useTabList

Provides the behavior and accessibility implementation for a tab list. Tabs organize content into multiple sections and allow users to navigate between them.

install	`yarn add react-aria`
version	3.29.0
usage	`import {useTabList, useTab, useTabPanel} from 'react-aria'`

View ARIA pattern

W3C

API#

useTabList<T>(
  props: AriaTabListOptions<T>,
  state: TabListState<T>,
  ref: RefObject<HTMLElement>
): TabListAria

useTab<T>(
  props: AriaTabProps,
  state: TabListState<T>,
  ref: RefObject<FocusableElement>
): TabAria

useTabPanel<T>(
  props: AriaTabPanelProps,
  state: TabListState<T>,
  ref: RefObject<Element>
): TabPanelAria

Features#

Tabs provide a list of tabs that a user can select from to switch between multiple tab panels. useTabList, useTab, and useTabPanel can be used to implement these in an accessible way.

Support for mouse, touch, and keyboard interactions on tabs
Support for LTR and RTL keyboard navigation
Support for disabled tabs
Follows the tabs ARIA pattern, semantically linking tabs and their associated tab panels
Focus management for tab panels without any focusable children

Anatomy#

Tabs consist of a tab list with one or more visually separated tabs. Each tab has associated content, and only the selected tab's content is shown. Each tab can be clicked, tapped, or navigated to via arrow keys. Depending on the keyboardActivation prop, the tab can be selected by receiving keyboard focus, or it can be selected with the Enter key.

useTabList returns props to spread onto the tab list container:

Name	Type	Description
`tabListProps`	`DOMAttributes`	Props for the tablist container.

useTab returns props to be spread onto each individual tab, along with states that can be used for styling:

Name	Type	Description
`tabProps`	`DOMAttributes`	Props for the tab element.
`isSelected`	`boolean`	Whether the tab is currently selected.
`isDisabled`	`boolean`	Whether the tab is disabled.
`isPressed`	`boolean`	Whether the tab is currently in a pressed state.

useTabPanel returns props to spread onto the container for the tab content:

Name	Type	Description
`tabPanelProps`	`DOMAttributes`	Props for the tab panel element.

State is managed by the useTabListState hook in @react-stately/tabs. The state object should be passed as an option to useTabList, useTab, and useTabPanel. The Item component is used to represent each tab, following the Collections API used by many other components.

Example#

This example displays a basic list of tabs. The currently selected tab receives a tabIndex of 0 while the rest are set to -1 ensuring that the whole tablist is a single tab stop. The selected tab has a different style so it's obvious which one is currently selected. useTab and useTabPanel handle associating the tabs and tab panels for assistive technology. The currently selected tab panel is rendered below the list of tabs. The key prop on the TabPanel element is important to ensure that DOM state (e.g. text field contents) is not shared between unrelated tabs.

import {useTab, useTabList, useTabPanel} from 'react-aria';
import {Item, useTabListState} from 'react-stately';

function Tabs(props) {
  let state = useTabListState(props);
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let { tabListProps } = useTabList(props, state, ref);
  return (
    <div className={`tabs ${props.orientation || ''}`}>
      <div {...tabListProps} ref={ref}>
        {[...state.collection].map((item) => (
          <Tab key={item.key} item={item} state={state} />
        ))}
      </div>
      <TabPanel key={state.selectedItem?.key} state={state} />
    </div>
  );
}

function Tab({ item, state }) {
  let { key, rendered } = item;
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let { tabProps } = useTab({ key }, state, ref);
  return (
    <div {...tabProps} ref={ref}>
      {rendered}
    </div>
  );
}

function TabPanel({ state, ...props }) {
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let { tabPanelProps } = useTabPanel(props, state, ref);
  return (
    <div {...tabPanelProps} ref={ref}>
      {state.selectedItem?.props.children}
    </div>
  );
}

<Tabs aria-label="History of Ancient Rome">
  <Item key="FoR" title="Founding of Rome">
    Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.
  </Item>
  <Item key="MaR" title="Monarchy and Republic">
    Senatus Populusque Romanus.
  </Item>
  <Item key="Emp" title="Empire">Alea jacta est.</Item>
</Tabs>

import {useTab, useTabList, useTabPanel} from 'react-aria';
import {Item, useTabListState} from 'react-stately';

function Tabs(props) {
  let state = useTabListState(props);
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let { tabListProps } = useTabList(props, state, ref);
  return (
    <div className={`tabs ${props.orientation || ''}`}>
      <div {...tabListProps} ref={ref}>
        {[...state.collection].map((item) => (
          <Tab key={item.key} item={item} state={state} />
        ))}
      </div>
      <TabPanel
        key={state.selectedItem?.key}
        state={state}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

function Tab({ item, state }) {
  let { key, rendered } = item;
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let { tabProps } = useTab({ key }, state, ref);
  return (
    <div {...tabProps} ref={ref}>
      {rendered}
    </div>
  );
}

function TabPanel({ state, ...props }) {
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let { tabPanelProps } = useTabPanel(props, state, ref);
  return (
    <div {...tabPanelProps} ref={ref}>
      {state.selectedItem?.props.children}
    </div>
  );
}

