Tabs

Tabs organize content into multiple sections and allow users to navigate between them. The content under the set of tabs should be related and form a coherent unit.

Example#

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

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

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

Content#

Tabs expects <TabList> and <TabPanels> elements as children, however additional elements may wrap them to allow for layout flexibility. TabList and TabPanels follow the Collection Components API, accepting both static and dynamic collections. TabList and TabPanel accept <Item> elements as children, each with a key prop. The key passed to the TabList <Item> must match its corresponding TabPanel <Item>. Static collections, as in the previous example, can be used when the full list of tabs and their contents is known ahead of time.

Dynamic collections, as shown below, can be used when the options come from an external data source such as an API call, or update over time. As seen below, an iterable list of options is passed to the Tabs using the items prop. 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 the Events section for more detail on selection.

import type {Key} from '@adobe/react-spectrum';

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      id: 1,
      name: 'Founding of Rome',
      children: 'Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.'
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name: 'Monarchy and Republic',
      children: 'Senatus Populusque Romanus.'
    },
    { id: 3, name: 'Empire', children: 'Alea jacta est.' }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];
  let [tabId, setTabId] = React.useState<Key>(1);

  return (
    <>
      <p>Current tab id: {tabId}</p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="History of Ancient Rome"
        items={tabs}
        onSelectionChange={setTabId}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

import type {Key} from '@adobe/react-spectrum';

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      id: 1,
      name: 'Founding of Rome',
      children:
        'Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.'
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name: 'Monarchy and Republic',
      children: 'Senatus Populusque Romanus.'
    },
    { id: 3, name: 'Empire', children: 'Alea jacta est.' }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];
  let [tabId, setTabId] = React.useState<Key>(1);

  return (
    <>
      <p>Current tab id: {tabId}</p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="History of Ancient Rome"
        items={tabs}
        onSelectionChange={setTabId}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

import type {Key} from '@adobe/react-spectrum';

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      id: 1,
      name:
        'Founding of Rome',
      children:
        'Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris.'
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name:
        'Monarchy and Republic',
      children:
        'Senatus Populusque Romanus.'
    },
    {
      id: 3,
      name: 'Empire',
      children:
        'Alea jacta est.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab =
    typeof tabs[0];
  let [tabId, setTabId] =
    React.useState<Key>(
      1
    );

  return (
    <>
      <p>
        Current tab id:
        {' '}
        {tabId}
      </p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="History of Ancient Rome"
        items={tabs}
        onSelectionChange={setTabId}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item>
              {item
                .children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

Internationalization#

To internationalize Tabs, a localized string should be passed as children to the TabList <Item>. Any text content within the Tab's panel should also be localized accordingly. For languages that are read right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew and Arabic), the layout of Tabs is automatically flipped.

Icons in tabs#

Icons can also be used in Tabs in addition to a text label. Tabs use Slots in order to style Icons and Text together.

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

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

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

Customizing layout#

If you need to add additional structure to Tabs such as buttons in-line with the TabList, we support this too. TabList and TabPanels are not required to be the immediate children of Tabs.

function Example() {
  let [tabs, setTabs] = React.useState([
    { name: 'Tab 1', children: 'Tab Body 1' },
    { name: 'Tab 2', children: 'Tab Body 2' },
    { name: 'Tab 3', children: 'Tab Body 3' }
  ]);
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];

  let addTab = () => {
    let newTabs = [...tabs];
    newTabs.push({
      name: `Tab ${tabs.length + 1}`,
      children: `Tab Body ${tabs.length + 1}`
    });

    setTabs(newTabs);
  };

  let removeTab = () => {
    if (tabs.length > 1) {
      let newTabs = [...tabs];
      newTabs.pop();
      setTabs(newTabs);
    }
  };

