diff --git a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/MenuGraphics/MenuGraphics.tsx b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/MenuGraphics/MenuGraphics.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..505b4b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/MenuGraphics/MenuGraphics.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import styled from 'styled-components'
+import { Icon } from '@tesseract-design/react-common'
+
+const Image = styled('img')({
+  display: 'block',
+  maxWidth: '100%',
+  maxHeight: '100%',
+})
+
+export type MenuGraphicsKind = 'icon' | 'image'
+
+export const propTypes = {
+  kind: PropTypes.oneOf<MenuGraphicsKind>(['icon', 'image']).isRequired,
+  alt: PropTypes.string,
+  id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+}
+
+type Props = PropTypes.InferProps<typeof propTypes>
+
+const MenuGraphics: React.FC<Props> = ({
+  kind,
+  alt,
+  id,
+}) => {
+  switch (kind) {
+    case 'icon':
+      return (
+        <Icon
+          name={id}
+        />
+      )
+    case 'image':
+      return (
+        <Image
+          src={id}
+          alt={alt}
+        />
+      )
+    default:
+      break
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+MenuGraphics.propTypes = propTypes
+
+export default MenuGraphics
diff --git a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Nav.tsx b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Nav.tsx
index db5e171..dc18ba9 100644
--- a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Nav.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Nav.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
+import NavLink from './NavLink/NavLink'
 
 const StyledLink = styled('a')({
   display: 'block',
@@ -11,8 +12,9 @@ const Container = styled('span')({
   display: 'flex',
   alignItems: 'center',
   padding: '0 1rem',
-  height: '2rem',
+  height: '100%',
   margin: '0 0 0 auto',
+  boxSizing: 'border-box',
   '@media (min-width: 720px)': {
     maxWidth: 360,
   },
@@ -66,11 +68,10 @@ const Nav = ({
         href={value}
         passHref
       >
-        <StyledLink>
-          <Container>
-            {key}
-          </Container>
-        </StyledLink>
+        <NavLink
+          title={key}
+          enclosingComponent={Container}
+        />
       </Link>
     )
   }
@@ -79,11 +80,10 @@ const Nav = ({
       href={data}
       passHref
     >
-      <StyledLink>
-        <Container>
-          {data}
-        </Container>
-      </StyledLink>
+      <NavLink
+        title={data}
+        enclosingComponent={Container}
+      />
     </Link>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/NavLink/NavLink.tsx b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/NavLink/NavLink.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2765106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/NavLink/NavLink.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import styled from 'styled-components'
+import { Icon } from '@tesseract-design/react-common'
+import MenuGraphics, { propTypes as menuGraphicsPropTypes } from '../MenuGraphics/MenuGraphics'
+
+const Link = styled('a')({
+  display: 'block',
+  height: 'var(--size-link, 4rem)',
+  textDecoration: 'none',
+  position: 'relative',
+  '::before': {
+    display: 'block',
+    content: "''",
+    position: 'absolute',
+    top: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    width: '100%',
+    height: '100%',
+    backgroundColor: 'currentColor',
+    opacity: 0,
+    zIndex: -1,
+  },
+  '::after': {
+    display: 'block',
+    content: "''",
+    position: 'absolute',
+    top: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    width: '0.25rem',
+    height: '100%',
+    backgroundColor: 'currentColor',
+    opacity: 0,
+    zIndex: -1,
+  },
+  ':hover::before': {
+    opacity: 0.25,
+  },
+  ':hover::after': {
+    opacity: 0.5,
+  },
+})
+
+const LinkText = styled('span')({
+  alignSelf: 'center',
+  display: 'block',
+  lineHeight: 1.25,
+  gridColumnStart: 2,
+  ':first-child': {
+    gridColumnStart: 1,
+  },
+  ':last-child': {
+    gridColumnEnd: 4,
+  },
+})
+
+const LinkTitle = styled('strong')({
+  display: 'block',
+})
+
+const LinkSubtitle = styled('span')({
+  display: 'block',
+})
+
+const IndicatorContainer = styled('span')({
+  alignSelf: 'center',
+  lineHeight: 0,
+})
+
+const MenuGraphicsContainer = styled('span')({
+  display: 'block',
+  padding: '0.5rem',
+  lineHeight: 0,
+})
+
+export const basePropTypes = {
+  as: PropTypes.string,
+  href: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  title: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  subtitle: PropTypes.string,
+  graphics: PropTypes.shape(menuGraphicsPropTypes),
+  indicator: PropTypes.string,
+}
+
+const propTypes = {
+  ...basePropTypes,
+  enclosingComponent: PropTypes.elementType,
+  as: PropTypes.elementType,
+}
+
+type Props = PropTypes.InferProps<typeof propTypes>
+
+const NavLink = React.forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, Props>((
+  {
+    enclosingComponent: EnclosingComponent = React.Fragment,
+    href,
+    title,
+    graphics,
+    subtitle,
+    indicator,
+    onClick,
+  },
+  ref
+) => (
+  <Link
+    ref={ref}
+    href={href}
+    onClick={onClick}
+  >
+    <EnclosingComponent>
+      {
+        graphics as object
+        && (
+          <MenuGraphicsContainer>
+            <MenuGraphics
+              {...graphics}
+            />
+          </MenuGraphicsContainer>
+        )
+      }
+      <LinkText>
+        <LinkTitle>
+          {title}
+        </LinkTitle>
+        {
+          subtitle as string
+          && (
+            <LinkSubtitle>
+              {subtitle}
+            </LinkSubtitle>
+          )
+        }
+      </LinkText>
+      {
+        indicator as string
+        && (
+          <IndicatorContainer>
+            <Icon
+              name={indicator}
+            />
+          </IndicatorContainer>
+        )
+      }
+    </EnclosingComponent>
+  </Link>
+))
+
+NavLink.propTypes = propTypes
+
+export default NavLink
diff --git a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Playground.tsx b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Playground.tsx
index 5a0e6f6..c970ccf 100644
--- a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Playground.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Playground.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   LiveEditor,
   LivePreview
 } from 'react-live'
+import pascalCase from 'pascal-case'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 
 const Figure = styled('figure')({
@@ -23,24 +24,24 @@ const Playground = ({
     .join('\n')
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <Figure>
-        {
-          label
-          && (
-            <figcaption>
-              {label}
-            </figcaption>
-          )
-        }
-        <div>
-          <LiveProvider code={normalizedCode} scope={components}>
-            <LivePreview />
-            <LiveEditor />
-          </LiveProvider>
-        </div>
-      </Figure>
-    </div>
+    <Figure>
+      {
+        label
+        && (
+          <figcaption>
+            {label}
+          </figcaption>
+        )
+      }
+      <div>
+        <LiveProvider code={normalizedCode} scope={{
+          ...components,
+        }}>
+          <LivePreview />
+          <LiveEditor />
+        </LiveProvider>
+      </div>
+    </Figure>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index a59d7be..013f70c 100644
--- a/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-common-docs/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import styled from 'styled-components'
 import Nav from './Nav'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import * as React from 'react'
-import { Checkbox } from '@tesseract-design/react-common'
 
