Tabs

An accessible tabs component.

The Tab and TabPanel elements are associated by their order in the tree. None of the components are empty wrappers, each is associated with a real DOM element in the document, giving you maximum control over styling and composition.

Import#

import { Tabs, TabList, TabPanels, Tab, TabPanel } from "@chakra-ui/core";

import { Tabs, TabList, TabPanels, Tab, TabPanel } from "@chakra-ui/core";

Usage#

You can render any element within Tabs, but TabList should only have Tab as children, and TabPanels should have TabPanel as children.

Tabs expects TabList and TabPanels as children. The order doesn't matter, you can have tabs at the top, at the bottom, or both.

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<Tabs>
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
    <Tab>Three</Tab>
  </TabList>

  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>three!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs>
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
    <Tab>Three</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>three!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Tab variants and color#

Tabs come in 6 different variants to style the tabs: line,enclosed, enclosed-colored, soft-rounded, solid-rounded, unstyled

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<Tabs variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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You can also change the color for any specific variant by passing the variantColor.

The value of variantColor must exist in the theme object, and must be a key in theme.colors that has the 100 - 900 color values.

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<Tabs variant="soft-rounded" variantColor="green">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>Tab 1</Tab>
    <Tab>Tab 2</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs variant="soft-rounded" variantColor="green">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>Tab 1</Tab>
    <Tab>Tab 2</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Tab sizes#

You can change the size of the tab by passing size prop. We support 3 sizes sm, md, lg

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<Tabs size="md" variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs size="md" variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Change the tabs alignment#

You can change the alignment of the TabList by passing align prop. We support 3 sizes start, center, end.

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<Tabs align="end" variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs align="end" variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Fitted Tabs#

Stretch the tab list to fit the container by passing isFitted prop.

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<Tabs isFitted variant="enclosed">
  <TabList mb="1em">
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs isFitted variant="enclosed">
  <TabList mb="1em">
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Styling the tab states manually#

In event you need to create custom styles for the tabs. Simply set the variant to unstyled, and use the _selected, _hover, _active style props.

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<Tabs variant="unstyled">
  <TabList>
    <Tab _selected={{ color: "white", bg: "blue.500" }}>Tab 1</Tab>
    <Tab _selected={{ color: "white", bg: "green.400" }}>Tab 2</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs variant="unstyled">
  <TabList>
    <Tab _selected={{ color: "white", bg: "blue.500" }}>Tab 1</Tab>
    <Tab _selected={{ color: "white", bg: "green.400" }}>Tab 2</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Tabs onChange#

The onChange callback returns the active tab's index whenever the user changes tabs. If you intend to control the tabs programmatically, use this with the index prop.

The Primary Colors

function Example() {
  const colors = ["red.200", "teal.200", "blue.200"];
  const [tabIndex, setTabIndex] = React.useState(0);
  const bg = colors[tabIndex];
  return (
    <Tabs onChange={index => setTabIndex(index)} color="white" bg={bg}>
      <TabList>
        <Tab>Red</Tab>
        <Tab>Teal</Tab>
        <Tab>Blue</Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels p="2rem">
        <TabPanel>The Primary Colors</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>Are 1, 2, 3</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>Red, yellow and blue.</TabPanel>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function Example() {
  const colors = ["red.200", "teal.200", "blue.200"];
  const [tabIndex, setTabIndex] = React.useState(0);
  const bg = colors[tabIndex];
  return (
    <Tabs onChange={index => setTabIndex(index)} color="white" bg={bg}>
      <TabList>
        <Tab>Red</Tab>
        <Tab>Teal</Tab>
        <Tab>Blue</Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels p="2rem">
        <TabPanel>The Primary Colors</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>Are 1, 2, 3</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>Red, yellow and blue.</TabPanel>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

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Make a tab initially active#

If you want a tab to be initially active, simply pass the defaultIndex prop and set it to the index of that tab.

<Tabs defaultIndex={1}>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <Image
        size="200px"
        objectFit="cover"
        src="https://resizing.flixster.com/wTgvsiM8vNLhCcCH-6ovV8n5z5U=/300x300/v1.bjsyMDkxMzI5O2o7MTgyMDQ7MTIwMDsxMjAwOzkwMA"
      />
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <Image
        size="200px"
        objectFit="cover"
        src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/2/21/Sasuke_Part_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20170716092103"
      />
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
  <TabList>
    <Tab>Naruto</Tab>
    <Tab>Sasuke</Tab>
  </TabList>
</Tabs>

