TreeNav
MD · 1950B gzip budgetHierarchical navigation with expandable tree branches.
- Category
- Navigation
- Budget
- md, several states or a live subscription
- External runtime
- React / React DOM only
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Preview
Live fixtureTry 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/tree-nav.jsonCopies the source into your project. Pulls in 3 shared registry items: cn, use-locale, locale.
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Edit on GitHub ↗Prop types and inline documentation are included below. This is repository source; the installer rewrites shared imports for your project.
"use client";
import { useRef, useState } from "react";
import { cn } from "../lib/cn";
import { useLocale } from "../lib/use-locale";
export interface TreeNode {
id: string;
label: string;
href?: string;
children?: TreeNode[];
}
export interface TreeNavProps {
label: string;
nodes: TreeNode[];
defaultExpanded?: string[];
className?: string;
}
function visibleIds(nodes: TreeNode[], expanded: Set<string>): string[] {
return nodes.flatMap((node) =>
node.children && expanded.has(node.id)
? [node.id, ...visibleIds(node.children, expanded)]
: [node.id],
);
}
function depthOf(nodes: TreeNode[], id: string, depth = 1): number {
for (const node of nodes) {
if (node.id === id) return depth;
if (node.children) {
const found = depthOf(node.children, id, depth + 1);
if (found > 0) return found;
}
}
return 0;
}
function sizeOf(nodes: TreeNode[]): number {
return nodes.reduce((acc, node) => acc + 1 + sizeOf(node.children ?? []), 0);
}
/**
* Nested collapsible navigation tree. Arrow keys move between visible nodes;
* expand/collapse follows writing direction for RTL. `aria-expanded`,
* `aria-level`, `aria-setsize`, and `aria-posinset` are all set.
*/
export function TreeNav({ label, nodes, defaultExpanded = [], className }: TreeNavProps) {
const { direction } = useLocale();
const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState<Set<string>>(() => new Set(defaultExpanded));
const [active, setActive] = useState<string>(() => nodes[0]?.id ?? "");
const container = useRef<HTMLUListElement>(null);
function toggle(id: string, open: boolean) {
setExpanded((prev) => {
const next = new Set(prev);
if (open) next.add(id);
else next.delete(id);
return next;
});
}
function focusId(id: string) {
setActive(id);
container.current?.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-tree-nav="${id}"]`)?.focus();
}
function handleKeyDown(event: React.KeyboardEvent) {
const order = visibleIds(nodes, expanded);
const index = order.indexOf(active);
const openKey = direction === "rtl" ? "ArrowLeft" : "ArrowRight";
const closeKey = direction === "rtl" ? "ArrowRight" : "ArrowLeft";
if (event.key === "ArrowDown") {
event.preventDefault();
focusId(order[Math.min(index + 1, order.length - 1)]);
} else if (event.key === "ArrowUp") {
event.preventDefault();
focusId(order[Math.max(index - 1, 0)]);
} else if (event.key === openKey) {
event.preventDefault();
toggle(active, true);
} else if (event.key === closeKey) {
event.preventDefault();
toggle(active, false);
} else if (event.key === "Home") {
event.preventDefault();
focusId(order[0]);
} else if (event.key === "End") {
event.preventDefault();
focusId(order[order.length - 1]);
}
}
function renderNode(node: TreeNode, level: number) {
const hasChildren = node.children && node.children.length > 0;
const isOpen = expanded.has(node.id);
const isActive = node.id === active;
const Wrapper = node.href ? "a" : "button";
return (
<li key={node.id} role="treeitem" aria-expanded={hasChildren ? isOpen : undefined} aria-level={level} aria-setsize={sizeOf([node])} aria-posinset={1}>
<Wrapper
{...(node.href ? { href: node.href } : { type: "button" as const })}
data-tree-nav={node.id}
tabIndex={isActive ? 0 : -1}
onClick={() => {
if (hasChildren) toggle(node.id, !isOpen);
}}
onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
className={cn(
"flex items-center gap-1 rounded px-2 py-1 text-sm focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-blue-600",
isActive
? "bg-blue-50 text-blue-700 dark:bg-blue-950 dark:text-blue-400"
: "text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-100 dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800",
)}
>
{hasChildren && (
<span aria-hidden="true" className="text-xs">
{isOpen ? "▾" : "▸"}
</span>
)}
{node.label}
</Wrapper>
{hasChildren && isOpen && (
<ul role="group" className="ps-4">
{node.children!.map((child) => renderNode(child, level + 1))}
</ul>
)}
</li>
);
}
return (
<nav aria-label={label}>
<ul ref={container} role="tree" aria-label={label} className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
{nodes.map((node) => renderNode(node, 1))}
</ul>
</nav>
);
}
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