Combobox: HextaUI and shadcn/ui

The HextaUI Combobox keeps the shadcn/ui names and theme tokens and installs with the same CLI. This page lists what differs, read from the source of both. The shadcn/ui side is its base-vega registry as of 2026-10-16.

At a glance

MeasureHextaUIshadcn/ui
Exported parts1714
Props the wrapper handles119
Lines of source580328
npm dependencies@base-ui/react@^1.8.0@tabler/icons-reactclass-variance-authoritycn@base-ui/reactcn
Built fromthemebuttoninput-group

More source is not better on its own. Most of the extra lines in HextaUI handle states, motion and edge cases that you would otherwise write yourself.

Parts

Only in HextaUIComboboxComboboxClearComboboxStatus

In bothComboboxValueComboboxTriggerComboboxInputComboboxContentComboboxListComboboxItemComboboxGroupComboboxLabelComboboxCollectionComboboxEmptyComboboxSeparatorComboboxChipsComboboxChipComboboxChipsInput

The HextaUI version

"use client"

import {
  Combobox,
  ComboboxContent,
  ComboboxEmpty,
  ComboboxInput,
  ComboboxItem,
  ComboboxList,
} from "@/components/ui/combobox"
import { Label } from "@/components/ui/label"

const fruits = [
  "Apple",
  "Apricot",
  "Banana",
  "Blackberry",
  "Blueberry",
  "Cherry",
  "Grape",
  "Grapefruit",
  "Kiwi",
  "Lychee",
  "Mango",
  "Orange",
  "Papaya",
  "Peach",
  "Pear",
  "Pineapple",
  "Plum",
  "Raspberry",
  "Strawberry",
  "Watermelon",
]

export function ComboboxDemo() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full max-w-xs flex-col gap-2">
      <Label htmlFor="combobox-demo">Fruit</Label>
      <Combobox items={fruits}>
        <ComboboxInput id="combobox-demo" placeholder="Select a fruit" />
        <ComboboxContent>
          <ComboboxEmpty>No fruit found.</ComboboxEmpty>
          <ComboboxList>
            {(item: string) => (
              <ComboboxItem key={item} value={item}>
                {item}
              </ComboboxItem>
            )}
          </ComboboxList>
        </ComboboxContent>
      </Combobox>
    </div>
  )
}

Every state, the keyboard map and the API reference are on the component page.

12 of its examples also have a page of their own.

Switch one component

Run the add command with --overwrite to replace the shadcn/ui file in @/components/ui, then review the diff in git before you keep it. Imports stay the same, and components you don’t replace keep working.

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/combobox.json --overwrite
  • Every prop in the table above is an addition, so call sites written for shadcn/ui don’t pass it yet.
  • Check any part or variant listed only for shadcn/ui before you switch, and map it to the closest HextaUI one.

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