Command: HextaUI and shadcn/ui

The HextaUI Command 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

Measure	HextaUI	shadcn/ui
Exported parts	12	9
Props the wrapper handles	33	3
Lines of source	1179	210
npm dependencies	`@base-ui/react@^1.8.0@tabler/icons-reactcmdk@^1.1.1cn`	`cmdkcn`
Built from	`buttonhotkeymotionspinnertheme`	`dialoginput-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 HextaUICommandPageCommandLoadingCommandFooter

In bothCommandCommandInputCommandListCommandEmptyCommandGroupCommandSeparatorCommandItemCommandShortcutCommandDialog

Props HextaUI adds

Props the HextaUI wrapper handles itself that the shadcn/ui wrapper does not. Props passed straight through to Base UI or the underlying library are left out, because both versions accept them.

Prop	What it does
`formatResults`Command	Text announced to screen readers after typing.
`highlight`Command	Highlights the matched letters in each item and dims the rest.
`rootTitle`Command	Announced when you leave the last page and return to the root.
`clearLabel`CommandInput	Accessible name of the clear button.
`backLabel`CommandInput	Accessible name of the page chip.
`minDuration`CommandLoading	Minimum milliseconds the spinner stays once shown.
`shortcut`CommandItem	A hotkey like "mod+shift+c". Shown on the item and runs it while focus is in the menu.
`page`CommandItem	Opens the CommandPage with this id instead of running.
`pageTitle`CommandItem	Title shown in the page chip. Defaults to the value.
`confirm`CommandItem	Blink the item briefly before running it, so the choice registers.
`hotkey`CommandShortcut	Formats a hotkey like "mod+k" for the current platform. Children override it.
`preserveSearch`CommandDialog	Keep the dialog mounted so the query, page and selection survive closing. The query is selected when it reopens.

The HextaUI version

Command menu

import {
  IconCalculator,
  IconCalendar,
  IconCreditCard,
  IconMoodSmile,
  IconSettings,
  IconUser,
} from "@tabler/icons-react"

import {
  Command,
  CommandEmpty,
  CommandGroup,
  CommandInput,
  CommandItem,
  CommandList,
  CommandSeparator,
} from "@/components/ui/command"

export function CommandDemo() {
  return (
    <Command highlight className="w-full max-w-sm">
      <CommandInput placeholder="Type a command or search…" />
      <CommandList>
        <CommandEmpty>No results found.</CommandEmpty>
        <CommandGroup heading="Suggestions">
          <CommandItem>
            <IconCalendar />
            Calendar
          </CommandItem>
          <CommandItem>
            <IconMoodSmile />
            Search Emoji
          </CommandItem>
          <CommandItem disabled>
            <IconCalculator />
            Calculator
          </CommandItem>
        </CommandGroup>
        <CommandSeparator />
        <CommandGroup heading="Settings">
          <CommandItem shortcut="mod+p">
            <IconUser />
            Profile
          </CommandItem>
          <CommandItem shortcut="mod+b">
            <IconCreditCard />
            Billing
          </CommandItem>
          <CommandItem shortcut="mod+,">
            <IconSettings />
            Settings
          </CommandItem>
        </CommandGroup>
      </CommandList>
    </Command>
  )
}

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

7 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/command.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.