Shadcn Navigation Menu Basic

Basic navigation menu. Built with the Navigation Menu component. A free, open source shadcn navigation menu example you can install with npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-navigation-menu-1 and edit as your own code.

Basic navigation menu.

For AI Agents

Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Free to install.

Best for: A Getting started panel of 2 described links next to a plain Documentation link styled as a trigger

When to use

Site headers whose top level items open panels of links, such as docs, components or industry pages
Mega menu panels that lay out links with summaries in columns, with glyphs and a call to action button
Header rows that mix panel triggers with plain top level links styled to match them

When not to use

One line links each led by a status glyph and no summary text: use the Navigation Menu With Icons example
Actions on the current page, such as edit, share or sign out, opened from one button: use the Dropdown Menu component
Sections of a signed in app listed down the screen edge and kept in view: use the Sidebar component
A complete header with logo, link panels and a Get Started button already placed: use the Navbar blocks

Agent notes

Documentation gets its trigger look from navigationMenuTriggerStyle; pass it as the className of any top level NavigationMenuLink
NavigationMenuLink takes its anchor through render on the base twin and asChild on the radix twin; neither twin reads the other one's prop
Every href is a hash placeholder; point each NavigationMenuLink at a real route, through your router link where you have one
The radix NavigationMenu opens panels in a shared NavigationMenuViewport unless viewport is false; base has no viewport prop and uses align

Markdownhttps://reui.io/components/navigation-menu/c-navigation-menu-1.md

MCPget_example("c-navigation-menu-1")

Installnpx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-navigation-menu-1

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Shadcn Components in Navigation Menu Basic

Navigation Menu

What You Can Build With Shadcn Navigation Menu Basic

Composes Navigation Menu, so it drops into any project already using those components.
Install it with the shadcn CLI: npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-navigation-menu-1
Open source and free, with the full source on this page to copy or adapt.

More Shadcn Navigation Menu Examples

Grid Layout Navigation menu with grid layout.
With Icons Navigation menu with icons.
Learn More Button Navigation menu with grid layout and learn more button.

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When should I use Shadcn Navigation Menu Basic?

Use it for a Getting started panel of 2 described links next to a plain Documentation link styled as a trigger.

Shadcn Navigation Menu as a whole fits:

Site headers whose top level items open panels of links, such as docs, components or industry pages
Mega menu panels that lay out links with summaries in columns, with glyphs and a call to action button
Header rows that mix panel triggers with plain top level links styled to match them

For one line links each led by a status glyph and no summary text, use the Navigation Menu With Icons example. For actions on the current page, such as edit, share or sign out, opened from one button, use the Dropdown Menu component. For sections of a signed in app listed down the screen edge and kept in view, use the Sidebar component. For a complete header with logo, link panels and a Get Started button already placed, use the Navbar blocks.

How do I install Shadcn Navigation Menu Basic?

Run npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-navigation-menu-1. The CLI copies the source into your project, so you own the code and can edit it freely.

Is Shadcn Navigation Menu Basic free to use?

Yes. Every ReUI component example is open source and free for personal and commercial projects.

Which components does Shadcn Navigation Menu Basic use?

It composes Navigation Menu. The shadcn CLI installs those alongside the example.

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