  return (
    <Tabs aria-label="Tab example" items={tabs}>
      <Flex>
        <TabList flex="1 1 auto" minWidth="0px">
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item key={item.name}>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <div
          style={{
            display: 'flex',
            flex: '0 0 auto',
            borderBottom:
              'var(--spectrum-alias-border-size-thick) solid var(--spectrum-global-color-gray-300)'
          }}
        >
          <ActionGroup
            disabledKeys={tabs.length === 1 ? ['remove'] : undefined}
            onAction={(val) => val === 'add' ? addTab() : removeTab()}
          >
            <Item key="add">
              Add Tab
            </Item>
            <Item key="remove">
              Remove Tab
            </Item>
          </ActionGroup>
        </div>
      </Flex>
      <TabPanels>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item key={item.name}>
            {item.children}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let [tabs, setTabs] = React.useState([
    { name: 'Tab 1', children: 'Tab Body 1' },
    { name: 'Tab 2', children: 'Tab Body 2' },
    { name: 'Tab 3', children: 'Tab Body 3' }
  ]);
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];

  let addTab = () => {
    let newTabs = [...tabs];
    newTabs.push({
      name: `Tab ${tabs.length + 1}`,
      children: `Tab Body ${tabs.length + 1}`
    });

    setTabs(newTabs);
  };

  let removeTab = () => {
    if (tabs.length > 1) {
      let newTabs = [...tabs];
      newTabs.pop();
      setTabs(newTabs);
    }
  };

  return (
    <Tabs aria-label="Tab example" items={tabs}>
      <Flex>
        <TabList flex="1 1 auto" minWidth="0px">
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item key={item.name}>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <div
          style={{
            display: 'flex',
            flex: '0 0 auto',
            borderBottom:
              'var(--spectrum-alias-border-size-thick) solid var(--spectrum-global-color-gray-300)'
          }}
        >
          <ActionGroup
            disabledKeys={tabs.length === 1
              ? ['remove']
              : undefined}
            onAction={(val) =>
              val === 'add' ? addTab() : removeTab()}
          >
            <Item key="add">
              Add Tab
            </Item>
            <Item key="remove">
              Remove Tab
            </Item>
          </ActionGroup>
        </div>
      </Flex>
      <TabPanels>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item key={item.name}>
            {item.children}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let [tabs, setTabs] =
    React.useState([
      {
        name: 'Tab 1',
        children:
          'Tab Body 1'
      },
      {
        name: 'Tab 2',
        children:
          'Tab Body 2'
      },
      {
        name: 'Tab 3',
        children:
          'Tab Body 3'
      }
    ]);
  type Tab =
    typeof tabs[0];

  let addTab = () => {
    let newTabs = [
      ...tabs
    ];
    newTabs.push({
      name: `Tab ${
        tabs.length + 1
      }`,
      children:
        `Tab Body ${
          tabs.length + 1
        }`
    });

    setTabs(newTabs);
  };

  let removeTab = () => {
    if (
      tabs.length > 1
    ) {
      let newTabs = [
        ...tabs
      ];
      newTabs.pop();
      setTabs(newTabs);
    }
  };

  return (
    <Tabs
      aria-label="Tab example"
      items={tabs}
    >
      <Flex>
        <TabList
          flex="1 1 auto"
          minWidth="0px"
        >
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item
              key={item
                .name}
            >
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <div
          style={{
            display:
              'flex',
            flex:
              '0 0 auto',
            borderBottom:
              'var(--spectrum-alias-border-size-thick) solid var(--spectrum-global-color-gray-300)'
          }}
        >
          <ActionGroup
            disabledKeys={tabs
                .length ===
                1
              ? [
                'remove'
              ]
              : undefined}
            onAction={(val) =>
              val ===
                  'add'
                ? addTab()
                : removeTab()}
          >
            <Item key="add">
              Add Tab
            </Item>
            <Item key="remove">
              Remove Tab
            </Item>
          </ActionGroup>
        </div>
      </Flex>
      <TabPanels>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item
            key={item
              .name}
          >
            {item
              .children}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

Labeling#

Accessibility#

While an aria-label is not explicitly required for a tab list, Tabs should be labeled using a aria-label in the absence of an ancestor landmark. This will prevent screen readers from announcing non-focused tabs, allowing for a more focused experience.

Selection#

Setting a selected tab can be done by using the defaultSelectedKey or selectedKey prop. The selected key corresponds to the key of an item. See Events for more details on selection events. Additionally, see the react-stately Selection docs for caveats regarding selection prop typing.

