# Paper Menu With a Photo Preview That Follows Focus A shadcn/ui block from the [@weinc](https://we.inc/components?utm_source=shadcn.exchange) registry, listed on [shadcn.exchange](https://shadcn.exchange/r/weinc/paper-menu-with-a-photo-preview-that-follows-focus). - Page, with a live preview: https://shadcn.exchange/r/weinc/paper-menu-with-a-photo-preview-that-follows-focus - Screenshot: https://shadcn.exchange/shot/weinc/paper-menu-with-a-photo-preview-that-follows-focus/light.png - Registry item: https://we.inc/r/paper-menu-with-a-photo-preview-that-follows-focus.json - Listed: 2026-10-28, source last changed 2026-10-28 ## Install ```bash npx shadcn@latest add https://shadcn.exchange/r/weinc/paper-menu-with-a-photo-preview-that-follows-focus.json ``` Run it in a project that has shadcn/ui set up. It adds the files below and installs what they depend on. ## Files ### `components/we-inc/paper-menu-with-a-photo-preview-that-follows-focus.tsx` ```tsx import { useEffect, useRef, type CSSProperties } from "react"; // Same styles as the plain HTML version; the comment at the top names the values to change. const STYLES = ` /* Change these: page colour, menu colour, ink, accent, how often the demo moves to the next photo. */ .w7img { --w7img-bg: #f6f1e8; --w7img-ink: #2a241d; --w7img-sheet: #efe6d7; --w7img-acc: #8c5a2b; --w7img-out: .45s; } .w7img { position: relative; height: 600px; overflow: hidden; background: var(--w7img-bg); color: var(--w7img-ink); font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif; } .w7img *, .w7img *::before, .w7img *::after { box-sizing: border-box; } .w7img-bar { position: absolute; z-index: 30; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding: 14px clamp(16px, 4vw, 48px); pointer-events: none; } .w7img-bar > * { pointer-events: auto; } .w7img-brand { margin: 0; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .01em; } .w7img-btn { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; min-height: 44px; padding: 0 18px; border: 1px solid currentColor; border-radius: 999px; background: transparent; color: inherit; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; cursor: pointer; } .w7img-icon { position: relative; width: 18px; height: 10px; } .w7img-icon i { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; height: 2px; background: currentColor; transition: transform .35s ease; } .w7img-icon i:first-child { top: 0; } .w7img-icon i:last-child { bottom: 0; } .w7img-open .w7img-icon i:first-child { transform: translateY(4px) rotate(45deg); } .w7img-open .w7img-icon i:last-child { transform: translateY(-4px) rotate(-45deg); } .w7img a:focus-visible, .w7img-btn:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid currentColor; outline-offset: 4px; } .w7img-menu { visibility: hidden; transition: visibility 0s var(--w7img-out, .5s); } .w7img-open .w7img-menu { visibility: visible; transition: visibility 0s; } .w7img-nav ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; } .w7img-nav a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; } .w7img-page { display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; height: 100%; padding: 84px clamp(16px, 4vw, 48px) 32px; } .w7img-brand { font-family: ui-serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 19px; } .w7img-eye { margin: 0; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; color: var(--w7img-acc); } .w7img-title { margin: 12px 0 0; max-width: 16ch; font: 400 clamp(32px, 5vw, 60px)/1.05 ui-serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; } .w7img-text { margin: 18px 0 0; max-width: 40ch; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; color: #5a4f43; } .w7img-cta { align-self: flex-start; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; min-height: 44px; margin-top: 22px; padding: 0 22px; border: 1px solid var(--w7img-ink); border-radius: 2px; color: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; } .w7img-menu { position: absolute; z-index: 20; inset: 0; display: grid; align-items: center; gap: 32px; padding: 84px clamp(16px, 4vw, 48px) 32px; background: var(--w7img-sheet); opacity: 0; transition: opacity var(--w7img-out) ease, visibility 0s var(--w7img-out); } .w7img-open .w7img-menu { opacity: 1; transition: opacity .4s ease, visibility 0s; } @media (min-width: 760px) { .w7img-menu { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } } .w7img-nav li { border-bottom: 1px solid #d6c9b4; transform: translateY(18px); opacity: 0; transition: transform .2s, opacity .2s; } .w7img-open .w7img-nav li { transform: none; opacity: 1; transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1), opacity .4s; transition-duration: .45s; transition-delay: calc(.1s + var(--i) * .07s); } .w7img-nav a { display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px; min-height: 56px; padding: 10px 0; font: 400 clamp(28px, 4.4vw, 50px)/1.1 ui-serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; } .w7img-nav small { font: 500 12px/1 ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif; color: #75654f; } .w7img-nav a span { transition: transform .35s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1); } .w7img-nav a[aria-current="page"] small { color: var(--w7img-acc); } /* The link whose photo is showing shifts right a little. */ .w7img[data-show="0"] [data-n="0"] span, .w7img[data-show="1"] [data-n="1"] span, .w7img[data-show="2"] [data-n="2"] span, .w7img[data-show="3"] [data-n="3"] span { transform: translateX(14px); font-style: italic; } .w7img-fig { position: relative; overflow: hidden; aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; border-radius: 3px; background: #ddd0bb; box-shadow: 0 30px 60px -36px rgba(60, 40, 20, .6); transform: scale(.96); transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1); } .w7img-open .w7img-fig { transform: none; } .w7img-ph { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.06); transition: opacity .5s ease, transform .8s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1); } .w7img[data-show="0"] .w7img-ph[data-n="0"], .w7img[data-show="1"] .w7img-ph[data-n="1"], .w7img[data-show="2"] .w7img-ph[data-n="2"], .w7img[data-show="3"] .w7img-ph[data-n="3"] { opacity: 1; transform: none; } @media (max-width: 759px) { .w7img-fig { display: none; } } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .w7img-menu, .w7img-open .w7img-menu, .w7img-nav li, .w7img-nav a span, .w7img-fig, .w7img-ph, .w7img-icon i { transition: none !important; } } `; // end STYLES // When the demo opens the menu by itself (ms). Set 0 on a real site. const AUTO_OPEN = 500; export default function PaperMenuWithPhotoPreview() { const ref = useRef(null); useEffect(() => { const root = ref.current; if (!root) return; const btn = root.querySelector(".w7img-btn")!, word = root.querySelector(".w7img-word")!; const menu = root.querySelector(".w7img-menu")!, page = root.querySelector(".w7img-page")!; let used = false; const isOpen = () => root.classList.contains("w7img-open"); const set = (open: boolean, moveFocus: boolean) => { root.classList.toggle("w7img-open", open); btn.setAttribute("aria-expanded", String(open)); word.textContent = open ? "Close" : "Menu"; menu.toggleAttribute("inert", !open); page.toggleAttribute("inert", open); // on a real page, make main and footer inert instead if (moveFocus) (open ? menu.querySelector("a")! : btn).focus(); }; menu.toggleAttribute("inert", true); const touch = () => { used = true; }; const onClick = () => { touch(); set(!isOpen(), true); }; const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => { if (!isOpen()) return; if (e.key === "Escape") { e.preventDefault(); set(false, true); return; } if (e.key !== "Tab") return; // focus trap: the button plus everything in the menu const f: HTMLElement[] = [btn, ...Array.from(menu.querySelectorAll("a[href], button"))]; const i = f.indexOf(document.activeElement as HTMLElement); if (e.shiftKey && i <= 0) { e.preventDefault(); f[f.length - 1].focus(); } else if (!e.shiftKey && i === f.length - 1) { e.preventDefault(); f[0].focus(); } }; const onPick = (e: MouseEvent) => { const a = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest("a"); if (!a) return; e.preventDefault(); // remove on a real site so the link navigates if (a.closest("nav")) { menu.querySelectorAll("[aria-current]").forEach((x) => x.removeAttribute("aria-current")); a.setAttribute("aria-current", "page"); } set(false, true); }; btn.addEventListener("click", onClick); root.addEventListener("pointerdown", touch); root.addEventListener("focusin", touch); root.addEventListener("keydown", onKey); menu.addEventListener("click", onPick); // ms between photos while the demo runs on its own const CYCLE = 2600; let shown = 0, seen = true; const show = (n: number) => { shown = n; root.setAttribute("data-show", String(n)); }; show(0); const follow = (e: Event) => { const a = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest("[data-n]"); if (a && a.closest("nav")) show(Number(a.getAttribute("data-n"))); }; menu.addEventListener("pointerover", follow); menu.addEventListener("focusin", follow); // idle demo: steps through the photos while nobody is using the piece and it is on screen const io = new IntersectionObserver((en) => { seen = en[0].isIntersecting; }); io.observe(root); const rm = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches; const cyc = rm ? 0 : window.setInterval(() => { if (!used && seen && isOpen()) show((shown + 1) % 4); }, CYCLE); const t = AUTO_OPEN ? window.setTimeout(() => { if (!used) set(true, false); }, AUTO_OPEN) : 0; return () => { window.clearTimeout(t); window.clearInterval(cyc); io.disconnect(); menu.removeEventListener("pointerover", follow); menu.removeEventListener("focusin", follow); btn.removeEventListener("click", onClick); root.removeEventListener("pointerdown", touch); root.removeEventListener("focusin", touch); root.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey); menu.removeEventListener("click", onPick); }; }, []); return (

The Saltmarsh Rooms

Six rooms by the estuary

A quiet house at the end of the lane.

Breakfast in the kitchen, boots by the door, and the coast path ten minutes from the gate.

Check dates
); } ```