<Tabs aria-label="History of Ancient Rome">
  <Item key="FoR" title="Founding of Rome">
    Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.
  </Item>
  <Item key="MaR" title="Monarchy and Republic">
    Senatus Populusque Romanus.
  </Item>
  <Item key="Emp" title="Empire">Alea jacta est.</Item>
</Tabs>

import {
  useTab,
  useTabList,
  useTabPanel
} from 'react-aria';
import {
  Item,
  useTabListState
} from 'react-stately';

function Tabs(props) {
  let state =
    useTabListState(
      props
    );
  let ref = React.useRef(
    null
  );
  let { tabListProps } =
    useTabList(
      props,
      state,
      ref
    );
  return (
    <div
      className={`tabs ${
        props
          .orientation ||
        ''
      }`}
    >
      <div
        {...tabListProps}
        ref={ref}
      >
        {[
          ...state
            .collection
        ].map((item) => (
          <Tab
            key={item
              .key}
            item={item}
            state={state}
          />
        ))}
      </div>
      <TabPanel
        key={state
          .selectedItem
          ?.key}
        state={state}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

function Tab(
  { item, state }
) {
  let { key, rendered } =
    item;
  let ref = React.useRef(
    null
  );
  let { tabProps } =
    useTab(
      { key },
      state,
      ref
    );
  return (
    <div
      {...tabProps}
      ref={ref}
    >
      {rendered}
    </div>
  );
}

function TabPanel(
  { state, ...props }
) {
  let ref = React.useRef(
    null
  );
  let { tabPanelProps } =
    useTabPanel(
      props,
      state,
      ref
    );
  return (
    <div
      {...tabPanelProps}
      ref={ref}
    >
      {state.selectedItem
        ?.props.children}
    </div>
  );
}

<Tabs aria-label="History of Ancient Rome">
  <Item
    key="FoR"
    title="Founding of Rome"
  >
    Arma virumque cano,
    Troiae qui primus
    ab oris.
  </Item>
  <Item
    key="MaR"
    title="Monarchy and Republic"
  >
    Senatus Populusque
    Romanus.
  </Item>
  <Item
    key="Emp"
    title="Empire"
  >
    Alea jacta est.
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Show CSS

.tabs {
  height: 150px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.tabs.vertical {
  flex-direction: row;
}

[role=tablist] {
  display: flex;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=horizontal] {
  border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=vertical] {
  flex-direction: column;
  border-right: 1px solid gray;
}

[role=tab] {
  padding: 10px;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=horizontal] [role=tab] {
  border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=vertical] [role=tab] {
  border-right: 3px solid transparent;
}

[role=tablist] [role=tab][aria-selected=true] {
  border-color: var(--blue);
}

[role=tab][aria-disabled] {
  opacity: 0.5;
}

[role=tabpanel] {
  padding: 10px;
}

.tabs {
  height: 150px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.tabs.vertical {
  flex-direction: row;
}

[role=tablist] {
  display: flex;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=horizontal] {
  border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=vertical] {
  flex-direction: column;
  border-right: 1px solid gray;
}

[role=tab] {
  padding: 10px;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=horizontal] [role=tab] {
  border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=vertical] [role=tab] {
  border-right: 3px solid transparent;
}

[role=tablist] [role=tab][aria-selected=true] {
  border-color: var(--blue);
}

[role=tab][aria-disabled] {
  opacity: 0.5;
}

[role=tabpanel] {
  padding: 10px;
}

.tabs {
  height: 150px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.tabs.vertical {
  flex-direction: row;
}

[role=tablist] {
  display: flex;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=horizontal] {
  border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=vertical] {
  flex-direction: column;
  border-right: 1px solid gray;
}

[role=tab] {
  padding: 10px;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=horizontal] [role=tab] {
  border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
}

[role=tablist][aria-orientation=vertical] [role=tab] {
  border-right: 3px solid transparent;
}

[role=tablist] [role=tab][aria-selected=true] {
  border-color: var(--blue);
}

[role=tab][aria-disabled] {
  opacity: 0.5;
}

[role=tabpanel] {
  padding: 10px;
}

Styled examples#

Animated Selection

A TabList component with an animated selection indicator.

Usage#

The following examples show how to use the Tabs component created in the above example.

Default selection#

A default selected tab can be provided using the defaultSelectedKey prop, which should correspond to the key prop provided to each item. When Tabs is used with dynamic items as described below, the key of each item is derived from the data. See the react-stately Selection docs for more details.