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    { id: 1, name: 'Keyboard Settings', children: 'No keyboard detected.' },
    { id: 2, name: 'Mouse Settings', children: 'No mouse detected.' },
    { id: 3, name: 'Gamepad Settings', children: 'No gamepad detected' }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];
  let [tab, setTab] = React.useState<Key>(2);

  return (
    <Flex gap="size-150" wrap>
      <span id="label-2">Settings (uncontrolled)</span>
      <Tabs
        aria-labelledby="label-2"
        items={tabs}
        defaultSelectedKey={2}
        marginBottom="size-400"
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
      <span id="label-3">Settings (controlled)</span>
      <Tabs
        aria-labelledby="label-3"
        items={tabs}
        selectedKey={tab}
        onSelectionChange={setTab}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </Flex>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      id: 1,
      name: 'Keyboard Settings',
      children: 'No keyboard detected.'
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name: 'Mouse Settings',
      children: 'No mouse detected.'
    },
    {
      id: 3,
      name: 'Gamepad Settings',
      children: 'No gamepad detected'
    }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];
  let [tab, setTab] = React.useState<Key>(2);

  return (
    <Flex gap="size-150" wrap>
      <span id="label-2">Settings (uncontrolled)</span>
      <Tabs
        aria-labelledby="label-2"
        items={tabs}
        defaultSelectedKey={2}
        marginBottom="size-400"
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
      <span id="label-3">Settings (controlled)</span>
      <Tabs
        aria-labelledby="label-3"
        items={tabs}
        selectedKey={tab}
        onSelectionChange={setTab}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </Flex>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      id: 1,
      name:
        'Keyboard Settings',
      children:
        'No keyboard detected.'
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name:
        'Mouse Settings',
      children:
        'No mouse detected.'
    },
    {
      id: 3,
      name:
        'Gamepad Settings',
      children:
        'No gamepad detected'
    }
  ];
  type Tab =
    typeof tabs[0];
  let [tab, setTab] =
    React.useState<Key>(
      2
    );

  return (
    <Flex
      gap="size-150"
      wrap
    >
      <span id="label-2">
        Settings
        (uncontrolled)
      </span>
      <Tabs
        aria-labelledby="label-2"
        items={tabs}
        defaultSelectedKey={2}
        marginBottom="size-400"
      >
        <TabList>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item>
              {item
                .children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
      <span id="label-3">
        Settings
        (controlled)
      </span>
      <Tabs
        aria-labelledby="label-3"
        items={tabs}
        selectedKey={tab}
        onSelectionChange={setTab}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item>
              {item
                .children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </Flex>
  );
}

Events#

Tabs supports selection via mouse, keyboard, and touch. You can handle all of these via the onSelectionChange prop. Tabs will pass the selected key to the onSelectionChange handler.

The following example uses an onSelectionChange handler to update the tab selection stored in React state.

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      name: 'Triassic',
      children:
        'The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Jurassic',
      children:
        'The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Cretaceous',
      children:
        'The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million years ago.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];
  let [timePeriod, setTimePeriod] = React.useState<Key>('Triassic');

  return (
    <>
      <p>Selected time period: {timePeriod}</p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
        items={tabs}
        selectedKey={timePeriod}
        onSelectionChange={setTimePeriod}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item key={item.name}>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item key={item.name}>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      name: 'Triassic',
      children:
        'The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Jurassic',
      children:
        'The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Cretaceous',
      children:
        'The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million years ago.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];
  let [timePeriod, setTimePeriod] = React.useState<Key>(
    'Triassic'
  );

  return (
    <>
      <p>Selected time period: {timePeriod}</p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
        items={tabs}
        selectedKey={timePeriod}
        onSelectionChange={setTimePeriod}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item key={item.name}>
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(item: Tab) => (
            <Item key={item.name}>
              {item.children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </Tabs>
    </>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      name: 'Triassic',
      children:
        'The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Jurassic',
      children:
        'The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Cretaceous',
      children:
        'The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million years ago.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab =
    typeof tabs[0];
  let [
    timePeriod,
    setTimePeriod
  ] = React.useState<
    Key
  >('Triassic');

  return (
    <>
      <p>
        Selected time
        period:{' '}
        {timePeriod}
      </p>
      <Tabs
        aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
        items={tabs}
        selectedKey={timePeriod}
        onSelectionChange={setTimePeriod}
      >
        <TabList>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item
              key={item
                .name}
            >
              {item.name}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabList>
        <TabPanels>
          {(
            item: Tab
          ) => (
            <Item
              key={item
                .name}
            >
              {item
                .children}
            </Item>
          )}
        </TabPanels>
      </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.

