Tailwind CSS Tabs

Tabs make it easy to switch between different views.

Installation

To get started, install Tabs plugin via npm, else you can skip this step if you are already using Preline UI as a package.

                      
                        npm i @preline/tabs

Example

Separate content into different panes where each pane is viewable one at a time.

                          
                            <div class="border-b border-gray-200 px-4 dark:border-gray-700">
                              <nav class="flex space-x-2" aria-label="Tabs" role="tablist">
                                <button type="button" class="hs-tab-active:font-semibold hs-tab-active:border-blue-600 hs-tab-active:text-blue-600 py-4 px-1 inline-flex items-center gap-x-2 border-b-2 border-transparent text-sm whitespace-nowrap text-gray-500 hover:text-blue-600 disabled:opacity-50 disabled:pointer-events-none dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-blue-500 dark:focus:outline-none dark:focus:ring-1 dark:focus:ring-gray-600 active" id="basic-tabs-item-1" data-hs-tab="#basic-tabs-1" aria-controls="basic-tabs-1" role="tab">
                                  Tab 1
                                </button>
                                <button type="button" class="hs-tab-active:font-semibold hs-tab-active:border-blue-600 hs-tab-active:text-blue-600 py-4 px-1 inline-flex items-center gap-x-2 border-b-2 border-transparent text-sm whitespace-nowrap text-gray-500 hover:text-blue-600 disabled:opacity-50 disabled:pointer-events-none dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-blue-500 dark:focus:outline-none dark:focus:ring-1 dark:focus:ring-gray-600" id="basic-tabs-item-2" data-hs-tab="#basic-tabs-2" aria-controls="basic-tabs-2" role="tab">
                                  Tab 2
                                </button>
                                <button type="button" class="hs-tab-active:font-semibold hs-tab-active:border-blue-600 hs-tab-active:text-blue-600 py-4 px-1 inline-flex items-center gap-x-2 border-b-2 border-transparent text-sm whitespace-nowrap text-gray-500 hover:text-blue-600 disabled:opacity-50 disabled:pointer-events-none dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-blue-500 dark:focus:outline-none dark:focus:ring-1 dark:focus:ring-gray-600" id="basic-tabs-item-3" data-hs-tab="#basic-tabs-3" aria-controls="basic-tabs-3" role="tab">
                                  Tab 3
                                </button>
                              </nav>
                            </div>

                            <div class="mt-3 p-4">
                              <div id="basic-tabs-1" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="basic-tabs-item-1">
                                <p class="text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
                                  This is the <em class="font-semibold text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200">first</em> item's tab body.
                                </p>
                              </div>
                              <div id="basic-tabs-2" class="hidden" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="basic-tabs-item-2">
                                <p class="text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
                                  This is the <em class="font-semibold text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200">second</em> item's tab body.
                                </p>
                              </div>
                              <div id="basic-tabs-3" class="hidden" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="basic-tabs-item-3">
                                <p class="text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
                                  This is the <em class="font-semibold text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200">third</em> item's tab body.
                                </p>
                              </div>
                            </div>

Basic usage

Prefer to create your own style? Here is a completely unstylized example.

                      
                        <nav class="flex space-x-2" aria-label="Tabs" role="tablist">
                          <button type="button" class="active" id="unstyled-tabs-item-1" data-hs-tab="#unstyled-tabs-1" aria-controls="unstyled-tabs-1" role="tab">
                            Tab 1
                          </button>
                          <button type="button" id="unstyled-tabs-item-2" data-hs-tab="#unstyled-tabs-2" aria-controls="unstyled-tabs-2" role="tab">
                            Tab 2
                          </button>
                          <button type="button" id="unstyled-tabs-item-3" data-hs-tab="#unstyled-tabs-3" aria-controls="unstyled-tabs-3" role="tab">
                            Tab 3
                          </button>
                        </nav>

                        <div class="mt-3">
                          <div id="unstyled-tabs-1" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="unstyled-tabs-item-1">
                            This is the <em>first</em> item's tab body.
                          </div>
                          <div id="unstyled-tabs-2" class="hidden" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="unstyled-tabs-item-2">
                            This is the <em>second</em> item's tab body.
                          </div>
                          <div id="unstyled-tabs-3" class="hidden" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="unstyled-tabs-item-3">
                            This is the <em>third</em> item's tab body.
                          </div>
                        </div>

Accessibility notes

Keyboard interactions

Command	Description
`ArrowLeft` and `ArrowRight`	Selects the previous/next non-disabled tab.
`ArrowUp` and `ArrowDown` in vertical mode	Selects the previous/next non-disabled tab.
`Home` and `End`	Selects the first/last non-disabled tab.
`Enter`	Activates the selected tab.

JavaScript behavior

Options

Name	Description	Options	Default value
`data-hs-tab`	Activate a tab by specifying on an element. This must be a valid selector.	string	—

Classes

Name	Description
`hs-tab-active:`	A modifier that allows you to set Tailwind classes when the tab is active for toggle and for content.

Methods

The HSTab object is contained within the global window object

Method	Description
Static methods
`HSTab.getInstance(target, isInstance)`	Returns the element associated to the `target`. `target` should be a Node or string (valid selector) `isInstance` boolean. Returns the instance instead of Node if `true`
`HSTab.open(target)`	Opens the element associated to the `target`. `target` should be a Node

Open item (static method).

                      
                        const openBtn = document.querySelector('#open-btn');

                        openBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
                          HSTab.open(document.querySelector('#tab'))
                        });

Events

Method	Description	Returned value
`on:change`	Called when any tab is changed.	`el` HTMLElement. Toggle button (element that was clicked) `prev` string. Previous tab ID `current` string. Current tab ID

An example where a function is run every time a tab changes.

                      
                        const el = HSTab.getInstance('#tab-1');

                        el.on('change', ({el, prev, current}) => {...});

Demo examples

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