucent sidebar with workspace switcher, search, "New" button with shortcut, grouped 32px nav rows with counters, team list with color squares and settings at the bottom. Slide-in drawer below lg.
Sidebar Inset
Inset app shell: the sidebar sits on the tinted page background while content lives in a raised rounded panel. Workspace header, collapsible nested sections with guide line, support/settings and user card; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Rail
Sidebar that collapses between a 224px labelled list and a 56px icon rail (⌘B or bottom button) with tooltips on hover/focus and corner badges; icon-only on mobile. Controlled or uncontrolled.
Sidebar Tree
Docs / settings sidebar with a filter box and a nested collapsible tree auto-expanded to the active page (highlighted in indigo); stacks above content on mobile.
App Sidebar
Typographic app sidebar: hairline right border, logo + site switcher, mono group labels, plain text links with right-aligned mono counts; the active link is ink with a signal dot; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Icons
Narrow icon rail (56px) of square hairline cells; the active cell is filled ink; labels appear as mono tooltips to the right on hover/focus; turns into a bottom bar on mobile.
Sidebar Ink
Ink sidebar (stays near-black in dark mode): giant numbered text links “01 Overview”, the active one full white with an arrow, a storage meter as a hairline bar at the bottom; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Tree
CMS page tree: nested pages drawn with hairline guide lines and +/− toggles (aria-expanded), mono “Pages” header with an add button; active page ink with signal dot; drawer on mobile.
App Sidebar
Classic enterprise app shell: white bordered sidebar with brand, entity switcher, grouped nav (uppercase group labels, count badges, blue active state), settings and user footer; off-canvas drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Collapsible
Sidebar that collapses from 240px to a 64px icon rail with a toggle button (aria-expanded); collapsed items keep tooltips (title) and sr-only labels. Always a rail on small screens.
Sidebar Dual
Two-level navigation: a narrow icon rail of top-level sections (tooltips, aria-pressed) and a secondary panel listing the selected section’s pages; the panel hides below md.
Sidebar Navy
Dark navy sidebar (fg-colored in light mode, surface in dark mode — dark in both): brand, search field, nav with white-tint active state and badges, and a cash-balance card at the bottom; drawer on mobile.
App Sidebar
Calm app shell: cream sidebar with leaf logo, pill nav items (sage pill for the active page), a small “this year” footprint card with a sprout, and settings at the bottom; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Floating
Floating sidebar: a rounded cream panel inset from the page edges with a soft shadow, italic serif group labels, a sage “New entry” pill and sage-tinted active items; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Garden
Deep sage sidebar (dark sage tint in dark mode) with cream text, a translucent active pill, count bubbles, rolling hills illustrated along the bottom and the user’s name on the hill; drawer on mobile.
Sidebar Rail
Slim round icon rail: circular icon links on a sand column, the active one a sage circle with a leaf-shaped marker; labels appear as soft tooltips on hover/focus; becomes a bottom tab bar on mobile.