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      name: 'Triassic',
      children:
        'The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Jurassic',
      children:
        'The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Cretaceous',
      children:
        'The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million years ago.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];

  return (
    <Tabs
      aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
      items={tabs}
      keyboardActivation="manual"
    >
      <TabList>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item key={item.name}>
            {item.name}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item key={item.name}>
            {item.children}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      name: 'Triassic',
      children:
        'The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Jurassic',
      children:
        'The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Cretaceous',
      children:
        'The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million years ago.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab = typeof tabs[0];

  return (
    <Tabs
      aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
      items={tabs}
      keyboardActivation="manual"
    >
      <TabList>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item key={item.name}>
            {item.name}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item key={item.name}>
            {item.children}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function Example() {
  let tabs = [
    {
      name: 'Triassic',
      children:
        'The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Jurassic',
      children:
        'The Jurassic ranges from 200 million years to 145 million years ago.'
    },
    {
      name: 'Cretaceous',
      children:
        'The Cretaceous is the longest period of the Mesozoic, spanning from 145 million to 66 million years ago.'
    }
  ];
  type Tab =
    typeof tabs[0];

  return (
    <Tabs
      aria-label="Mesozoic time periods"
      items={tabs}
      keyboardActivation="manual"
    >
      <TabList>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item
            key={item
              .name}
          >
            {item.name}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        {(item: Tab) => (
          <Item
            key={item
              .name}
          >
            {item
              .children}
          </Item>
        )}
      </TabPanels>
    </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. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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, Outlet, Route, Routes, useLocation, useNavigate} from 'react-router-dom';
import {RouterProvider} from '@adobe/react-spectrum';

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

  return (
    <Tabs selectedKey={pathname}>
      <TabList aria-label="Tabs">
        <Item key="/" href="/">Home</Item>
        <Item key="/shared" href="/shared">Shared</Item>
        <Item key="/deleted" href="/deleted">Deleted</Item>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <Item key="/">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
        <Item key="/shared">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
        <Item key="/deleted">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function App() {
  let navigate = useNavigate();
  return (
    <RouterProvider navigate={navigate}>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/" element={<AppTabs />}>
          <Route index element={<HomePage />} />
          <Route path="/shared" element={<SharedPage />} />
          <Route path="/deleted" element={<DeletedPage />} />
        </Route>
      </Routes>
    </RouterProvider>
  );
}

<BrowserRouter>
  <App />
</BrowserRouter>

import {
  BrowserRouter,
  Outlet,
  Route,
  Routes,
  useLocation,
  useNavigate
} from 'react-router-dom';
import {RouterProvider} from '@adobe/react-spectrum';

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

  return (
    <Tabs selectedKey={pathname}>
      <TabList aria-label="Tabs">
        <Item key="/" href="/">Home</Item>
        <Item key="/shared" href="/shared">Shared</Item>
        <Item key="/deleted" href="/deleted">Deleted</Item>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <Item key="/">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
        <Item key="/shared">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
        <Item key="/deleted">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function App() {
  let navigate = useNavigate();
  return (
    <RouterProvider navigate={navigate}>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/" element={<AppTabs />}>
          <Route index element={<HomePage />} />
          <Route path="/shared" element={<SharedPage />} />
          <Route
            path="/deleted"
            element={<DeletedPage />}
          />
        </Route>
      </Routes>
    </RouterProvider>
  );
}

<BrowserRouter>
  <App />
</BrowserRouter>

import {
  BrowserRouter,
  Outlet,
  Route,
  Routes,
  useLocation,
  useNavigate
} from 'react-router-dom';
import {RouterProvider} from '@adobe/react-spectrum';

