Tabs Edit

Tabs is a collection of React components that combine to render an ARIA-compliant tabs pattern.

Tabs organizes content across different screens, data sets, and interactions. It has two sections: a list of tabs, and the view to show when tabs are chosen.

Tabs can be used in an uncontrolled mode, where the component manages its own state. In this mode, the initialTabId prop can be used to set the initially selected tab. If this prop is not set, the first tab will be selected by default. In addition, in most cases where the currently active tab becomes disabled or otherwise unavailable, uncontrolled mode will automatically fall back to selecting the first available tab.

import { Tabs } from '@wordpress/components';

const onSelect = ( tabName ) => {
    console.log( 'Selecting tab', tabName );
};

const MyUncontrolledTabs = () => (
        <Tabs onSelect={onSelect} initialTab="tab2">
            <Tabs.TabList >
                <Tabs.Tab id={ 'tab1' } title={ 'Tab 1' }>
                    Tab 1
                </Tabs.Tab>
                <Tabs.Tab id={ 'tab2' } title={ 'Tab 2' }>
                    Tab 2
                </Tabs.Tab>
                <Tabs.Tab id={ 'tab3' } title={ 'Tab 3' }>
                    Tab 3
                </Tabs.Tab>
            </Tabs.TabList>
            <Tabs.TabPanel id={ 'tab1' }>
                <p>Selected tab: Tab 1</p>
            </Tabs.TabPanel>
            <Tabs.TabPanel id={ 'tab2' }>
                <p>Selected tab: Tab 2</p>
            </Tabs.TabPanel>
            <Tabs.TabPanel id={ 'tab3' }>
                <p>Selected tab: Tab 3</p>
            </Tabs.TabPanel>
        </Tabs>
    );

Tabs can also be used in a controlled mode, where the parent component specifies the selectedTabId and the onSelect props to control tab selection. In this mode, the initialTabId prop will be ignored if it is provided. If the selectedTabId is null, no tab is selected. In this mode, if the currently selected tab becomes disabled or otherwise unavailable, the component will not fall back to another available tab, leaving the controlling component in charge of implementing the desired logic.

import { Tabs } from '@wordpress/components';
    const [ selectedTabId, setSelectedTabId ] = useState<
        string | undefined | null
    >();

const onSelect = ( tabName ) => {
    console.log( 'Selecting tab', tabName );
};

const MyControlledTabs = () => (
        <Tabs
            selectedTabId={ selectedTabId }
            onSelect={ ( selectedId ) => {
                setSelectedTabId( selectedId );
                onSelect( selectedId );
            } }
        >
            <Tabs.TabList >
                <Tabs.Tab id={ 'tab1' } title={ 'Tab 1' }>
                    Tab 1
                </Tabs.Tab>
                <Tabs.Tab id={ 'tab2' } title={ 'Tab 2' }>
                    Tab 2
                </Tabs.Tab>
                <Tabs.Tab id={ 'tab3' } title={ 'Tab 3' }>
                    Tab 3
                </Tabs.Tab>
            </Tabs.TabList>
            <Tabs.TabPanel id={ 'tab1' }>
                <p>Selected tab: Tab 1</p>
            </Tabs.TabPanel>
            <Tabs.TabPanel id={ 'tab2' }>
                <p>Selected tab: Tab 2</p>
            </Tabs.TabPanel>
            <Tabs.TabPanel id={ 'tab3' }>
                <p>Selected tab: Tab 3</p>
            </Tabs.TabPanel>
        </Tabs>
    );

Tabs is comprised of four individual components:
– Tabs: a wrapper component and context provider. It is responsible for managing the state of the tabs and rendering the TabList and TabPanels.
– TabList: a wrapper component for the Tab components. It is responsible for rendering the list of tabs.
– Tab: renders a single tab. The currently active tab receives default styling that can be overridden with CSS targeting [aria-selected=”true”].
– TabPanel: renders the content to display for a single tab once that tab is selected.

Props

children: React.ReactNode

The children elements, which should be at least a Tabs.Tablist component and a series of Tabs.TabPanel components.

• Required: Yes

selectOnMove: boolean

When true, the tab will be selected when receiving focus (automatic tab activation). When false, the tab will be selected only when clicked (manual tab activation). See the official W3C docs for more info.

• Required: No
• Default: true

initialTabId: string

The id of the tab to be selected upon mounting of component. If this prop is not set, the first tab will be selected by default. The id provided will be internally prefixed with a unique instance ID to avoid collisions.

Note: this prop will be overridden by the selectedTabId prop if it is provided. (Controlled Mode)

• Required: No

onSelect: ( ( selectedId: string | null | undefined ) => void )

The function called when a tab has been selected. It is passed the selected tab’s ID as an argument.

• Required: No
• Default: noop

orientation: horizontal | vertical

The orientation of the tablist (vertical or horizontal)

• Required: No
• Default: horizontal

selectedTabId: string | null

The ID of the tab to display. This id is prepended with the Tabs instanceId internally.
If left undefined, the component assumes it is being used in uncontrolled mode. Consequently, any value different than undefined will set the component in controlled mode. When in controlled mode, the null value will result in no tab being selected.

• Required: No

Props

children: React.ReactNode

The children elements, which should be a series of Tabs.TabPanel components.

• Required: No

Props

id: string

The id of the tab, which is prepended with the Tabs instance ID.

• Required: Yes

children: React.ReactNode

The children elements, generally the text to display on the tab.

• Required: No

disabled: boolean

Determines if the tab button should be disabled.

• Required: No
• Default: false

render: React.ReactNode

The type of component to render the tab button as. If this prop is not provided, the tab button will be rendered as a button element.

• Required: No

Props

children: React.ReactNode

The children elements, generally the content to display on the tabpanel.

• Required: No

id: string

The id of the tabpanel, which is combined with the Tabs instance ID and the suffix -view

• Required: Yes

focusable: boolean

Determines whether or not the tabpanel element should be focusable. If false, pressing the tab key will skip over the tabpanel, and instead focus on the first focusable element in the panel (if there is one).

• Required: No
• Default: true