Guided Setup Wizard
A choice-driven wizard with a persistent side rail, real radio groups in a fieldset so arrow keys work, and visited steps navigable while steps ahead stay out of the tab order.
The get-started card that ships with its first item already ticked, a native <progress> element rather than a div bar, and a dismiss control that appears only once there is nothing left to abandon.
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Five short steps and your workspace is ready to use.
Create your account
Done — welcome aboard.
Rendered live in your current theme — this is the same component whose source is below, not a screenshot of it.
'use client'
/**
* <OnboardingChecklist> — the "get set up" card that follows a new account.
*
* The thing that makes a checklist work is that the first item is already
* ticked. An empty list of six tasks is a bill; a list with one done and a
* bar showing 1/6 is progress you did not have to earn, and completion
* rates follow from it. So `steps[0]` ships complete by default here, and
* it is a real step ("Create your account") rather than a fake one.
*
* Details worth keeping:
*
* - It is a `<ul>` of real `<button>`s, not divs with click handlers, so
* every row is keyboard-reachable and announces as an action.
* - Progress is a native `<progress>` element with a visible label. A
* div-with-a-width bar is invisible to assistive tech, and `<progress>`
* reports its value without any ARIA.
* - Completed rows keep their text legible rather than dropping to 40%
* opacity. Struck-through grey is the usual choice and it makes the
* record of what you did unreadable.
* - The dismiss control appears only once every step is done. Offering
* "hide this" on an incomplete checklist is an invitation to abandon it.
*
* `onToggle` reports the step id and its new state; wire it to your own
* persistence. Local state is the default so the preview is interactive.
*/
import * as React from 'react'
import { ArrowRight, Check, X } from 'lucide-react'
export interface ChecklistStep {
id: string
label: string
description: string
/** Where the step is actually completed. */
href?: string
/** Rough time to finish — sets expectations before the click. */
minutes?: number
}
export interface OnboardingChecklistProps {
heading?: string
subheading?: string
steps?: ChecklistStep[]
/** Ids that start complete. Defaults to the first step. */
initialComplete?: string[]
completeMessage?: string
onToggle?: (id: string, complete: boolean) => void
onDismiss?: () => void
className?: string
}
const DEFAULT_STEPS: ChecklistStep[] = [
{
id: 'account',
label: 'Create your account',
description: 'Done — welcome aboard.',
minutes: 1,
},
{
id: 'project',
label: 'Create your first project',
description: 'A project holds your environments, keys and deployments.',
href: '#',
minutes: 2,
},
{
id: 'install',
label: 'Install the CLI',
description: 'One command, and your terminal can deploy.',
href: '#',
minutes: 3,
},
{
id: 'invite',
label: 'Invite a teammate',
description: 'Projects are more useful with someone to share them with.',
href: '#',
minutes: 1,
},
{
id: 'domain',
label: 'Connect a domain',
description: 'Point a hostname at your first deployment.',
href: '#',
minutes: 5,
},
]
export function OnboardingChecklist({
heading = 'Finish setting up',
subheading = 'Five short steps and your workspace is ready to use.',
steps = DEFAULT_STEPS,
initialComplete,
completeMessage = 'All set. Nice work.',
onToggle,
onDismiss,
className = '',
}: OnboardingChecklistProps) {
// Per-instance ids. A literal id in a reusable component is a
// collision waiting for the second copy on the page — and a <label>
// then resolves to whichever input rendered first.