<Tabs defaultIndex={1}>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <Image
        size="200px"
        objectFit="cover"
        src="https://resizing.flixster.com/wTgvsiM8vNLhCcCH-6ovV8n5z5U=/300x300/v1.bjsyMDkxMzI5O2o7MTgyMDQ7MTIwMDsxMjAwOzkwMA"
      />
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <Image
        size="200px"
        objectFit="cover"
        src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/2/21/Sasuke_Part_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20170716092103"
      />
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
  <TabList>
    <Tab>Naruto</Tab>
    <Tab>Sasuke</Tab>
  </TabList>
</Tabs>

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Make a Tab disabled#

When a Tab is disabled, it's skipped during keyboard navigation and it's not clickable.

function Example() {
  return (
    <Tabs>
      <TabList>
        <Tab>One</Tab>
        <Tab isDisabled>Two</Tab>
        <Tab>Three</Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <TabPanel>1</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>2</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>3</TabPanel>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function Example() {
  return (
    <Tabs>
      <TabList>
        <Tab>One</Tab>
        <Tab isDisabled>Two</Tab>
        <Tab>Three</Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <TabPanel>1</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>2</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>3</TabPanel>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

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Manually Activated Tabs#

By default, Tabs are activated automatically. This means when you use the arrow keys to change tabs, the tab is activated and focused.

The content of a TabPanel should ideally be preloaded. However, if switching to a tab panel causes a network request and possibly a page refresh, there might be some notable latency and this might affect the experience for keyboard and screen reader users.

In this scenario, you should use a manually activated tab, it moves focus without activating the tabs. With focus on a specific tab, users can activate a tab by pressing Space or Enter.

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<Tabs isManual variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

<Tabs isManual variant="enclosed">
  <TabList>
    <Tab>One</Tab>
    <Tab>Two</Tab>
  </TabList>
  <TabPanels>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>one!</p>
    </TabPanel>
    <TabPanel>
      <p>two!</p>
    </TabPanel>
  </TabPanels>
</Tabs>

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Controlled Tabs#

Like form inputs, a tab's state can be controlled. Make sure to include an onChange as well, or else the tabs will not be interactive.

Click the tabs or pull the slider around

function ControlledExample() {
  const [tabIndex, setTabIndex] = React.useState(0);

  const handleSliderChange = event => {
    setTabIndex(parseInt(event.target.value, 10));
  };

  const handleTabsChange = index => {
    setTabIndex(index);
  };

  return (
    <Box>
      <input
        type="range"
        min="0"
        max="2"
        value={tabIndex}
        onChange={handleSliderChange}
      />

      <Tabs index={tabIndex} onChange={handleTabsChange}>
        <TabList>
          <Tab>One</Tab>
          <Tab>Two</Tab>
          <Tab>Three</Tab>
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          <TabPanel>
            <p>Click the tabs or pull the slider around</p>
          </TabPanel>
          <TabPanel>
            <p>Yeah yeah. What's up?</p>
          </TabPanel>
          <TabPanel>
            <p>Oh, hello there.</p>
          </TabPanel>
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </Box>
  );
}

function ControlledExample() {
  const [tabIndex, setTabIndex] = React.useState(0);
  const handleSliderChange = event => {
    setTabIndex(parseInt(event.target.value, 10));
  };
  const handleTabsChange = index => {
    setTabIndex(index);
  };
  return (
    <Box>
      <input
        type="range"
        min="0"
        max="2"
        value={tabIndex}
        onChange={handleSliderChange}
      />
      <Tabs index={tabIndex} onChange={handleTabsChange}>
        <TabList>
          <Tab>One</Tab>
          <Tab>Two</Tab>
          <Tab>Three</Tab>
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          <TabPanel>
            <p>Click the tabs or pull the slider around</p>
          </TabPanel>
          <TabPanel>
            <p>Yeah yeah. What's up?</p>
          </TabPanel>
          <TabPanel>
            <p>Oh, hello there.</p>
          </TabPanel>
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </Box>
  );
}

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Creating custom tab components#

Because TabList needs to know the order of the children, we use cloneElement to pass state internally. If you want to know if a tab is active, you can wrap it, and then inspect clone props passed in.

function CoolTabsExample() {
  const CoolTab = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
    // `isSelected` is passed to all children of `TabList`.
    return (
      <Tab ref={ref} isSelected={props.isSelected} {...props}>
        {props.isSelected ? "😎" : "😐"}
        {props.children}
      </Tab>
    );
  });

  return (
    <Tabs>
      <TabList>
        <CoolTab>One</CoolTab>
        <CoolTab>Two</CoolTab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <TabPanel>1</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>2</TabPanel>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function CoolTabsExample() {
  const CoolTab = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
    // `isSelected` is passed to all children of `TabList`.
    return (
      <Tab ref={ref} isSelected={props.isSelected} {...props}>
        {props.isSelected ? "😎" : "😐"}
        {props.children}
      </Tab>
    );
  });
  return (
    <Tabs>
      <TabList>
        <CoolTab>One</CoolTab>
        <CoolTab>Two</CoolTab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <TabPanel>1</TabPanel>
        <TabPanel>2</TabPanel>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

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Data Tabs#

If you'd like to drive your tabs with an array instead of using the granular components, you can create your own DataTabs component.

