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Tab

Create a tabbed navigation with different styles.

Usage

The tab component consists of clickable tabs, that are aligned side by side in a list. Its JavaScript functionality extends the Switcher component and is necessary to dynamically transition through different contents using the tabbed navigation.

Class/Attribute Description
uk-tab Add this attribute to a <ul> element to define the Tab component. Use <a> elements as tab items within the list.
.uk-active Add this class to a list item to apply an active state.
.uk-disabled Add this class to a list item to apply a disabled state. Also remove the href attribute from the anchor to make it inaccessible through keyboard navigation. 
<ul uk-tab>
    <li class="uk-active"><a href=""></a></li>
    <li><a href=""></a></li>
    <li class="uk-disabled"><a></a></li>
</ul>

<ul uk-tab>
    <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Left</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    <li class="uk-disabled"><a>Disabled</a></li>
</ul>

Bottom modifier

Add the .uk-tab-bottom class to flip tab items to the bottom.

<ul class="uk-tab-bottom" uk-tab>...</ul>

<ul class="uk-tab-bottom" uk-tab>
    <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Left</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
</ul>

Left/Right modifiers

Add the .uk-tab-left or .uk-tab-right class to align tabs vertically to the left or right side. To save space, the alignment automatically switches back to horizontal when the viewport width goes below 960px.

When using the vertical alignment, you will usually create a grid to apply the layout as seen in the Switcher example.

<ul class="uk-tab-left" uk-tab>...</ul>

<ul class="uk-tab-right" uk-tab>...</ul>

<div class="uk-child-width-1-2@s" uk-grid>
    <div>
        <ul class="uk-tab-left" uk-tab>
            <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Left</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>

    <div>
        <ul class="uk-tab-right" uk-tab>
            <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Right</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

Responsive

To change the default breakpoint between the vertical and horizontal alignment, just apply the media option to the attribute with the appropriate viewport width. Add a number in pixel, for example media: 640, or a breakpoint, for example media: @m.

<ul class="uk-tab-left" uk-tab="media: @s">...</ul>

Alignment

You can combine tabs with the Flex component or the Width component to modify the alignment of the navigations.

<ul class="uk-flex-right" uk-tab>...</ul>

<div class="uk-margin-medium-top">
    <ul class="uk-flex-center" uk-tab>
        <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Center</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

<div>
    <ul class="uk-flex-right" uk-tab>
        <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Right</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

<div>
    <ul class="uk-child-width-expand" uk-tab>
        <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Justify</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

Tabs and Dropdown

Tabs can be used to trigger a dropdown menu from the Dropdown component.

<ul uk-tab>
    <li>

        <!-- This is the menu item toggling the dropdown -->
        <a href=""></a>

        <!-- This is the dropdown -->
        <div uk-dropdown="mode: click">
            <ul class="uk-nav uk-dropdown-nav">...</ul>
        </div>

    </li>
</ul>

<ul uk-tab>
    <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Active</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
    <li>
        <a href="#">More <span uk-icon="icon: triangle-down"></span></a>
        <div uk-dropdown="mode: click">
            <ul class="uk-nav uk-dropdown-nav">
                <li class="uk-active"><a href="#">Active</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
                <li class="uk-nav-header">Header</li>
                <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
                <li class="uk-nav-divider"></li>
                <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </li>
</ul>

Component options

Any of these options can be applied to the component attribute. Separate multiple options with a semicolon. Learn more

Option Value Default Description
connect CSS selector false Related item’s container. By default, this is the next element with the ‘uk-switcher’ class.
toggle CSS selector > * The toggle selector, which triggers content switching on click.
active Number 0 Active index on init. Providing a negative number indicates a position starting from the end of the set.
animation String false The space separated names of animations to use. Comma separate for animation out.
duration Number 200 The animation duration.
swiping Boolean true Use swiping.
media Integer, String 960 When to switch to horizontal mode - a width as integer (e.g. 640) or a breakpoint (e.g. @s, @m, @l, @xl) or any valid media query (e.g. (min-width: 900px)).

JavaScript

Learn more about JavaScript components.

Initialization

UIkit.tab(element, options);

Events

The following events will be triggered on the connected items of the elements with this component attached:

Name Description
beforeshow Fires before an item is shown. Can prevent showing by calling preventDefault() on the event.
show Fires after an item is shown.
shown Fires after the item’s show animation has completed.
beforehide Fires before an item is hidden. Can prevent hiding by calling preventDefault() on the event.
hide Fires after an item’s hide animation has started.
hidden Fires after an item is hidden.

Methods

The following methods are available for the component:

Show

UIkit.tab(element).show(index);

Shows the Tab item with given index.

Name Type Default Description
index String, Integer, Node 0 Tab item to show. 0 based index.