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

  return (
    <Tabs
      selectedKey={pathname}
    >
      <TabList aria-label="Tabs">
        <Item
          key="/"
          href="/"
        >
          Home
        </Item>
        <Item
          key="/shared"
          href="/shared"
        >
          Shared
        </Item>
        <Item
          key="/deleted"
          href="/deleted"
        >
          Deleted
        </Item>
      </TabList>
      <TabPanels>
        <Item key="/">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
        <Item key="/shared">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
        <Item key="/deleted">
          <Outlet />
        </Item>
      </TabPanels>
    </Tabs>
  );
}

function App() {
  let navigate =
    useNavigate();
  return (
    <RouterProvider
      navigate={navigate}
    >
      <Routes>
        <Route
          path="/"
          element={
            <AppTabs />
          }
        >
          <Route
            index
            element={
              <HomePage />
            }
          />
          <Route
            path="/shared"
            element={
              <SharedPage />
            }
          />
          <Route
            path="/deleted"
            element={
              <DeletedPage />
            }
          />
        </Route>
      </Routes>
    </RouterProvider>
  );
}

<BrowserRouter>
  <App />
</BrowserRouter>

Props#

Tabs Props#

TabList Props#

TabPanels Props#

Visual options#

Density#

View guidelines

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

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

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

Quiet#

View guidelines

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

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

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

Disabled#

View guidelines

<Flex direction="column" rowGap="size-150">
  <Tabs
    aria-label="Chat log single tab disabled example"
    disabledKeys={['item2']}
  >
    <TabList>
      <Item key="item1">
        John Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        Jane Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        Joe Bloggs
      </Item>
    </TabList>
    <TabPanels>
      <Item key="item1">
        There is no prior chat history with John Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        There is no prior chat history with Jane Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        There is no prior chat history with Joe Bloggs.
      </Item>
    </TabPanels>
  </Tabs>
  <Tabs aria-label="Chat log all tabs disabled example" isDisabled>
    <TabList>
      <Item key="item1">
        John Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        Jane Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        Joe Bloggs
      </Item>
    </TabList>
    <TabPanels>
      <Item key="item1">
        There is no prior chat history with John Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        There is no prior chat history with Jane Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        There is no prior chat history with Joe Bloggs.
      </Item>
    </TabPanels>
  </Tabs>
</Flex>

<Flex direction="column" rowGap="size-150">
  <Tabs
    aria-label="Chat log single tab disabled example"
    disabledKeys={['item2']}
  >
    <TabList>
      <Item key="item1">
        John Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        Jane Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        Joe Bloggs
      </Item>
    </TabList>
    <TabPanels>
      <Item key="item1">
        There is no prior chat history with John Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        There is no prior chat history with Jane Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        There is no prior chat history with Joe Bloggs.
      </Item>
    </TabPanels>
  </Tabs>
  <Tabs
    aria-label="Chat log all tabs disabled example"
    isDisabled
  >
    <TabList>
      <Item key="item1">
        John Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        Jane Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        Joe Bloggs
      </Item>
    </TabList>
    <TabPanels>
      <Item key="item1">
        There is no prior chat history with John Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        There is no prior chat history with Jane Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        There is no prior chat history with Joe Bloggs.
      </Item>
    </TabPanels>
  </Tabs>
</Flex>

<Flex
  direction="column"
  rowGap="size-150"
>
  <Tabs
    aria-label="Chat log single tab disabled example"
    disabledKeys={[
      'item2'
    ]}
  >
    <TabList>
      <Item key="item1">
        John Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        Jane Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        Joe Bloggs
      </Item>
    </TabList>
    <TabPanels>
      <Item key="item1">
        There is no
        prior chat
        history with
        John Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        There is no
        prior chat
        history with
        Jane Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        There is no
        prior chat
        history with
        Joe Bloggs.
      </Item>
    </TabPanels>
  </Tabs>
  <Tabs
    aria-label="Chat log all tabs disabled example"
    isDisabled
  >
    <TabList>
      <Item key="item1">
        John Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        Jane Doe
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        Joe Bloggs
      </Item>
    </TabList>
    <TabPanels>
      <Item key="item1">
        There is no
        prior chat
        history with
        John Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item2">
        There is no
        prior chat
        history with
        Jane Doe.
      </Item>
      <Item key="item3">
        There is no
        prior chat
        history with
        Joe Bloggs.
      </Item>
    </TabPanels>
  </Tabs>
</Flex>