<Tabs aria-label="Input settings" defaultSelectedKey="keyboard">
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  defaultSelectedKey="keyboard"
>
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  defaultSelectedKey="keyboard"
>
  <Item key="mouse">
    Mouse Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">
    Keyboard Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">
    Gamepad Settings
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Controlled selection#

Selection can be controlled using the selectedKey prop, paired with the onSelectionChange event. The key prop from the selected tab will be passed into the callback when the tab is selected, allowing you to update state accordingly.

function Example() {
  let [timePeriod, setTimePeriod] = React.useState('triassic');

  return (
    <>
      <p>Selected time period: {timePeriod}</p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
        selectedKey={timePeriod}
        onSelectionChange={setTimePeriod}
      >
        <Item key="triassic" title="Triassic">
          The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago,
          preceding the Jurassic Period.
        </Item>
        <Item key="jurassic" title="Jurassic">
          The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.
        </Item>
        <Item key="cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">
          The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from
          145 million to 66 million years ago.
        </Item>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let [timePeriod, setTimePeriod] = React.useState(
    'triassic'
  );

  return (
    <>
      <p>Selected time period: {timePeriod}</p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
        selectedKey={timePeriod}
        onSelectionChange={setTimePeriod}
      >
        <Item key="triassic" title="Triassic">
          The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to
          201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic
          Period.
        </Item>
        <Item key="jurassic" title="Jurassic">
          The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145
          million years ago.
        </Item>
        <Item key="cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">
          The Cretaceous is the longest period of the
          Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million
          years ago.
        </Item>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let [
    timePeriod,
    setTimePeriod
  ] = React.useState(
    'triassic'
  );

  return (
    <>
      <p>
        Selected time
        period:{' '}
        {timePeriod}
      </p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
        selectedKey={timePeriod}
        onSelectionChange={setTimePeriod}
      >
        <Item
          key="triassic"
          title="Triassic"
        >
          The Triassic
          ranges roughly
          from 252
          million to 201
          million years
          ago, preceding
          the Jurassic
          Period.
        </Item>
        <Item
          key="jurassic"
          title="Jurassic"
        >
          The Jurassic
          ranges from 200
          million years
          to 145 million
          years ago.
        </Item>
        <Item
          key="cretaceous"
          title="Cretaceous"
        >
          The Cretaceous
          is the longest
          period of the
          Mesozoic,
          spanning from
          145 million to
          66 million
          years ago.
        </Item>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

Focusable content#

When the tab panel doesn't contain any focusable content, the entire panel is given a tabIndex=0 so that the content can be navigated to with the keyboard. When the tab panel contains focusable content, such as a textfield, then the tabIndex is omitted because the content itself can receive focus.

This example uses the same Tabs component from above. Try navigating from the tabs to the content for each panel using the keyboard.

<Tabs aria-label="Notes app">
  <Item key="item1" title="Jane Doe">
    <label>Leave a note for Jane: <input type="text" /></label>
  </Item>
  <Item key="item2" title="John Doe">Senatus Populusque Romanus.</Item>
  <Item key="item3" title="Joe Bloggs">Alea jacta est.</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs aria-label="Notes app">
  <Item key="item1" title="Jane Doe">
    <label>
      Leave a note for Jane: <input type="text" />
    </label>
  </Item>
  <Item key="item2" title="John Doe">
    Senatus Populusque Romanus.
  </Item>
  <Item key="item3" title="Joe Bloggs">
    Alea jacta est.
  </Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs aria-label="Notes app">
  <Item
    key="item1"
    title="Jane Doe"
  >
    <label>
      Leave a note for
      Jane:{' '}
      <input type="text" />
    </label>
  </Item>
  <Item
    key="item2"
    title="John Doe"
  >
    Senatus Populusque
    Romanus.
  </Item>
  <Item
    key="item3"
    title="Joe Bloggs"
  >
    Alea jacta est.
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Dynamic items#

The above examples have shown tabs with static items. The items prop can be used when creating tabs from a dynamic collection, for example when the user can add and remove tabs, or the tabs come from an external data source. The function passed as the children of the Tabs component is called for each item in the list, and returns an <Item> representing the tab.

