Tab Group

<wa-tab-group>

Stable

Since 2.0

Tab groups organize related content into a single container that displays one panel at a time, with tabs for switching between them.

Tab groups make use of tabs and tab panels. Each panel should have a name that's unique within the tab group, and tabs should have a panel attribute that points to the respective panel's name.

                  
  General
  Custom
  Advanced
  Disabled

  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the custom tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.
  This is a disabled tab panel.

<wa-tab-group>
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="custom">Custom</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="advanced">Advanced</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="disabled" disabled>Disabled</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="custom">This is the custom tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="disabled">This is a disabled tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Examples

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Setting the Active Tab

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To make a tab active, set the active attribute to the name of the appropriate panel.

                  
  General
  Custom
  Advanced

  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the custom tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.

<wa-tab-group active="advanced">
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="custom">Custom</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="advanced">Advanced</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="custom">This is the custom tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Tabs on Bottom

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Tabs can be shown on the bottom by setting placement to bottom.

                  
  General
  Custom
  Advanced
  Disabled

  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the custom tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.
  This is a disabled tab panel.

<wa-tab-group placement="bottom">
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="custom">Custom</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="advanced">Advanced</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="disabled" disabled>Disabled</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="custom">This is the custom tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="disabled">This is a disabled tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Tabs on Start

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Tabs can be shown on the starting side by setting placement to start.

                  
  General
  Custom
  Advanced
  Disabled

  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the custom tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.
  This is a disabled tab panel.

<wa-tab-group placement="start">
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="custom">Custom</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="advanced">Advanced</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="disabled" disabled>Disabled</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="custom">This is the custom tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="disabled">This is a disabled tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Tabs on End

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Tabs can be shown on the ending side by setting placement to end.

                  
  General
  Custom
  Advanced
  Disabled

  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the custom tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.
  This is a disabled tab panel.

<wa-tab-group placement="end">
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="custom">Custom</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="advanced">Advanced</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="disabled" disabled>Disabled</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="custom">This is the custom tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="disabled">This is a disabled tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Closable Tabs

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You can make a tab closable by adding a close button next to the tab and inside the nav slot. You can position the button to your liking with CSS and handle close/restore behaviors by removing/appending the tab as desired. Note the use of tabindex="-1", which prevents the close button from interfering with the tab order. The close button is still recognizable to the virtual cursor in screen readers.

                  
  General
  Closable
  
  Advanced

  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the closable tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.

Restore tab

<wa-tab-group class="tabs-closable">
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="closable">Closable</wa-tab>
  <wa-button slot="nav" tabindex="-1" appearance="plain" size="s">
    <wa-icon name="xmark" label="Close the closable tab"></wa-icon>
  </wa-button>
  <wa-tab panel="closable-2">Advanced</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="closable">This is the closable tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

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<wa-button disabled>Restore tab</wa-button>

<style>
  .tabs-closable wa-button {
    position: relative;
    left: -1.5em;
    top: 0.675em;
  }
</style>

<script>
  const tabGroup = document.querySelector('.tabs-closable');
  const generalTab = tabGroup.querySelectorAll('wa-tab')[0];
  const closableTab = tabGroup.querySelectorAll('wa-tab')[1];
  const closeButton = tabGroup.querySelector('wa-button');
  const restoreButton = tabGroup.nextElementSibling.nextElementSibling;

  // Remove the tab when the close button is clicked
  closeButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    closableTab.remove();
    closeButton.remove();
    restoreButton.disabled = false;
  });

  // Restore the tab
  restoreButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    restoreButton.disabled = true;
    generalTab.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', closeButton);
    generalTab.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', closableTab);
  });
</script>

Scrolling Tabs

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When there are more tabs than horizontal space allows, the nav will be scrollable.

                  
  Tab 1
  Tab 2
  Tab 3
  Tab 4
  Tab 5
  Tab 6
  Tab 7
  Tab 8
  Tab 9
  Tab 10
  Tab 11
  Tab 12
  Tab 13
  Tab 14
  Tab 15
  Tab 16
  Tab 17
  Tab 18
  Tab 19
  Tab 20

  Tab panel 1
  Tab panel 2
  Tab panel 3
  Tab panel 4
  Tab panel 5
  Tab panel 6
  Tab panel 7
  Tab panel 8
  Tab panel 9
  Tab panel 10
  Tab panel 11
  Tab panel 12
  Tab panel 13
  Tab panel 14
  Tab panel 15
  Tab panel 16
  Tab panel 17
  Tab panel 18
  Tab panel 19
  Tab panel 20


                

                  
                

