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Full-Screen Index Menu

A hamburger that morphs into a cross and unrolls a full-bleed terracotta menu with giant staggered links rising through masks.

  • Framer Motion
  • Menu
  • Stagger
  • Mobile

The full prompt

Show the prompt that defines the layout, motion and design language
Build a "Full-Screen Index Menu" React component.

CONCEPT: A mobile-first menu: tapping the burger rolls a terracotta sheet down from the top, and oversized numbered links rise into view one after another.

LAYOUT & CONTENT:
- Header: wordmark left, burger button right (two 1.5px lines).
- Overlay: full container, terracotta #D9534F, cream text; links 'Work', 'Studio', 'Journal', 'Contact' at 2.5rem with mono numbers; footer row with an email and city.

INTERACTIONS & MOTION:
- Burger lines rotate to ±45° and meet in the middle (spring stiffness 400 damping 25).
- Overlay clipPath from inset(0 0 100% 0) to inset(0 0 0% 0) (spring stiffness 180 damping 26).
- Links: each inside overflow-hidden mask, y 100% → 0 with stagger 0.06 after 0.15s; exit reverses quickly.
- Escape closes; focus moves to first link on open.

DESIGN SYSTEM (non-negotiable):
- Palette: paper background #FAF9F6, deep charcoal #121212 for text and 1px borders, ONE warm accent: cobalt #1D4ED8 or terracotta #D9534F. Secondary surface #F2EFE8.
- Typography: Swiss / editorial. A tight grotesk for UI (Instrument Sans, Inter Tight or similar) with negative tracking on display sizes; an italic serif (Instrument Serif) used sparingly for one emphasized word.
- NO dark-mode neon, NO glow, NO glassmorphism, NO backdrop blur, NO purple-to-blue gradients, NO emoji icons. Solid fills, hairline rules, honest shadows (hard offset or none).
- Motion: Framer Motion with spring physics (type: "spring", stiffness 300-500, damping 20-35). Animate transform and opacity only. Respect prefers-reduced-motion via useReducedMotion().
- Icons: lucide-react, 1.5px stroke.
- Accessibility: real <button>/<a>/<label> elements, visible focus ring (2px cobalt, 3px offset), keyboard operable, aria attributes where state changes.

OUTPUT: one self-contained React component file (Tailwind CSS v4 utility classes, framer-motion, lucide-react), no external images, default export, ready to paste into a Next.js App Router page with "use client".

How to use this prompt

  1. 1. CopyUse “Copy Claude Prompt” above. It includes the layout, the spring values and the design rules.
  2. 2. Paste into ClaudeAdd your own brand name, copy and colors at the top of the prompt if you like.
  3. 3. Drop it inYou get one file with React, Tailwind and Framer Motion. Install framer-motion and lucide-react.