# Collection Switcher block

> Collection Switcher Shop Hero with Tabbed Thumbnail Chips and Full-Bleed Editorial Panels

Storefront hero that switches collections via Tabs. Thumbnail chip triggers with status dot and piece count swap a full-bleed image panel with eyebrow, headline, lede, and dual CTA. shadcn Tabs, Item, Button. Shop landing, lookbook, drop switcher.

- Type: Pro block
- Category: [Shop Hero](https://web.dev.reui.io/blocks/ecommerce/shop-hero.md)
- Page: https://web.dev.reui.io/blocks/ecommerce/shop-hero/shop-hero-7
- MCP: `get_block("shop-hero-7")`
- Built with: Button, Item, Tabs
- Installs with a ReUI Pro or Ultimate license; setup: https://web.dev.reui.io/docs/license-setup

## Best for

A tab strip of 3 numbered thumbnail chips that swaps one wide collection photo, including an upcoming drop with a reminder button

## Agent notes

- `COLLECTIONS` holds the 3 samples; `statusKey` picks each dot color from `STATUS_DOT_CLASS` and the header prints `COLLECTIONS.length` as Live
- The upcoming drop's `primaryCta`, Set A Drop Reminder, is a plain hash link; no reminder form or handler sits behind it
- `Tabs` is uncontrolled through `defaultValue`, so the active collection is not exposed; add a controlled `value` to sync it

## When not to use

- Every collection visible at once as a grid of links, with no tabs to switch: use [Collection Quilt](https://web.dev.reui.io/blocks/ecommerce/shop-hero/shop-hero-8.md) (`get_block("shop-hero-8")`)

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add @reui/shop-hero-7
```

## About Shop Hero blocks

### When to use

- The opening screen of a storefront home page, told through a season, collection or brand story
- A sale or new drop launch that puts the offer, release status and shop links up front
- A first screen that routes shoppers into categories, collections or a few featured products

### When not to use

- The top of a software landing page led by an app console, code card or logo cloud: use the [Hero blocks](https://web.dev.reui.io/blocks/marketing/hero.md)
- A closing band that asks for a signup, an email or a sales call, with nothing to buy: use the [CTA blocks](https://web.dev.reui.io/blocks/marketing/cta.md)
- One offer built around a promo code the shopper copies before checkout: use the [Coupon blocks](https://web.dev.reui.io/blocks/ecommerce/coupon.md)

### Agent notes

- `Hero` takes no props, so its copy, links and photos are hardcoded in components/hero.tsx; lift them into props to reuse it
- Every `href` is a hash placeholder and every photo hotlinks images.unsplash.com; point them at your own routes and hosted images
- The only h1 is a sr-only one in each page.tsx, inside a `min-h-svh` main; `Hero` starts at h2, so give your page its own h1

Every ReUI item has a twin like this one; the index is https://web.dev.reui.io/llms.txt. Agents with the ReUI MCP (https://web.dev.reui.io/docs/mcp) get the same guidance from the getters named above.