Each item accepts a key prop, which is passed to the onSelectionChange handler to identify the selected item. Alternatively, if the item objects contain an id property, as shown in the example below, then this is used automatically and a key prop is not required. See Collection Components for more details.

function Example() {
  let [tabs, setTabs] = React.useState([
    {id: 1, title: 'Tab 1', content: 'Tab body 1'},
    {id: 2, title: 'Tab 2', content: 'Tab body 2'},
    {id: 3, title: 'Tab 3', content: 'Tab body 3'}
  ]);

  let addTab = () => {
    setTabs(tabs => [
      ...tabs,
      {
        id: tabs.length + 1,
        title: `Tab ${tabs.length + 1}`,
        content: `Tab Body ${tabs.length + 1}`
      }
    ]);
  };

  let removeTab = () => {
    if (tabs.length > 1) {
      setTabs(tabs => tabs.slice(0, -1));
    }
  };

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={addTab}>Add tab</button>
      <button onClick={removeTab}>Remove tab</button>
      <Tabs aria-label="Dynamic tabs" items={tabs}>
        {item => <Item title={item.title}>{item.content}</Item>}
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let [tabs, setTabs] = React.useState([
    { id: 1, title: 'Tab 1', content: 'Tab body 1' },
    { id: 2, title: 'Tab 2', content: 'Tab body 2' },
    { id: 3, title: 'Tab 3', content: 'Tab body 3' }
  ]);

  let addTab = () => {
    setTabs((tabs) => [
      ...tabs,
      {
        id: tabs.length + 1,
        title: `Tab ${tabs.length + 1}`,
        content: `Tab Body ${tabs.length + 1}`
      }
    ]);
  };

  let removeTab = () => {
    if (tabs.length > 1) {
      setTabs((tabs) => tabs.slice(0, -1));
    }
  };

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={addTab}>Add tab</button>
      <button onClick={removeTab}>Remove tab</button>
      <Tabs aria-label="Dynamic tabs" items={tabs}>
        {(item) => (
          <Item title={item.title}>{item.content}</Item>
        )}
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let [tabs, setTabs] =
    React.useState([
      {
        id: 1,
        title: 'Tab 1',
        content:
          'Tab body 1'
      },
      {
        id: 2,
        title: 'Tab 2',
        content:
          'Tab body 2'
      },
      {
        id: 3,
        title: 'Tab 3',
        content:
          'Tab body 3'
      }
    ]);

  let addTab = () => {
    setTabs((tabs) => [
      ...tabs,
      {
        id: tabs.length +
          1,
        title: `Tab ${
          tabs.length + 1
        }`,
        content:
          `Tab Body ${
            tabs.length +
            1
          }`
      }
    ]);
  };

  let removeTab = () => {
    if (
      tabs.length > 1
    ) {
      setTabs((tabs) =>
        tabs.slice(0, -1)
      );
    }
  };

  return (
    <>
      <button
        onClick={addTab}
      >
        Add tab
      </button>
      <button
        onClick={removeTab}
      >
        Remove tab
      </button>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Dynamic tabs"
        items={tabs}
      >
        {(item) => (
          <Item
            title={item
              .title}
          >
            {item
              .content}
          </Item>
        )}
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

Keyboard Activation#

By default, pressing the arrow keys while focus is on a Tab will switch selection to the adjacent Tab in that direction, updating the content displayed accordingly. If you would like to prevent selection change from happening automatically you can set the keyboardActivation prop to "manual". This will prevent tab selection from changing on arrow key press, requiring a subsequent Enter or Space key press to confirm tab selection.

<Tabs aria-label="Input settings" keyboardActivation="manual">
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  keyboardActivation="manual"
>
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  keyboardActivation="manual"
>
  <Item key="mouse">
    Mouse Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">
    Keyboard Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">
    Gamepad Settings
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Orientation#

By default, tabs are horizontally oriented. The orientation prop can be set to vertical to change this. This does not affect keyboard navigation. You are responsible for styling your tabs accordingly.

<Tabs aria-label="Chat log orientation example" orientation="vertical">
  <Item key="item1" title="John Doe">
    There is no prior chat history with John Doe.
  </Item>
  <Item key="item2" title="Jane Doe">
    There is no prior chat history with Jane Doe.
  </Item>
  <Item key="item3" title="Joe Bloggs">
    There is no prior chat history with Joe Bloggs.
  </Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Chat log orientation example"
  orientation="vertical"
>
  <Item key="item1" title="John Doe">
    There is no prior chat history with John Doe.
  </Item>
  <Item key="item2" title="Jane Doe">
    There is no prior chat history with Jane Doe.
  </Item>
  <Item key="item3" title="Joe Bloggs">
    There is no prior chat history with Joe Bloggs.
  </Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Chat log orientation example"
  orientation="vertical"
>
  <Item
    key="item1"
    title="John Doe"
  >
    There is no prior
    chat history with
    John Doe.
  </Item>
  <Item
    key="item2"
    title="Jane Doe"
  >
    There is no prior
    chat history with
    Jane Doe.
  </Item>
  <Item
    key="item3"
    title="Joe Bloggs"
  >
    There is no prior
    chat history with
    Joe Bloggs.
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Disabled#

All tabs can be disabled using the isDisabled prop.

