Guides
Guides
Practical, task-oriented guides for installing and building with Sextant chart widgets and the shadcn CLI.
- How to use a third-party shadcn registryInstall components from a custom shadcn registry: the zero-config URL form, registering a @namespace in components.json, authenticated paid registries, and fixing 'Unknown registry'. · 4 min read
- Real-life dashboard scenarios (and the widgets that solve them)Four situations dashboard builders actually hit — board updates, churn investigation, fundraising data rooms, on-call ops — mapped to the exact Sextant chart widgets and install commands. · 6 min read
- Chart drill-downs without leaving the chartModal drill-downs hide the chart you clicked. Floating panels let you drag a bar out into a draggable, resizable panel beside the plot — tables, charts, notes, even live what-ifs — across every bar and waterfall widget. · 5 min read