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Wordmark, four links, one action — with an in-flow mobile disclosure rather than a drawer.

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'use client'

import { useState } from 'react'
import Link from 'next/link'
import { Menu, X } from 'lucide-react'
import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
import { BrandMark } from '@/components/library/brand'
import { ButtonLink } from '@/components/ui/button'
import { productLinks } from '@/content/nav-demo'

/**
 * Minimal navbar
 *
 * Wordmark, four links, one action. The mobile treatment is an in-flow
 * disclosure rather than an overlay — for a nav this small, a full drawer with
 * a focus trap is more machinery than the content justifies.
 */
export default function MinimalNavbar() {
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)

  return (
    <div className="w-full border-b border-line bg-surface">
      <div className="mx-auto flex h-14 w-full max-w-6xl items-center gap-4 px-4 sm:px-6">
        <Link href="/" className="flex items-center gap-2 text-ink-strong">
          <BrandMark className="size-5 text-accent" />
          <span className="display-type text-md font-semibold">Foundry</span>
        </Link>

        <nav aria-label="Minimal example" className="ml-auto hidden md:block">
          <ul className="flex items-center gap-1">
            {productLinks.map((link) => (
              <li key={link.href}>
                <Link
                  href={link.href}
                  className="flex h-8 items-center rounded-md px-3 text-sm text-ink-muted transition-colors hover:bg-surface-sunken hover:text-ink"
                >
                  {link.label}
                </Link>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        </nav>

        <ButtonLink
          href="/docs/getting-started"
          size="sm"
          className="ml-auto hidden md:inline-flex md:ml-4"
        >
          Get started
        </ButtonLink>

        <button
          type="button"
          onClick={() => setOpen((value) => !value)}
          aria-expanded={open}
          aria-controls="minimal-nav-panel"
          className="ml-auto flex size-9 items-center justify-center rounded-md text-ink-muted hover:bg-surface-sunken md:hidden"
        >
          {open ? (
            <X className="size-5" aria-hidden="true" />
          ) : (
            <Menu className="size-5" aria-hidden="true" />
          )}
          <span className="sr-only">{open ? 'Close navigation' : 'Open navigation'}</span>
        </button>
      </div>

      <div
        id="minimal-nav-panel"
        hidden={!open}
        className={cn('border-t border-line-subtle md:hidden')}
      >
        <nav aria-label="Minimal example, mobile" className="px-4 py-3">
          <ul className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
            {productLinks.map((link) => (
              <li key={link.href}>
                <Link
                  href={link.href}
                  className="flex min-h-11 items-center rounded-md px-3 text-sm text-ink transition-colors hover:bg-surface-sunken"
                >
                  {link.label}
                </Link>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
          <ButtonLink href="/docs/getting-started" size="sm" block className="mt-3">
            Get started
          </ButtonLink>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

components/blocks/navigation/minimal.tsx

'use client'

import { useState } from 'react'
import Link from 'next/link'
import { Menu, X } from 'lucide-react'
import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
import { BrandMark } from '@/components/library/brand'
import { ButtonLink } from '@/components/ui/button'
import { productLinks } from '@/content/nav-demo'

/**
 * Minimal navbar
 *
 * Wordmark, four links, one action. The mobile treatment is an in-flow
 * disclosure rather than an overlay — for a nav this small, a full drawer with
 * a focus trap is more machinery than the content justifies.
 */
export default function MinimalNavbar() {
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)

  return (
    <div className="w-full border-b border-line bg-surface">
      <div className="mx-auto flex h-14 w-full max-w-6xl items-center gap-4 px-4 sm:px-6">
        <Link href="/" className="flex items-center gap-2 text-ink-strong">
          <BrandMark className="size-5 text-accent" />
          <span className="display-type text-md font-semibold">Foundry</span>
        </Link>

        <nav aria-label="Minimal example" className="ml-auto hidden md:block">
          <ul className="flex items-center gap-1">
            {productLinks.map((link) => (
              <li key={link.href}>
                <Link
                  href={link.href}
                  className="flex h-8 items-center rounded-md px-3 text-sm text-ink-muted transition-colors hover:bg-surface-sunken hover:text-ink"
                >
                  {link.label}
                </Link>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        </nav>

        <ButtonLink
          href="/docs/getting-started"
          size="sm"
          className="ml-auto hidden md:inline-flex md:ml-4"
        >
          Get started
        </ButtonLink>

        <button
          type="button"
          onClick={() => setOpen((value) => !value)}
          aria-expanded={open}
          aria-controls="minimal-nav-panel"
          className="ml-auto flex size-9 items-center justify-center rounded-md text-ink-muted hover:bg-surface-sunken md:hidden"
        >
          {open ? (
            <X className="size-5" aria-hidden="true" />
          ) : (
            <Menu className="size-5" aria-hidden="true" />
          )}
          <span className="sr-only">{open ? 'Close navigation' : 'Open navigation'}</span>
        </button>
      </div>

      <div
        id="minimal-nav-panel"
        hidden={!open}
        className={cn('border-t border-line-subtle md:hidden')}
      >
        <nav aria-label="Minimal example, mobile" className="px-4 py-3">
          <ul className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
            {productLinks.map((link) => (
              <li key={link.href}>
                <Link
                  href={link.href}
                  className="flex min-h-11 items-center rounded-md px-3 text-sm text-ink transition-colors hover:bg-surface-sunken"
                >
                  {link.label}
                </Link>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
          <ButtonLink href="/docs/getting-started" size="sm" block className="mt-3">
            Get started
          </ButtonLink>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

components/ui/button.tsx

import type { ButtonHTMLAttributes, ReactNode } from 'react'
import Link from 'next/link'
import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
import { variants } from '@/lib/variants'
import { Spinner } from './spinner'

