Shadcn Radio Group: Single Choice Selection for React Forms
A shadcn radio group presents a set of mutually exclusive options where exactly one can be selected, the classic control for plans, shipping methods, and settings. This react radio group component keeps native form semantics while Tailwind CSS handles everything visual, from the plain circle to full card-style options.
This page rounds up 15 copy-paste radio group examples for Next.js and TypeScript projects. Beyond the default list you will find horizontal arrangements, options with descriptions, bordered and card-style choices, and colored variants, enough range to cover most checkout and settings screens without custom design work.
What is the Shadcn Radio Group component?
Radio buttons exist for exactly one job: choosing a single option from a small, visible set. Unlike a select, every choice is on screen at once, which makes radio groups the right call for two to six options where users benefit from comparing at a glance, such as pricing tiers or delivery speeds.
The shadcn radio group wraps each item with a label association and group semantics, so clicking a label toggles its radio and screen readers announce the group name and position.
Why use this radio group?
- Correct semantics for free: Group roles, checked states, and label associations are wired up, so assistive technology reads the options the way native radios would be read.
- Roving keyboard focus: Arrow keys move selection through the group with a single tab stop, matching platform conventions users already know.
- Card-style selection: Several examples here style each option as a bordered card with a title and description, ideal for plan pickers and payment methods.
- Controlled or uncontrolled: Use defaultValue for simple forms or drive value from state when the selection changes other parts of the screen.
- Fifteen ready layouts: Vertical, horizontal, described, and card variants mean the exact arrangement you need is usually already built.
Production tips
- Preselect a sensible default: Radio groups generally should not start empty. Selecting the recommended option reduces decisions and avoids a validation error class entirely.
- Cap the option count: Past six or so options, a radio group becomes a wall. Switch to a select or combobox at that point.
- Make whole cards clickable: In card-style variants, the entire card should toggle the radio, not just the small circle. Every card example on this page does this.
- Never use radios for multi-select: If more than one option can apply, that is a checkbox group. Mixing the two patterns confuses users badly.
- Stack on mobile: Horizontal layouts wrap awkwardly on narrow screens. Prefer vertical stacking below your small breakpoint.
Works well with other components
Radio groups live inside forms, so a field wrapper supplies the group label and error message. Their siblings each cover an adjacent case: a checkbox for independent yes-no options, a switch for immediate on-off settings, and a select once the option list grows long. Card-style options often borrow layout ideas from the card component.
Checkout and settings pages in our dashboard blocks use these card radio patterns for plan and payment selection.
Radix UI and Base UI support
Under the styling, these examples target the Radix UI Radio Group and the Base UI Radio primitives. Both provide the roving tabindex, arrow key selection, and form integration the pattern requires, so every variant behaves the same in either stack.
Form submission works like native radios in both cases, with the group value posted under the name you assign, which keeps server actions and traditional form handlers simple.