<Tabs aria-label="Input settings" isDisabled>
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs aria-label="Input settings" isDisabled>
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  isDisabled
>
  <Item key="mouse">
    Mouse Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">
    Keyboard Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">
    Gamepad Settings
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Disabled items#

Individual tabs can be disabled using the disabledKeys prop. Each key in this list corresponds with the key prop passed to the Item component, or automatically derived from the values passed to the items prop. See Collections for more details.

<Tabs aria-label="Input settings" disabledKeys={['gamepad']}>
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  disabledKeys={['gamepad']}
>
  <Item key="mouse">Mouse Settings</Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">Keyboard Settings</Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">Gamepad Settings</Item>
</Tabs>

<Tabs
  aria-label="Input settings"
  disabledKeys={[
    'gamepad'
  ]}
>
  <Item key="mouse">
    Mouse Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="keyboard">
    Keyboard Settings
  </Item>
  <Item key="gamepad">
    Gamepad Settings
  </Item>
</Tabs>

Links#

Tabs may be rendered as links to different routes in your application. This can be achieved by passing the href prop to the <Item> component. You'll need to update the Tab component to render an <a> element when an href prop is passed to an item.

function Tab({item, state}) {
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let {tabProps} = useTab({key: item.key}, state, ref);
  let ElementType = item.props.href ? 'a' : 'div';  return (
    <ElementType {...tabProps} ref={ref}>
      {item.rendered}
    </ElementType>
  );
}

function Tab({item, state}) {
  let ref = React.useRef(null);
  let {tabProps} = useTab({key: item.key}, state, ref);
  let ElementType = item.props.href ? 'a' : 'div';  return (
    <ElementType {...tabProps} ref={ref}>
      {item.rendered}
    </ElementType>
  );
}

function Tab(
  { item, state }
) {
  let ref = React.useRef(
    null
  );
  let { tabProps } =
    useTab(
      { key: item.key },
      state,
      ref
    );
  let ElementType =
    item.props.href
      ? 'a'
      : 'div';  return (
    <ElementType
      {...tabProps}
      ref={ref}
    >
      {item.rendered}
    </ElementType>
  );
}

By default, links perform native browser navigation. However, you'll usually want to synchronize the selected tab with the URL from your client side router. This takes two steps:

Set up a RouterProvider at the root of your app. This will handle link navigation from all React Aria components using your framework or router. See the client side routing guide to learn how to set this up.
Use the selectedKey prop to set the selected tab based on the URL, as described above.

This example uses React Router to setup routes for each tab and synchronize the selection with the URL.

import {BrowserRouter, Route, Routes, useLocation, useNavigate} from 'react-router-dom';
import {RouterProvider} from 'react-aria';

function AppTabs() {
  let { pathname } = useLocation();

  return (
    <Tabs selectedKey={pathname}>
      <TabList aria-label="Tabs">
        <Tab id="/" href="/">Home</Tab>
        <Tab id="/shared" href="/shared">Shared</Tab>
        <Tab id="/deleted" href="/deleted">Deleted</Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanel id={pathname}>
        <Routes>
          <Route path="/" element={<HomePage />} />
          <Route path="/shared" element={<SharedPage />} />
          <Route path="/deleted" element={<DeletedPage />} />
        </Routes>
      </TabPanel>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function App() {
  let navigate = useNavigate();
  return (
    <RouterProvider navigate={navigate}>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/*" element={<AppTabs />} />
      </Routes>
    </RouterProvider>
  );
}

<BrowserRouter>
  <App />
</BrowserRouter>

import {
  BrowserRouter,
  Route,
  Routes,
  useLocation,
  useNavigate
} from 'react-router-dom';
import {RouterProvider} from 'react-aria';

function AppTabs() {
  let { pathname } = useLocation();

  return (
    <Tabs selectedKey={pathname}>
      <TabList aria-label="Tabs">
        <Tab id="/" href="/">Home</Tab>
        <Tab id="/shared" href="/shared">Shared</Tab>
        <Tab id="/deleted" href="/deleted">Deleted</Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanel id={pathname}>
        <Routes>
          <Route path="/" element={<HomePage />} />
          <Route path="/shared" element={<SharedPage />} />
          <Route
            path="/deleted"
            element={<DeletedPage />}
          />
        </Routes>
      </TabPanel>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function App() {
  let navigate = useNavigate();
  return (
    <RouterProvider navigate={navigate}>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/*" element={<AppTabs />} />
      </Routes>
    </RouterProvider>
  );
}

