Kbd

Used to display textual user input from keyboard.

⌘⇧⌥⌃Ctrl+B

import { Kbd, KbdGroup } from "@/components/ui/kbd"

export function KbdDemo() {
  return (
    <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
      <KbdGroup>
        <Kbd>⌘</Kbd>
        <Kbd>⇧</Kbd>
        <Kbd>⌥</Kbd>
        <Kbd>⌃</Kbd>
      </KbdGroup>
      <KbdGroup>
        <Kbd>Ctrl</Kbd>
        <span>+</span>
        <Kbd>B</Kbd>
      </KbdGroup>
    </div>
  )
}

Installation


pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add kbd

Usage

import { Kbd } from "@/components/ui/kbd"

<Kbd>Ctrl</Kbd>

Examples

Group

Use the KbdGroup component to group keyboard keys together.

Use Ctrl + BCtrl + K to open the command palette

import { Kbd, KbdGroup } from "@/components/ui/kbd"

export function KbdGroupExample() {
  return (
    <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
      <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
        Use{" "}
        <KbdGroup>
          <Kbd>Ctrl + B</Kbd>
          <Kbd>Ctrl + K</Kbd>
        </KbdGroup>{" "}
        to open the command palette
      </p>
    </div>
  )
}

Button

Use the Kbd component inside a Button component to display a keyboard key inside a button.

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Kbd } from "@/components/ui/kbd"

export function KbdButton() {
  return (
    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4">
      <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="pr-2">
        Accept <Kbd>⏎</Kbd>
      </Button>
      <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="pr-2">
        Cancel <Kbd>Esc</Kbd>
      </Button>
    </div>
  )
}

You can use the Kbd component inside a Tooltip component to display a tooltip with a keyboard key.

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { ButtonGroup } from "@/components/ui/button-group"
import { Kbd, KbdGroup } from "@/components/ui/kbd"
import {
  Tooltip,
  TooltipContent,
  TooltipTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/tooltip"

export function KbdTooltip() {
  return (
    <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-4">
      <ButtonGroup>
        <Tooltip>
          <TooltipTrigger asChild>
            <Button size="sm" variant="outline">
              Save
            </Button>
          </TooltipTrigger>
          <TooltipContent>
            <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
              Save Changes <Kbd>S</Kbd>
            </div>
          </TooltipContent>
        </Tooltip>
        <Tooltip>
          <TooltipTrigger asChild>
            <Button size="sm" variant="outline">
              Print
            </Button>
          </TooltipTrigger>
          <TooltipContent>
            <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
              Print Document{" "}
              <KbdGroup>
                <Kbd>Ctrl</Kbd>
                <Kbd>P</Kbd>
              </KbdGroup>
            </div>
          </TooltipContent>
        </Tooltip>
      </ButtonGroup>
    </div>
  )
}

Input Group

You can use the Kbd component inside a InputGroupAddon component to display a keyboard key inside an input group.

⌘K

import { SearchIcon } from "lucide-react"

import {
  InputGroup,
  InputGroupAddon,
  InputGroupInput,
} from "@/components/ui/input-group"
import { Kbd } from "@/components/ui/kbd"

export function KbdInputGroup() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full max-w-xs flex-col gap-6">
      <InputGroup>
        <InputGroupInput placeholder="Search..." />
        <InputGroupAddon>
          <SearchIcon />
        </InputGroupAddon>
        <InputGroupAddon align="inline-end">
          <Kbd>⌘</Kbd>
          <Kbd>K</Kbd>
        </InputGroupAddon>
      </InputGroup>
    </div>
  )
}

API Reference

Kbd

Use the Kbd component to display a keyboard key.

Prop	Type	Default
`className`	`string`	``

<Kbd>Ctrl</Kbd>

KbdGroup

Use the KbdGroup component to group Kbd components together.

Prop	Type	Default
`className`	`string`	``

<KbdGroup>
  <Kbd>Ctrl</Kbd>
  <Kbd>B</Kbd>
</KbdGroup>

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Installation Usage Examples Group Button Tooltip Input Group API Reference Kbd KbdGroup

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