CategoryPicker
- Status
- Implemented
- Family
- 5 of 13
- Registry
- @lopifi/category-picker
npx shadcn@latest add @lopifi/theme @lopifi/category-pickerThe component, rendering
Real data, the shipped component. Switch the theme to check the claims the spec makes below.
The four-layer spec
Hierarchical, searchable, keyboard-first. Recents pinned. Inline "create a rule from this" — categorizing one transaction and offering to categorize the other 40 like it is the highest-leverage interaction in bookkeeping software. Rule preview shows the match count before applying.
Lifted verbatim from Ledger & tables. The doc and this page are the same paragraphs, so they cannot disagree.
What lands in your repository
One component is never one file. Everything below is copied into your project, where you own it.
- Files
components/ledger/category-picker.tsx
- Lopifi dependencies · 3
- buttoncnicons
- npm packages
- @base-ui-components/reactclass-variance-authorityclsxtailwind-merge
- Registry entry
- /r/category-picker.json
The whole component
No compiled bundle, no black box. This is the file the registry copies, and the file you will edit.
"use client";
import { Popover } from "@base-ui-components/react/popover";
import * as React from "react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/ledger/cn";
import { Button } from "@/components/ledger/button";
import { ChevronDownIcon, MagnifyingGlassIcon, SparklesIcon } from "@/components/ledger/icons";
export type CategoryNode = {
id: string;
label: string;
children?: CategoryNode[];
};
export interface CategoryPickerProps {
className?: string;
/** The preview count is shown before the rule is applied, never after. */
onCreateRule?: (categoryId: string) => { matchCount: number; description: string };
onValueChange: (id: string) => void;
recents?: string[];
tree: CategoryNode[];
value: string | null;
}
/**
* Categorizing one transaction and offering to categorize the other 40 like
* it is the highest-leverage interaction in bookkeeping software. The rule
* preview shows the match count *before* applying.
*/
export function CategoryPicker({
tree,
value,
onValueChange,
recents = [],
onCreateRule,
className,
}: CategoryPickerProps) {
const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
const [query, setQuery] = React.useState("");
const [rulePreview, setRulePreview] = React.useState<{
matchCount: number;
description: string;
} | null>(null);
const flat = React.useMemo(() => flatten(tree), [tree]);
const selected = flat.find((n) => n.id === value);
const filtered = query ? flat.filter((n) => n.label.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase())) : flat;
return (
<Popover.Root onOpenChange={setOpen} open={open}>
<Popover.Trigger
aria-label={selected ? `Category: ${selected.label}` : "Choose a category"}
className={cn(
"inline-flex h-8 items-center gap-2 rounded-sm border border-border bg-surface px-3",
"text-label transition-colors duration-1 ease-standard hover:bg-surface-hover",
className,
)}
>
{selected?.label ?? "Uncategorized"}
<ChevronDownIcon aria-hidden="true" className="size-3.5 text-text-tertiary" />
</Popover.Trigger>
<Popover.Portal>
<Popover.Positioner align="start" className="z-dropdown" sideOffset={8}>
<Popover.Popup
className="w-[320px] overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-border bg-surface-raised shadow-elevation-3"
style={{ transformOrigin: "var(--transform-origin)" }}
>
<div className="flex items-center gap-2 border-b border-border-subtle px-3">
<MagnifyingGlassIcon aria-hidden="true" className="size-4 text-text-tertiary" />
<input
aria-label="Search categories"
autoFocus
className="h-10 flex-1 bg-transparent text-body outline-none"
onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
placeholder="Search categories"
value={query}
/>
</div>
<div className="max-h-[280px] overflow-y-auto py-1 scrollbar-thin">
{!query && recents.length > 0 ? (
<>
<p className="px-3 py-1 text-caption text-text-tertiary">Recent</p>
{recents.map((id) => {
const node = flat.find((n) => n.id === id);
if (!node) return null;
return (
<Option
key={`r-${id}`}
node={node}
onSelect={() => {
onValueChange(id);
setRulePreview(onCreateRule?.(id) ?? null);
}}
selected={id === value}
/>
);
})}
</>
) : null}
{filtered.map((n) => (
<Option
key={n.id}
node={n}
onSelect={() => {
onValueChange(n.id);
setRulePreview(onCreateRule?.(n.id) ?? null);
}}
selected={n.id === value}
/>
))}
</div>
{rulePreview ? (
<div className="ledger-crossfade border-t border-border-subtle bg-accent-subtle p-3">
<p className="flex items-start gap-2 text-caption text-text-primary">
<SparklesIcon aria-hidden="true" className="mt-0.5 size-3.5 shrink-0 text-accent" />
{rulePreview.description} — this would recategorize{" "}
<span className="numeric font-medium">{rulePreview.matchCount}</span> other transactions.