<BrowserRouter>
  <App />
</BrowserRouter>

import {
  BrowserRouter,
  Route,
  Routes,
  useLocation,
  useNavigate
} from 'react-router-dom';
import {RouterProvider} from 'react-aria';

function AppTabs() {
  let { pathname } =
    useLocation();

  return (
    <Tabs
      selectedKey={pathname}
    >
      <TabList aria-label="Tabs">
        <Tab
          id="/"
          href="/"
        >
          Home
        </Tab>
        <Tab
          id="/shared"
          href="/shared"
        >
          Shared
        </Tab>
        <Tab
          id="/deleted"
          href="/deleted"
        >
          Deleted
        </Tab>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanel
        id={pathname}
      >
        <Routes>
          <Route
            path="/"
            element={
              <HomePage />
            }
          />
          <Route
            path="/shared"
            element={
              <SharedPage />
            }
          />
          <Route
            path="/deleted"
            element={
              <DeletedPage />
            }
          />
        </Routes>
      </TabPanel>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function App() {
  let navigate =
    useNavigate();
  return (
    <RouterProvider
      navigate={navigate}
    >
      <Routes>
        <Route
          path="/*"
          element={
            <AppTabs />
          }
        />
      </Routes>
    </RouterProvider>
  );
}

<BrowserRouter>
  <App />
</BrowserRouter>

Internationalization#

useTabList handles some aspects of internationalization automatically. For example, keyboard navigation is automatically mirrored for right-to-left languages. You are responsible for localizing all tab labels and content.

RTL#

In right-to-left languages, the tablist should be mirrored. The first tab is furthest right and the last tab is furthest left. Ensure that your CSS accounts for this.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`isDisabled`	`boolean`	—	Whether the TabList is disabled. Shows that a selection exists, but is not available in that circumstance.
`items`	`Iterable<T>`	—	Item objects in the collection.
`disabledKeys`	`Iterable<Key>`	—	The item keys that are disabled. These items cannot be selected, focused, or otherwise interacted with.
`selectedKey`	`Key \| null`	—	The currently selected key in the collection (controlled).
`defaultSelectedKey`	`Key`	—	The initial selected key in the collection (uncontrolled).
`onSelectionChange`	`( (key: Key )) => any`	—	Handler that is called when the selection changes.
`keyboardActivation`	`'automatic' \| 'manual'`	`'automatic'`	Whether tabs are activated automatically on focus or manually.
`orientation`	`Orientation`	`'horizontal'`	The orientation of the tabs.
`aria-label`	`string`	—	Defines a string value that labels the current element.
`aria-labelledby`	`string`	—	Identifies the element (or elements) that labels the current element.
`aria-describedby`	`string`	—	Identifies the element (or elements) that describes the object.
`aria-details`	`string`	—	Identifies the element (or elements) that provide a detailed, extended description for the object.
`id`	`string`	—	The element's unique identifier. See MDN.

'horizontal' | 'vertical'

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`isDisabled`	`boolean`	Whether the tab list is disabled.
`selectedKey`	`Key`	The key for the currently selected item.
`selectedItem`	`Node<T>`	The value of the currently selected item.
`collection`	`Collection<Node<T>>`	A collection of items in the list.
`disabledKeys`	`Set<Key>`	A set of items that are disabled.
`selectionManager`	`SelectionManager`	A selection manager to read and update multiple selection state.

Methods

Method	Description
`setSelectedKey( (key: Key \| \| null )): void`	Sets the selected key.

Name	Type	Description
`type`	`string`	The type of item this node represents.
`key`	`Key`	A unique key for the node.
`value`	`T \| null`	The object value the node was created from.
`level`	`number`	The level of depth this node is at in the heirarchy.
`hasChildNodes`	`boolean`	Whether this item has children, even if not loaded yet.
`rendered`	`ReactNode`	The rendered contents of this node (e.g. JSX).
`textValue`	`string`	A string value for this node, used for features like typeahead.
`aria-label`	`string`	An accessibility label for this node.
`index`	`number`	The index of this node within its parent.
`wrapper`	`( (element: ReactElement )) => ReactElement`	A function that should be called to wrap the rendered node.
`parentKey`	`Key \| null`	The key of the parent node.
`prevKey`	`Key \| null`	The key of the node before this node.
`nextKey`	`Key \| null`	The key of the node after this node.
`props`	`any`	Additional properties specific to a particular node type.

A generic interface to access a readonly sequential collection of unique keyed items.

Extends: Iterable

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`size`	`number`	The number of items in the collection.

Methods

Method	Description
`getKeys(): Iterable<Key>`	Iterate over all keys in the collection.
`getItem( (key: Key )): T \| null`	Get an item by its key.
`at( (idx: number )): T \| null`	Get an item by the index of its key.
`getKeyBefore( (key: Key )): Key \| null`	Get the key that comes before the given key in the collection.
`getKeyAfter( (key: Key )): Key \| null`	Get the key that comes after the given key in the collection.
`getFirstKey(): Key \| null`	Get the first key in the collection.
`getLastKey(): Key \| null`	Get the last key in the collection.
`getChildren( (key: Key )): Iterable<T>`	Iterate over the child items of the given key.
`getTextValue( (key: Key )): string`	Returns a string representation of the item's contents.

