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Tabs

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Overview

Tabs are used to organize and navigate between sections of content. They feature a horizontal or a vertical list of section text labels with a content panel below or to the right of the component.

import '@rhds/elements/rh-tabs/rh-tabs.js';
 
a {
  color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-default);

  &:hover {
    color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-hover);
  }

  &:focus-within {
    color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-focus);
  }

  &:active {
    color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-active);
  }

  &:visited {
    color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-visited);

    &:hover {
      color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-visited-hover);
    }

    &:focus-within {
      color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-visited-focus);
    }

    &:active {
      color: var(--rh-color-interactive-primary-visited-active);
    }
  }
}
 
<rh-tabs>
  <rh-tab id="users" slot="tab" active="">Users</rh-tab>
  <rh-tab-panel>Users</rh-tab-panel>
  <rh-tab slot="tab">Containers</rh-tab>
  <rh-tab-panel>Containers <a href="#">Focusable element</a></rh-tab-panel>
  <rh-tab slot="tab">Database</rh-tab>
  <rh-tab-panel>Database</rh-tab-panel>
  <rh-tab slot="tab">Servers</rh-tab>
  <rh-tab-panel>Servers</rh-tab-panel>
  <rh-tab slot="tab">Cloud</rh-tab>
  <rh-tab-panel>Cloud</rh-tab-panel>
</rh-tabs>

Label for the scroll left button

Label for the scroll right button

Tabs can be either automatic activated or manual

Index of the active tab

Sets color context for child components, overrides parent context

Aligns tabs to the center

Sets tabs to a boxed style with or without an inset

Sets the alignment of the tabs vertical

Status

When to use

  • When you need to group related information into different categories
  • When users need to read sections of content in the same view without leaving the page
  • When you need to group other types of content in the same view like forms, settings, dashboards, etc.

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