Perhaps the greatest dish ever invented.

function Example() {
  // First, you create the component...
  function DataTabs({ data }) {
    return (
      <Tabs>
        <TabList>
          {data.map((tab, index) => (
            <Tab key={index}>{tab.label}</Tab>
          ))}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {data.map((tab, index) => (
            <TabPanel p={4} key={index}>
              {tab.content}
            </TabPanel>
          ))}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    );
  }

  // Next, you have an array of data...
  const tabData = [
    {
      label: "Nigerian Jollof",
      content: "Perhaps the greatest dish ever invented.",
    },
    {
      label: "Pounded Yam & Egusi",
      content:
        "Perhaps the surest dish ever invented but fills the stomach more than rice.",
    },
  ];

  // you can just pass it in:
  return <DataTabs data={tabData} />;
}

function Example() {
  // First, you create the component...
  function DataTabs({ data }) {
    return (
      <Tabs>
        <TabList>
          {data.map((tab, index) => (
            <Tab key={index}>{tab.label}</Tab>
          ))}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {data.map((tab, index) => (
            <TabPanel p={4} key={index}>
              {tab.content}
            </TabPanel>
          ))}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    );
  }
  // Next, you have an array of data...
  const tabData = [
    {
      label: "Nigerian Jollof",
      content: "Perhaps the greatest dish ever invented.",
    },
    {
      label: "Pounded Yam & Egusi",
      content:
        "Perhaps the surest dish ever invented but fills the stomach more than rice.",
    },
  ];
  // you can just pass it in:
  return <DataTabs data={tabData} />;
}

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Accessibility#

Keyboard#

Key	Action
`ArrowLeft`	Moves focus to the next tab
`ArrowUp`	Moves focus to the previous tab
`Tab`	When focus moves into the tab list, places focus on the active tab element
`Space` or `Enter`	Activates the tab if it was not activated automatically on focus
`Home`	Moves focus to the first tab
`End`	Moves focus to the last tab

ARIA roles#

Component	Aria	Usage
Tab	`role="tab"`	Indicates that it's a tab
	`aria-selected`	Set to `true` a tab is selected and all other Tabs have it set to `false`.
	`aria-controls`	Set to the `id` of its associated `TabPanel`
TabList	`id`	The `id` of the `TabPanel` that's referencd by its associated `Tab`
	`aria-orientation`	Set to vertical or horizontal based on the value of the `orientation` prop.
	`role="tablist"`	Indicates that it's a tablist
	`aria-labelledby`	Set to the `id` of the `Tab` that labels the `TabPanel`.

Props#

Tabs Props#

Tabs composes Box so you call pass all Box related props.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`onChange`	`(index: number) => void`		The callback to update the active tab index.
`index`	`number`		The controlled index of the tabs.
`defaultIndex`	`number`		The index of the initial active tab.
`isManual`	`boolean`		If `true`, keyboard navigation changes focus between tabs but doesn't activate it. User will have to press `Enter` to active it
`children`	`React.ReactNode`		The children of the switch.
`variant`	`line`,`enclosed`,`enclosed-colored`, `soft-rounded`, `solid-rounded`, `unstyled`	`line`	The visual style of the tab.
`variantColor`	`string`		The primary color to use for the selected variant. Use a color key in `theme.colors`
`size`	`sm`, `md`, `lg`	`md`	The visual size of the tabs
`orientation`	`horizontal`, `vertical`	`horizontal`	The orientation of the tabs
`isFitted`	`boolean`		If `true`, the tabs will stretch to fill the available space

Tab Props#

Name	Type	Default	Description
`isDisabled`	`boolean`		If `true`, the tab will be disabled

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Tabs

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Usage#

Tab variants and color#

Tab sizes#

Change the tabs alignment#

Fitted Tabs#

Styling the tab states manually#

Tabs onChange#

Make a tab initially active#

Make a Tab disabled#

Manually Activated Tabs#

Controlled Tabs#

Creating custom tab components#

Data Tabs#

Accessibility#

Keyboard#

ARIA roles#

Props#

Tabs Props#

Tab Props#

Import#