An interface for reading and updating multiple selection state.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`selectionMode`	`SelectionMode`	The type of selection that is allowed in the collection.
`disallowEmptySelection`	`boolean`	Whether the collection allows empty selection.
`selectionBehavior`	`SelectionBehavior`	The selection behavior for the collection.
`isFocused`	`boolean`	Whether the collection is currently focused.
`focusedKey`	`Key`	The current focused key in the collection.
`childFocusStrategy`	`FocusStrategy`	Whether the first or last child of the focused key should receive focus.
`selectedKeys`	`Set<Key>`	The currently selected keys in the collection.
`rawSelection`	`Selection`	The raw selection value for the collection. Either 'all' for select all, or a set of keys.
`isEmpty`	`boolean`	Whether the selection is empty.
`isSelectAll`	`boolean`	Whether all items in the collection are selected.
`firstSelectedKey`	`Key \| null`
`lastSelectedKey`	`Key \| null`
`disabledKeys`	`Set<Key>`
`disabledBehavior`	`DisabledBehavior`

Methods

Method	Description
`constructor( collection: Collection<Node<unknown>>, state: MultipleSelectionState, options?: SelectionManagerOptions ): void`
`setSelectionBehavior( (selectionBehavior: SelectionBehavior )): void`	Sets the selection behavior for the collection.
`setFocused( (isFocused: boolean )): void`	Sets whether the collection is focused.
`setFocusedKey( (key: Key \| \| null, , childFocusStrategy?: FocusStrategy )): void`	Sets the focused key.
`isSelected( (key: Key )): void`	Returns whether a key is selected.
`extendSelection( (toKey: Key )): void`	Extends the selection to the given key.
`toggleSelection( (key: Key )): void`	Toggles whether the given key is selected.
`replaceSelection( (key: Key )): void`	Replaces the selection with only the given key.
`setSelectedKeys( (keys: Iterable<Key> )): void`	Replaces the selection with the given keys.
`selectAll(): void`	Selects all items in the collection.
`clearSelection(): void`	Removes all keys from the selection.
`toggleSelectAll(): void`	Toggles between select all and an empty selection.
`select( (key: Key, , e?: PressEvent \| LongPressEvent \| PointerEvent )): void`
`isSelectionEqual( (selection: Set<Key> )): void`	Returns whether the current selection is equal to the given selection.
`canSelectItem( (key: Key )): void`
`isDisabled( (key: Key )): void`
`isLink( (key: Key )): void`

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`selectionMode`	`SelectionMode`	The type of selection that is allowed in the collection.
`selectionBehavior`	`SelectionBehavior`	The selection behavior for the collection.
`disallowEmptySelection`	`boolean`	Whether the collection allows empty selection.
`selectedKeys`	`Selection`	The currently selected keys in the collection.
`disabledKeys`	`Set<Key>`	The currently disabled keys in the collection.
`disabledBehavior`	`DisabledBehavior`	Whether `disabledKeys` applies to selection, actions, or both.
`isFocused`	`boolean`	Whether the collection is currently focused.
`focusedKey`	`Key`	The current focused key in the collection.
`childFocusStrategy`	`FocusStrategy`	Whether the first or last child of the focused key should receive focus.

Methods

Method	Description
`setSelectionBehavior( (selectionBehavior: SelectionBehavior )): void`	Sets the selection behavior for the collection.
`setSelectedKeys( (keys: Selection )): void`	Sets the selected keys in the collection.
`setFocused( (isFocused: boolean )): void`	Sets whether the collection is focused.
`setFocusedKey( (key: Key, , child?: FocusStrategy )): void`	Sets the focused key, and optionally, whether the first or last child of that key should receive focus.

'none'
  | 'single'
  | 'multiple'

'toggle' | 'replace'

'all' | Set<Key>

'selection' | 'all'

'first' | 'last'

Name	Type	Description
`allowsCellSelection`	`boolean`

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`type`	`'pressstart' \| 'pressend' \| 'pressup' \| 'press'`	The type of press event being fired.
`pointerType`	`PointerType`	The pointer type that triggered the press event.
`target`	`Element`	The target element of the press event.
`shiftKey`	`boolean`	Whether the shift keyboard modifier was held during the press event.
`ctrlKey`	`boolean`	Whether the ctrl keyboard modifier was held during the press event.
`metaKey`	`boolean`	Whether the meta keyboard modifier was held during the press event.
`altKey`	`boolean`	Whether the alt keyboard modifier was held during the press event.

