shadcn

name	shadcn
description	Pre-built shadcn/ui components for json-render. Use when working with @json-render/shadcn, adding standard UI components to a catalog, or building web UIs with Radix UI + Tailwind CSS components.

@json-render/shadcn

Pre-built shadcn/ui component definitions and implementations for json-render. Provides 36 components built on Radix UI + Tailwind CSS.

Two Entry Points

Entry Point	Exports	Use For
@json-render/shadcn/catalog	shadcnComponentDefinitions	Catalog schemas (no React dependency, safe for server)
@json-render/shadcn	shadcnComponents	React implementations

Usage Pattern

Pick the components you need from the standard definitions. Do not spread all definitions -- explicitly select what your app uses:

import { defineCatalog } from "@json-render/core";
import { schema } from "@json-render/react/schema";
import { shadcnComponentDefinitions } from "@json-render/shadcn/catalog";
import { defineRegistry } from "@json-render/react";
import { shadcnComponents } from "@json-render/shadcn";

// Catalog: pick definitions
const catalog = defineCatalog(schema, {
  components: {
    Card: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Card,
    Stack: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Stack,
    Heading: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Heading,
    Button: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Button,
    Input: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Input,
  },
  actions: {},
});

// Registry: pick matching implementations
const { registry } = defineRegistry(catalog, {
  components: {
    Card: shadcnComponents.Card,
    Stack: shadcnComponents.Stack,
    Heading: shadcnComponents.Heading,
    Button: shadcnComponents.Button,
    Input: shadcnComponents.Input,
  },
});

State actions (setState, pushState, removeState) are built into the React schema and handled by ActionProvider automatically. No need to declare them.

Extending with Custom Components

Add custom components alongside standard ones:

const catalog = defineCatalog(schema, {
  components: {
    // Standard
    Card: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Card,
    Stack: shadcnComponentDefinitions.Stack,

    // Custom
    Metric: {
      props: z.object({
        label: z.string(),
        value: z.string(),
        trend: z.enum(["up", "down", "neutral"]).nullable(),
      }),
      description: "KPI metric display",
    },
  },
  actions: {},
});

const { registry } = defineRegistry(catalog, {
  components: {
    Card: shadcnComponents.Card,
    Stack: shadcnComponents.Stack,
    Metric: ({ props }) => <div>{props.label}: {props.value}</div>,
  },
});

Available Components

Layout

• Card - Container with optional title, description, maxWidth, centered
• Stack - Flex container with direction, gap, align, justify
• Grid - Grid layout with columns (number) and gap
• Separator - Visual divider with orientation

Navigation

• Tabs - Tabbed navigation with tabs array, defaultValue, value
• Accordion - Collapsible sections with items array and type (single/multiple)
• Collapsible - Single collapsible section with title
• Pagination - Page navigation with totalPages and page

Overlay

• Dialog - Modal dialog with title, description, openPath
• Drawer - Bottom drawer with title, description, openPath
• Tooltip - Hover tooltip with content and text
• Popover - Click-triggered popover with trigger and content
• DropdownMenu - Dropdown with label and items array

Content

• Heading - Heading text with level (h1-h4)
• Text - Paragraph with variant (body, caption, muted, lead, code)
• Image - Image with alt, width, height
• Avatar - User avatar with src, name, size
• Badge - Status badge with text and variant (default, secondary, destructive, outline)
• Alert - Alert banner with title, message, type (success, warning, info, error)
• Carousel - Scrollable carousel with items array
• Table - Data table with columns (string[]) and rows (string[][])

Feedback

• Progress - Progress bar with value, max, label
• Skeleton - Loading placeholder with width, height, rounded
• Spinner - Loading spinner with size and label

Input

• Button - Button with label, variant (primary, secondary, danger), disabled
• Link - Anchor link with label and href
• Input - Text input with label, name, type, placeholder, value, checks
• Textarea - Multi-line input with label, name, placeholder, rows, value, checks
• Select - Dropdown select with label, name, options (string[]), value, checks
• Checkbox - Checkbox with label, name, checked, checks, validateOn
• Radio - Radio group with label, name, options (string[]), value, checks, validateOn
• Switch - Toggle switch with label, name, checked, checks, validateOn
• Slider - Range slider with label, min, max, step, value
• Toggle - Toggle button with label, pressed, variant
• ToggleGroup - Group of toggles with items, type, value
• ButtonGroup - Button group with buttons array and selected

Built-in Actions (from @json-render/react)

These are built into the React schema and handled by ActionProvider automatically. They appear in prompts without needing to be declared in the catalog.

• setState - Set a value at a state path ({ statePath, value })
• pushState - Push a value onto an array ({ statePath, value, clearStatePath? })
• removeState - Remove an array item by index ({ statePath, index })
• validateForm - Validate all fields, write { valid, errors } to state ({ statePath? })

Validation Timing (validateOn)

All form components support validateOn to control when validation runs:

• "change" — validate on every input change (default for Select, Checkbox, Radio, Switch)
• "blur" — validate when field loses focus (default for Input, Textarea)
• "submit" — validate only on form submission

Important Notes

• The /catalog entry point has no React dependency -- use it for server-side prompt generation
• Components use Tailwind CSS classes -- your app must have Tailwind configured
• Component implementations use bundled shadcn/ui primitives (not your app's components/ui/)
• All form inputs support checks for validation (type + message pairs) and validateOn for timing
• Events: inputs emit change/submit/focus/blur; buttons emit press; selects emit change/select