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Desktop 4: licence activation

Licence activation for a paid desktop app: a trial meter, a key field that cleans up pasted keys, activation that shows why a key failed, the licensed view with deactivate, and a trial-ended mode.

State

The normal view. Pick a state to see what the block shows while it loads, is empty or fails.

Open in v0 (opens in a new tab)

Installation

$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @ballmac/desktop-4

Usage

Example: desktop-4-demo.tsx
import { Desktop4 } from "@/components/ballmac/blocks/desktop-4/desktop-4"

export default function Desktop4Demo() {
  return <Desktop4 feel="macos" seatsNote="One licence works on up to 3 Macs." />
}

States

Pass state and the block does the rest: skeletons that match its layout, a clear empty message, an error you can retry, and announcements for screen readers.

  • Activating

    The field goes read-only and Activate shows a spinner and "Activating…"; announced politely.

    state="submitting"
  • Activated

    Who it is licensed to and on which device, with Done and, when onDeactivate is set, Deactivate.

    state="success" (or pass licence)
  • Key refused

    The reason under the field, announced as an alert and linked to it; errorState.description sets it. Thrown Error messages from onActivate show the same way.

    state="error"

Quality scorecard

8/8

Every applicable check passes

Measured in Chromium 153.0.8010.12 on October 19, 2026, on version 1.0.0, across 6 examples.

How we measure
  • Passed: Accessibility scan

    No serious or critical issues in light and dark, on a phone and a desktop (axe-core 4.13.0, WCAG 2.1 AA and best-practice rules).

  • Passed: Small screens

    No sideways scrolling at 360, 390 or 1280 px wide.

  • Passed: Reduced motion

    Every endless animation stops when the visitor asks for less motion.

  • Passed: Right to left

    Mirrors correctly in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu layouts (10% of elements off the mirror, limit 15%).

  • Passed: Clean console

    No console errors or React hydration errors while loading.

  • Passed: Keyboard

    20 tab stops, each showing a visible change when it takes focus. 3 documented keys.

  • Passed: Loading, empty and error

    Ships submitting, success, error states, each with an example.

  • Passed: Automated tests

    Covered by desktop-4.test.tsx.

  • For information: Footprint

    4.0 KB of source (gzip) in 1 file. Installs lucide-react.

Automated checks find a subset of problems and do not replace testing with a screen reader and a keyboard in your own app. What they miss.

Dependencies

Use with AI

A licence window. <Desktop4 appName trialDaysLeft trialLength buyUrl onActivate={async (key) => { const r = await validate(key); if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.reason); return { licensedTo: r.email, plan: 'Pro' } }} onContinueTrial onDeactivate />. trialDaysLeft={0} switches to the trial-ended mode with Quit instead of Continue. Pass licence to open on the licensed view. With the shadcn MCP server set up (guide), ask your agent:

Add the Ballmac UI Desktop 4: licence activation (@ballmac/desktop-4) to this project with the shadcn MCP, then use it where it fits.

Use it for

  • Activating a paid Tauri or Electron app with a licence key (Dodo Payments, Lemon Squeezy, Keygen, Paddle)
  • The window shown when a trial ends

Not for

  • Web subscriptions with sign-in (use billing-1 or pricing blocks)
  • Entering a one-time code (use verify-1 or input-otp)

Registry JSON: https://ui.ballmac.com/r/desktop-4.json

Free to use in personal and commercial projects.

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