Methods

Method	Description
`continuePropagation(): void`	By default, press events stop propagation to parent elements. In cases where a handler decides not to handle a specific event, it can call `continuePropagation()` to allow a parent to handle it.

'mouse'
  | 'pen'
  | 'touch'
  | 'keyboard'
  | 'virtual'

Name	Type	Description
`type`	`'longpressstart' \| 'longpressend' \| 'longpress'`	The type of long press event being fired.
`pointerType`	`PointerType`	The pointer type that triggered the press event.
`target`	`Element`	The target element of the press event.
`shiftKey`	`boolean`	Whether the shift keyboard modifier was held during the press event.
`ctrlKey`	`boolean`	Whether the ctrl keyboard modifier was held during the press event.
`metaKey`	`boolean`	Whether the meta keyboard modifier was held during the press event.
`altKey`	`boolean`	Whether the alt keyboard modifier was held during the press event.

Name	Type	Description
`tabListProps`	`DOMAttributes`	Props for the tablist container.

All DOM attributes supported across both HTML and SVG elements.

Extends: AriaAttributes, ReactDOMAttributes

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string \| undefined`
`role`	`AriaRole \| undefined`
`tabIndex`	`number \| undefined`
`style`	`CSSProperties \| undefined`
`className`	`string \| undefined`

Name	Type	Description
`key`	`Key`	The key of the tab.
`isDisabled`	`boolean`	Whether the tab should be disabled.
`shouldSelectOnPressUp`	`boolean`	Whether the tab selection should occur on press up instead of press down.
`aria-label`	`string`	Defines a string value that labels the current element.
`aria-labelledby`	`string`	Identifies the element (or elements) that labels the current element.
`aria-describedby`	`string`	Identifies the element (or elements) that describes the object.
`aria-details`	`string`	Identifies the element (or elements) that provide a detailed, extended description for the object.

Name	Type	Description
`tabProps`	`DOMAttributes`	Props for the tab element.
`isSelected`	`boolean`	Whether the tab is currently selected.
`isDisabled`	`boolean`	Whether the tab is disabled.
`isPressed`	`boolean`	Whether the tab is currently in a pressed state.

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The element's unique identifier. See MDN.
`aria-label`	`string`	Defines a string value that labels the current element.
`aria-labelledby`	`string`	Identifies the element (or elements) that labels the current element.
`aria-describedby`	`string`	Identifies the element (or elements) that describes the object.
`aria-details`	`string`	Identifies the element (or elements) that provide a detailed, extended description for the object.

Name	Type	Description
`tabPanelProps`	`DOMAttributes`	Props for the tab panel element.

Provides state management for a Tabs component. Tabs include a TabList which tracks which tab is currently selected and displays the content associated with that Tab in a TabPanel.

useTabListState<T extends object>(
  (props: TabListStateOptions<T>
)): TabListState<T>

Name	Type	Description
`isDisabled`	`boolean`	Whether the TabList is disabled. Shows that a selection exists, but is not available in that circumstance.
`items`	`Iterable<T>`	Item objects in the collection.
`disabledKeys`	`Iterable<Key>`	The item keys that are disabled. These items cannot be selected, focused, or otherwise interacted with.
`selectedKey`	`Key \| null`	The currently selected key in the collection (controlled).
`defaultSelectedKey`	`Key`	The initial selected key in the collection (uncontrolled).
`onSelectionChange`	`( (key: Key )) => any`	Handler that is called when the selection changes.
`collection`	`Collection<Node<T>>`	A pre-constructed collection to use instead of building one from items and children.

Item<T>(
  (props: ItemProps<T>
)): ReactElement

Name	Type	Description
`children`	`ReactNode`	Rendered contents of the item or child items.
`title`	`ReactNode`	Rendered contents of the item if `children` contains child items.
`textValue`	`string`	A string representation of the item's contents, used for features like typeahead.
`aria-label`	`string`	An accessibility label for this item.
`childItems`	`Iterable<T>`	A list of child item objects. Used for dynamic collections.
`hasChildItems`	`boolean`	Whether this item has children, even if not loaded yet.
`href`	`string`	A URL to link to. See MDN.
`target`	`HTMLAttributeAnchorTarget`	The target window for the link. See MDN.
`rel`	`string`	The relationship between the linked resource and the current page. See MDN.
`download`	`boolean \| string`	Causes the browser to download the linked URL. A string may be provided to suggest a file name. See MDN.
`ping`	`string`	A space-separated list of URLs to ping when the link is followed. See MDN.
`referrerPolicy`	`HTMLAttributeReferrerPolicy`	How much of the referrer to send when following the link. See MDN.

A RouterProvider accepts a navigate function from a framework or client side router, and provides it to all nested React Aria links to enable client side navigation.

Name	Type	Description
`navigate`	`( (path: string )) => void`
`children`	`ReactNode`