const uid = React.useId()
const [complete, setComplete] = React.useState<Set<string>>(
() => new Set(initialComplete ?? (steps[0] ? [steps[0].id] : [])),
)
const [dismissed, setDismissed] = React.useState(false)
const done = steps.filter((s) => complete.has(s.id)).length
const allDone = done === steps.length
function toggle(id: string) {
setComplete((prev) => {
const next = new Set(prev)
const nowComplete = !next.has(id)
if (nowComplete) next.add(id)
else next.delete(id)
onToggle?.(id, nowComplete)
return next
})
}
function dismiss() {
setDismissed(true)
onDismiss?.()
}
if (dismissed) return null
return (
<section
className={`mx-auto w-full max-w-2xl rounded-2xl border border-border/60 bg-card/40 p-6 ${className}`}
>
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div className="min-w-0">
<h2 className="text-lg font-bold tracking-tight">
{allDone ? completeMessage : heading}
</h2>
{!allDone ? (
<p className="mt-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{subheading}</p>
) : null}
</div>
{/* Only offered once there is nothing left to abandon. */}
{allDone ? (
<button
type="button"
onClick={dismiss}
aria-label="Dismiss checklist"
className="flex h-8 w-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
>
<X aria-hidden className="h-4 w-4" />
</button>
) : null}
</div>
{/* Native <progress>: reports its value to assistive tech for free. */}
<div className="mt-5">
<div className="flex items-center justify-between text-xs font-medium">
<label htmlFor={`${uid}-onboarding-progress`} className="text-muted-foreground">
Setup progress
</label>
<span>
{done} of {steps.length}
</span>
</div>
<progress
id={`${uid}-onboarding-progress`}
value={done}
max={steps.length}
className="mt-2 h-2 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-full [&::-moz-progress-bar]:bg-primary [&::-webkit-progress-bar]:rounded-full [&::-webkit-progress-bar]:bg-muted [&::-webkit-progress-value]:rounded-full [&::-webkit-progress-value]:bg-primary"
/>
</div>
<ul className="mt-6 space-y-2">
{steps.map((step) => {
const isDone = complete.has(step.id)
return (
<li key={step.id}>
<div className="flex items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-background/60 p-3 transition-colors hover:border-border">
<button
type="button"
onClick={() => toggle(step.id)}
aria-pressed={isDone}
className={`mt-0.5 flex h-6 w-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring ${
isDone
? 'border-primary bg-primary text-primary-foreground'
: 'border-border hover:border-primary'
}`}
>
{isDone ? <Check aria-hidden className="h-3 w-3" /> : null}
<span className="sr-only">
{isDone ? `Mark ${step.label} incomplete` : `Mark ${step.label} complete`}
</span>
</button>
<div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
{/* Completed rows stay readable — no strike-through, no
40% opacity. The list is also a record of what you did. */}
<p className={`break-words text-sm font-semibold ${isDone ? 'text-muted-foreground' : ''}`}>
{step.label}
</p>
<p className="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{step.description}</p>
</div>
{!isDone && step.href ? (
<a
href={step.href}
className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-primary transition-colors hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
>
Start
<ArrowRight aria-hidden className="h-3 w-3 rtl:rotate-180" />
</a>
) : null}
{!isDone && step.minutes ? (
<span className="shrink-0 self-center text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
{step.minutes} min
</span>
) : null}
</div>
</li>
)
})}
</ul>
</section>
)
}
bg-card, text-muted-foreground) — it inherits your theme instead of overriding it.Drop it at components/onboarding-checklist.tsx and import it where you need the section:
import { OnboardingChecklist } from '@/components/onboarding-checklist'3 of this block’s props are simple enough to drive from here. Change them and the block below re-renders — it is the same component whose source is above, not a mock of it. Everything else it accepts is in the table underneath.
Read out of the component’s own type and signature, so this cannot drift from the source below. Every prop has a default — the component renders standalone before you pass it anything.
| Prop | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
heading | string | 'Finish setting up' |
subheading | string | 'Five short steps and your workspace is ready… |
steps | ChecklistStep[] | DEFAULT_STEPS |
initialCompleteIds that start complete. Defaults to the first step. | string[] | — |
completeMessage | string | 'All set. Nice work.' |
onToggle | (id: string, complete: boolean) => void | — |
onDismiss | () => void | — |
className | string | '' |
The same block rendered once to markup, wrapped as a file your framework compiles. Tailwind classes are framework-agnostic, so the design transfers intact — the behaviour does not.
This block is interactive. The markup below is its initial state with the event handlers stripped — you will need to re-wire the behaviour in your framework.
<!--
Setup Checklist with Progress — markup from the Hoverlab catalog.
This is the block rendered once to HTML and wrapped as a component
file. It is not a port of the React source: the Tailwind classes carry
the design, which is the part that took the work, and they are the same
in every framework.
This block is interactive in React and the handlers are NOT here.
Buttons, toggles and menus render in their initial state and do
nothing until you wire them up.