 const StyledLink = styled('a')({
   display: 'block',
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ const Container = styled('span')({
   padding: '0 1rem',
   height: '2rem',
   margin: '0 0 0 auto',
+  boxSizing: 'border-box',
   '@media (min-width: 720px)': {
     maxWidth: 360,
   },
@@ -41,13 +41,17 @@ const Base = styled('aside')({
   },
 })
 
+const NavWrapper = styled('nav')({
+  '--size-link': '3rem',
+})
+
 const Sidebar = ({
   data,
   brand: Brand,
 }) => {
   const [dark, setDark] = React.useState(false)
 
-  const toggleDarkMode = b => () => {
+  const toggleDarkMode = (b: boolean) => () => {
     setDark(b)
   }
 
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ const Sidebar = ({
           onChange={toggleDarkMode(!dark)}
         />
       </Container>
-      <nav>
+      <NavWrapper>
         <Link
           href="/"
           passHref
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ const Sidebar = ({
         <Nav
           data={data.nav}
         />
-      </nav>
+      </NavWrapper>
     </Base>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-common-docs/src/pages/components/TextInput.mdx b/packages/react-common-docs/src/pages/components/TextInput.mdx
index 86887eb..be4ff72 100644
--- a/packages/react-common-docs/src/pages/components/TextInput.mdx
+++ b/packages/react-common-docs/src/pages/components/TextInput.mdx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ act as guide to the user on how long the expected input values are.
   components={{ TextInput }}
   code={`
     <form>
-      I am <span style={{ display: 'inline-block', width: '16rem', }}><TextInput label="Full name" hint="given and family name" /></span> and I live in <span style={{ display: 'inline-block', width: '24rem', }}><TextInput label="Address" hint="city, state and country" /></span>.
+      I am <span style={{ display: 'inline-block', width: '16rem', verticalAlign: 'middle', }}><TextInput label="Full name" border hint="given and family name" /></span> and I live in <span style={{ display: 'inline-block', width: '24rem', verticalAlign: 'middle', }}><TextInput border label="Address" hint="city, state and country" /></span>.
     </form>
   `}
 />
diff --git a/packages/react-common/components/TextInput/TextInput.tsx b/packages/react-common/components/TextInput/TextInput.tsx
index 312a764..f66b6e9 100644
--- a/packages/react-common/components/TextInput/TextInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-common/components/TextInput/TextInput.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import styled from 'styled-components'
 import stringify from '../../services/stringify'
 import { Size, SizeMap } from '../../services/utilities'
 
+// TODO implement web-client text inputs!
+
 const MIN_HEIGHTS: SizeMap<string | number> = {
   small: '2.5rem',
   medium: '3rem',