/**
 * Button
 *
 * The whole action surface of Foundry in one component. It is intentionally a
 * *shared* component (no `'use client'`): rendered from a Server Component it
 * ships zero JavaScript, and it upgrades to a client island automatically when
 * a Client Component imports it.
 *
 * Height, padding and radius resolve from density and radius tokens, so a
 * button restyles itself when the density or palette axis changes. Focus is
 * handled once, globally, by the `:focus-visible` rule in `globals.css`.
 */
const buttonVariants = variants(
  cn(
    'relative inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2 whitespace-nowrap font-medium',
    'transition-colors duration-150 ease-standard select-none',
    'disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50',
    'aria-disabled:pointer-events-none aria-disabled:opacity-50',
  ),
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        primary: 'bg-accent text-accent-ink hover:bg-accent-hover active:bg-accent-active',
        secondary: 'bg-surface-inverse text-ink-inverse hover:opacity-90 active:opacity-80',
        outline: 'border border-line-strong bg-surface text-ink hover:bg-surface-sunken',
        ghost: 'text-ink hover:bg-surface-sunken active:bg-surface-sunken',
        destructive: 'bg-danger text-white hover:opacity-90 active:opacity-80',
        success: 'bg-success text-white hover:opacity-90 active:opacity-80',
        warning: 'bg-warning text-white hover:opacity-90 active:opacity-80',
        link: 'text-accent underline underline-offset-4 hover:text-accent-hover',
        soft: 'bg-accent-soft text-accent-soft-ink border border-accent-line hover:brightness-[0.97]',
      },
      size: {
        sm: 'h-control-sm px-3 text-xs rounded-md',
        md: 'h-control px-[var(--density-control-padding-x)] text-sm rounded-md',
        lg: 'h-control-lg px-5 text-base rounded-md',
        icon: 'h-control w-control p-0 rounded-md',
        'icon-sm': 'h-control-sm w-control-sm p-0 rounded-sm',
      },
      block: { true: 'w-full', false: '' },
    },
    defaultVariants: { variant: 'primary', size: 'md', block: false },
    compound: [
      { variant: 'link', size: 'sm', class: 'h-auto px-0' },
      { variant: 'link', size: 'md', class: 'h-auto px-0' },
      { variant: 'link', size: 'lg', class: 'h-auto px-0' },
    ],
  },
)

export type ButtonVariant =
  | 'primary'
  | 'secondary'
  | 'outline'
  | 'ghost'
  | 'destructive'
  | 'success'
  | 'warning'
  | 'link'
  | 'soft'

export type ButtonSize = 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'icon' | 'icon-sm'

export interface ButtonProps extends ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement> {
  variant?: ButtonVariant
  size?: ButtonSize
  block?: boolean
  /** Swaps content for a spinner while preserving the button's measured width. */
  loading?: boolean
  /** Announced by assistive tech while `loading` is true. */
  loadingLabel?: string
  leadingIcon?: ReactNode
  trailingIcon?: ReactNode
}

export function Button({
  variant = 'primary',
  size = 'md',
  block = false,
  loading = false,
  loadingLabel = 'Working',
  leadingIcon,
  trailingIcon,
  className,
  children,
  disabled,
  type = 'button',
  ...props
}: ButtonProps) {
  return (
    <button
      type={type}
      className={buttonVariants({ variant, size, block, className })}
      disabled={disabled ?? loading}
      aria-busy={loading || undefined}
      {...props}
    >
      {loading ? (
        <>
          {/* Label stays in the DOM but hidden so the control never collapses
              to spinner width halfway through an interaction. */}
          <span className="invisible flex items-center gap-2" aria-hidden="true">
            {leadingIcon}
            {children}
            {trailingIcon}
          </span>
          <span className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
            <Spinner size="sm" />
            <span className="sr-only">{loadingLabel}</span>
          </span>
        </>
      ) : (
        <>
          {leadingIcon}
          {children}
          {trailingIcon}
        </>
      )}
    </button>
  )
}

export interface ButtonLinkProps {
  href: string
  variant?: ButtonVariant
  size?: ButtonSize
  block?: boolean
  className?: string
  children?: ReactNode
  leadingIcon?: ReactNode
  trailingIcon?: ReactNode
  'aria-label'?: string
  'aria-current'?: 'page' | 'step' | 'true' | undefined
  target?: string
  rel?: string
  prefetch?: boolean
}

/** Anchor styled as a button, for when the action is really navigation. */
export function ButtonLink({
  href,
  variant = 'primary',
  size = 'md',
  block = false,
  className,
  children,
  leadingIcon,
  trailingIcon,
  ...props
}: ButtonLinkProps) {
  return (
    <Link href={href} className={buttonVariants({ variant, size, block, className })} {...props}>
      {leadingIcon}
      {children}
      {trailingIcon}
    </Link>
  )
}

export { buttonVariants }

Demo source — adapt to your project. Foundry is not published as a package.

Usage

The right starting point for a small site. Below `md` the links become an in-flow disclosure: for four links, a full drawer with a focus trap is more machinery than the content justifies.

  • The toggle owns `aria-expanded` and `aria-controls`; the panel is a real element toggled with `hidden`.
  • Keep the action count at one. A minimal navbar with three buttons is not minimal.

Variants and states

Every entry below is a genuine difference in behaviour or layout, and every one of them is visible in the preview above.

  • Desktop row
  • Mobile disclosure
  • Single primary action

Accessibility

Disclosure
The mobile panel is associated with its trigger, and the trigger label changes between "Open" and "Close".
Targets
Mobile links are 44px tall.

Foundry implements published ARIA patterns and is tested against them. No WCAG certification is claimed — see the accessibility documentation for what is and is not covered.