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Inbox 1: notifications page

A notifications page grouped by day: unread marked by an accent, mentions and comments with excerpts, requests answered inline (Approve, Deny, Accept, Decline), keyboard triage and an Undo bar after archiving.

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/inbox-1

Usage

Example: inbox-1-demo.tsx
"use client"

import { Inbox1 } from "@/components/ballmac/blocks/inbox-1/inbox-1"

export default function Inbox1Demo() {
  return <Inbox1 onSettings={() => {}} onOpen={() => {}} />
}

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.

  • Loading

    Skeleton notifications under the real heading, announced as loading; the filter and Mark all as read are disabled.

    state="loading"
  • All caught up

    A friendly message that changes with the view (all, unread, mentions); emptyState sets the copy.

    state="empty" (or nothing in the chosen view)
  • Could not load

    An alert saying nothing was lost, with Try again (onRetry).

    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 5 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 (12% of elements off the mirror, limit 15%).

  • Passed: Clean console

    No console errors or React hydration errors while loading.

  • Passed: Keyboard

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

  • Passed: Loading, empty and error

    Ships loading, empty, error states, each with an example.

  • Passed: Automated tests

    Covered by inbox-1.test.tsx.

  • For information: Footprint

    6.1 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 notifications page. <Inbox1 items={[{ id, kind: 'mention' | 'comment' | 'approval' | 'invite' | 'system' | 'billing', actor, action, target, preview, day, time, unread, actions: { primary, secondary }, outcome }]} onOpen onMarkRead onArchive onRestore onMarkAllRead onAction onSettings />. Items render as "<b>actor</b> action <b>target</b>"; give a system item only an action. Answering an inline request shows its outcome at once. With the shadcn MCP server set up (guide), ask your agent:

Add the Ballmac UI Inbox 1: notifications page (@ballmac/inbox-1) to this project with the shadcn MCP, then use it where it fits.

Use it for

  • The full page behind a notification bell
  • Mentions, comments and requests that people answer without opening each one

Not for

  • A dropdown from a bell (use notification-center)
  • Email-style threads (use mail-1)
  • Notification preferences (use settings-2)

Registry JSON: https://ui.ballmac.com/r/inbox-1.json

Free to use in personal and commercial projects.

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