-->
<section class="mx-auto w-full max-w-2xl rounded-2xl border border-border/60 bg-card/40 p-6 ">
<div class="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div class="min-w-0">
<h2 class="text-lg font-bold tracking-tight">Finish setting up</h2>
<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground">Five short steps and your workspace is ready to use.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mt-5">
<div class="flex items-center justify-between text-xs font-medium">
<label for="_R_0_-onboarding-progress" class="text-muted-foreground">Setup progress</label>
<span>1 of 5</span>
</div>
<progress id="_R_0_-onboarding-progress" value="1" max="5" class="mt-2 h-2 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-full [&amp;::-moz-progress-bar]:bg-primary [&amp;::-webkit-progress-bar]:rounded-full [&amp;::-webkit-progress-bar]:bg-muted [&amp;::-webkit-progress-value]:rounded-full [&amp;::-webkit-progress-value]:bg-primary"></progress>
</div>
<ul class="mt-6 space-y-2">
<li>
<div class="flex items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-background/60 p-3 transition-colors hover:border-border">
<button type="button" aria-pressed="true" class="mt-0.5 flex h-6 w-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring border-primary bg-primary text-primary-foreground">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-check h-3 w-3" aria-hidden="true">
<path d="M20 6 9 17l-5-5"></path>
</svg>
<span class="sr-only">Mark Create your account incomplete</span>
</button>
<div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
<p class="break-words text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Create your account</p>
<p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Done — welcome aboard.</p>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="flex items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-background/60 p-3 transition-colors hover:border-border">
<button type="button" aria-pressed="false" class="mt-0.5 flex h-6 w-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring border-border hover:border-primary">
<span class="sr-only">Mark Create your first project complete</span>
</button>
<div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
<p class="break-words text-sm font-semibold ">Create your first project</p>
<p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">A project holds your environments, keys and deployments.</p>
</div>
<a href="#" class="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-primary transition-colors hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring">Start<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-right h-3 w-3 rtl:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M5 12h14"></path><path d="m12 5 7 7-7 7"></path></svg></a>
<span class="shrink-0 self-center text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">2 min</span>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="flex items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-background/60 p-3 transition-colors hover:border-border">
<button type="button" aria-pressed="false" class="mt-0.5 flex h-6 w-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring border-border hover:border-primary">
<span class="sr-only">Mark Install the CLI complete</span>
</button>
<div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
<p class="break-words text-sm font-semibold ">Install the CLI</p>
<p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">One command, and your terminal can deploy.</p>
</div>
<a href="#" class="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-primary transition-colors hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring">Start<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-right h-3 w-3 rtl:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M5 12h14"></path><path d="m12 5 7 7-7 7"></path></svg></a>
<span class="shrink-0 self-center text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">3 min</span>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="flex items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-background/60 p-3 transition-colors hover:border-border">
<button type="button" aria-pressed="false" class="mt-0.5 flex h-6 w-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring border-border hover:border-primary">
<span class="sr-only">Mark Invite a teammate complete</span>
</button>
<div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
<p class="break-words text-sm font-semibold ">Invite a teammate</p>
<p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Projects are more useful with someone to share them with.</p>
</div>
<a href="#" class="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-primary transition-colors hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring">Start<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-right h-3 w-3 rtl:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M5 12h14"></path><path d="m12 5 7 7-7 7"></path></svg></a>
<span class="shrink-0 self-center text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">1 min</span>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="flex items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-background/60 p-3 transition-colors hover:border-border">
<button type="button" aria-pressed="false" class="mt-0.5 flex h-6 w-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring border-border hover:border-primary">
<span class="sr-only">Mark Connect a domain complete</span>
</button>
<div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
<p class="break-words text-sm font-semibold ">Connect a domain</p>
<p class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Point a hostname at your first deployment.</p>
</div>
<a href="#" class="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-primary transition-colors hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring">Start<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-right h-3 w-3 rtl:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M5 12h14"></path><path d="m12 5 7 7-7 7"></path></svg></a>
<span class="shrink-0 self-center text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">5 min</span>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
What each framework gets across the whole catalog — effects convert properly; this rung is markup.
The component, its props, the design tokens it expects and the command that installs it — as one prompt. Paste it into Claude, Cursor, v0 or ChatGPT and what they build around it will match the rest of the catalog instead of inventing its own system.
Want the whole screen instead of this one section? Open a page and copy it entire.
All of them free to read, copy and install — no account, no locked tiles, no watermarked preview. The whole catalog is open, and so are the API and the CLI.
Browse OnboardingCopying the code is free. Putting it in client work or a paid product is what Pro is for — the licence, not the access.
A choice-driven wizard with a persistent side rail, real radio groups in a fieldset so arrow keys work, and visited steps navigable while steps ahead stay out of the tab order.
The onboarding step where a product becomes multiplayer: pasted addresses split into chips, typos marked rather than dropped, and an honest way to skip.
A tour step anchored to the control it explains, with a spotlight cut by one spread shadow, a visible step count and focus that follows the step.
The "what best describes you" step, asked honestly — every option states what it actually changes, the skip is visible and names what you get instead, and the choice is reversible.
The empty product’s real first question. Sample data is offered with equal weight rather than as grey small print, every connector names its scope before the redirect, and each option carries the honest duration.
The first screen after signup, asking only the two things that cannot be changed silently later.
What a migration actually moves and what it cannot, stated before the switch rather than discovered after it.