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Kbd

XS · 350B gzip budget

A single keyboard key, styled and marked up as one.

Category
Accessibility & preferences
Budget
xs, static display primitive
External runtime
React / React DOM only
axe fixtureSSR rendersource scanbundle budget

Preview

Live fixture
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Try the component here. Locale-aware formatting and direction follow the selected language; example content and labels are not automatically translated. Overlay demos use interactive launchers.

Install

npx shadcn@latest add https://gear5-ui.vercel.app/r/kbd.json

Copies the source into your project. Pulls in 1 shared registry item: cn.

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Source & props

Edit on GitHub ↗

Prop types and inline documentation are included below. This is repository source; the installer rewrites shared imports for your project.

import { cn } from "../lib/cn";

/**
 * A single keyboard key, styled like one and marked up as one.
 *
 * `<kbd>` over a styled `<span>` because screen readers that expose landmark
 * navigation announce it distinctly, and browser find-in-page / translation
 * tools treat it as inline code rather than prose to reflow.
 */
export function Kbd({ children, className }: { children: React.ReactNode; className?: string }) {
  return (
    <kbd
      className={cn(
        "inline-flex min-w-5 items-center justify-center rounded border border-neutral-300 bg-neutral-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 font-mono text-xs text-neutral-700 dark:border-neutral-700 dark:bg-neutral-800 dark:text-neutral-300",
        className,
      )}
    >
      {children}
    </kbd>
  );
}

What CI checks

Quality contract
  • Bundled, minified and gzipped against its tier budget
  • Audited by axe in the state previewed above
  • Rendered through react-dom/server with no browser globals
  • Scanned for network calls, dangerous sinks, and unguarded animation

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