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Sidebar: Loading

SidebarMenuSkeleton fills a menu while it loads. Widths vary per row and match between server and client.

import {
  Sidebar,
  SidebarContent,
  SidebarGroup,
  SidebarGroupContent,
  SidebarGroupLabel,
  SidebarInset,
  SidebarMenu,
  SidebarMenuItem,
  SidebarMenuSkeleton,
  SidebarProvider,
  SidebarTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/sidebar"

export function SidebarSkeleton() {
  return (
    <SidebarProvider className="h-96 min-h-0">
      <Sidebar>
        <SidebarContent>
          <SidebarGroup>
            <SidebarGroupLabel>Projects</SidebarGroupLabel>
            <SidebarGroupContent>
              <SidebarMenu>
                {Array.from({ length: 6 }).map((_, index) => (
                  <SidebarMenuItem key={index}>
                    <SidebarMenuSkeleton showIcon />
                  </SidebarMenuItem>
                ))}
              </SidebarMenu>
            </SidebarGroupContent>
          </SidebarGroup>
        </SidebarContent>
      </Sidebar>
      <SidebarInset>
        <header className="flex h-14 items-center px-4">
          <SidebarTrigger className="-ms-1" />
        </header>
      </SidebarInset>
    </SidebarProvider>
  )
}

Add this example

This adds the example as components/examples/sidebar/skeleton.tsx, together with the Sidebar component and the HextaUI theme tokens it needs.

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/sidebar-skeleton.json

To add only the component, follow the Sidebar installation.

Props in this example

The Sidebar props this example sets, from the API reference.

SidebarMenuSkeleton

PropTypeDefault
showIcon
booleanfalse

Every prop is in the Sidebar API reference.

More Sidebar examples

See them all, with keyboard support and accessibility notes, on the Sidebar page.

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