</p>
<div className="mt-2 flex gap-2">
<Button onClick={() => setRulePreview(null)} size="sm" variant="primary">
Create the rule
</Button>
<Button onClick={() => setRulePreview(null)} size="sm" variant="ghost">
Just this one
</Button>
</div>
</div>
) : null}
</Popover.Popup>
</Popover.Positioner>
</Popover.Portal>
</Popover.Root>
);
}
type FlatNode = CategoryNode & { depth: number };
function flatten(nodes: CategoryNode[], depth = 0): FlatNode[] {
return nodes.flatMap((n) => [{ ...n, depth }, ...(n.children ? flatten(n.children, depth + 1) : [])]);
}
function Option({ node, selected, onSelect }: { node: FlatNode; selected: boolean; onSelect: () => void }) {
return (
<button
className={cn(
"block w-full px-3 py-2 text-left text-body",
"transition-colors duration-1 ease-standard hover:bg-surface-hover",
selected && "bg-surface-selected",
node.children && node.depth === 0 && "font-medium",
)}
onClick={onSelect}
style={{ paddingLeft: 12 + node.depth * 16 }}
type="button"
>
{node.label}
</button>
);
}
The accounting it encodes
Concepts this component renders. Each one is defined once, in the lexicon, and used identically in the code and the copy.
Also in Ledger & tables
- TransactionTableThe workhorse. Virtualized, sticky, priority-collapsing.
- TransactionRowDesktop row.Spec
- TransactionCardThe mobile re-rank.
- TransactionDetailFull detail sheet with attachments and audit trail.
- LedgerTableDouble-entry with debit/credit columns and a balance check.
- AgingTableAR/AP buckets, 0-30-60-90+.
- ReconciliationViewTwo-pane matcher. The match animation.
- FilterBarURL-param-backed filters with resolved-value chips.
- BulkActionBarSelection count + actions, safe-area aware.
- ColumnManagerShow/hide/reorder with drag.
- GroupPickerOne cut through a table, with subtotals per group.
- ExportMenuCSV/XLSX/PDF with a stated scope.
- TableColumnsSort and resize for a table that renders on the server.
- ColumnHeaderThe sortable, draggable header cell.
- PeriodGridThe ruled grid. Frozen panes, hidden columns, hover change, ⌘C.
See also
A component is specified in one place, defined in another, and running in a third. All three, from here.
- Ledger & tables — the family specThe four-layer specification this component was built against, before it was written.Doc
- Ledger tables and transaction registersThe family running, with real figures in it, in both themes and at every density.Live
- CatalogAll 179 components, specified before they are written.Doc
- TransactionA business event — a payment, a sale, a purchaseTerm
Elsewhere in the system
Where CategoryPicker sits in the rest of the system — the live section it renders in, the calculators that compute what it displays, and the ledger payloads it is fed from.
- CategoryPicker, runningThe payments showcase — live, with theme, density, greyscale and reduced-motion switches.Live
- Items, products and servicesIs an item optional, required, or a subsystem?API
- Ledger & tablesThe table is the product. It gets the same design investment as the hero card. Specs for 15 React components: TransactionTable, TransactionRow, TransactionCard, TransactionDetail and 11 more.Doc
Components are copied into your repository and meant to be edited — rounding policy, fiscal calendar and compliance copy differ per company.
Told when Ledger & tables changes
Components are copied into your repo, so a fix here does not reach you on its own. One email when a component in this family changes in a way that needs a migration — and nothing when it does not.