<wa-tab-group>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-1">Tab 1</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-2">Tab 2</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-3">Tab 3</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-4">Tab 4</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-5">Tab 5</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-6">Tab 6</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-7">Tab 7</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-8">Tab 8</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-9">Tab 9</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-10">Tab 10</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-11">Tab 11</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-12">Tab 12</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-13">Tab 13</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-14">Tab 14</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-15">Tab 15</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-16">Tab 16</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-17">Tab 17</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-18">Tab 18</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-19">Tab 19</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="tab-20">Tab 20</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-1">Tab panel 1</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-2">Tab panel 2</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-3">Tab panel 3</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-4">Tab panel 4</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-5">Tab panel 5</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-6">Tab panel 6</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-7">Tab panel 7</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-8">Tab panel 8</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-9">Tab panel 9</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-10">Tab panel 10</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-11">Tab panel 11</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-12">Tab panel 12</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-13">Tab panel 13</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-14">Tab panel 14</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-15">Tab panel 15</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-16">Tab panel 16</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-17">Tab panel 17</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-18">Tab panel 18</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-19">Tab panel 19</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="tab-20">Tab panel 20</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Manual Activation

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When focused, keyboard users can press Left or Right to select the desired tab. By default, the corresponding tab panel will be shown immediately (automatic activation). You can change this behavior by setting activation="manual" which will require the user to press Space or Enter before showing the tab panel (manual activation).

                  
  General
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  Advanced
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  This is the general tab panel.
  This is the custom tab panel.
  This is the advanced tab panel.
  This is a disabled tab panel.

<wa-tab-group activation="manual">
  <wa-tab panel="general">General</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="custom">Custom</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="advanced">Advanced</wa-tab>
  <wa-tab panel="disabled" disabled>Disabled</wa-tab>

  <wa-tab-panel name="general">This is the general tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="custom">This is the custom tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="advanced">This is the advanced tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
  <wa-tab-panel name="disabled">This is a disabled tab panel.</wa-tab-panel>
</wa-tab-group>

Importing

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If you're using the autoloader or a hosted project, components load on demand — no manual import needed. To cherry-pick a component manually, use one of the following snippets.

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Import this component directly from the CDN:

import 'https://ka-f.webawesome.com/[email protected]/components/tab-group/tab-group.js';

After installing Web Awesome via npm, import this component:

import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/tab-group/tab-group.js';

If you're self-hosting Web Awesome, import this component from your server:

import './webawesome/dist/components/tab-group/tab-group.js';

To import this component for React 18 or below, use the following code:

import WaTabGroup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/react/tab-group/index.js';

Slots

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Learn more about using slots.

Name	Description
(default)	Used for grouping tab panels in the tab group. Must be `<wa-tab-panel>` elements.
`nav`	Used for grouping tabs in the tab group. Must be `<wa-tab>` elements. Note that `<wa-tab>` will set this slot on itself automatically.

Attributes & Properties

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Learn more about attributes and properties.

Name	Description	Reflects
`activation` `activation`	When set to auto, navigating tabs with the arrow keys will instantly show the corresponding tab panel. When set to manual, the tab will receive focus but will not show until the user presses spacebar or enter. Type `'auto' \| 'manual'` Default `'auto'`
`active` `active`	Sets the active tab. Type `string` Default `''`
`css`	One or more CSSResultGroup to include in the component's shadow root. Host styles are automatically prepended. Type `CSSResultGroup \| undefined` Default `styles`
`defaultSlot`	Default slot for `<wa-tab-panel>` children (inside the `body` part container). Type `HTMLSlotElement`
`placement` `placement`	The placement of the tabs. Type `'top' \| 'bottom' \| 'start' \| 'end'` Default `'top'`
`withoutScrollControls` `without-scroll-controls`	Disables the scroll arrows that appear when tabs overflow. Type `boolean` Default `false`

Events

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Learn more about events.

Name	Description
`wa-tab-hide`	Emitted when a tab is hidden.
`wa-tab-show`	Emitted when a tab is shown.

CSS custom properties

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Learn more about CSS custom properties.

Name	Description
`--indicator-color`	The color of the active tab indicator.
`--track-color`	The color of the indicator's track (the line that separates tabs from panels).
`--track-width`	The width of the indicator's track (the line that separates tabs from panels).

CSS parts

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Name	Description	CSS selector
`base`	The component's base wrapper.	`::part(base)`
`body`	The tab group's body where tab panels are slotted in.	`::part(body)`
`nav`	The tab group's navigation container where tabs are slotted in.	`::part(nav)`
`scroll-button`	The previous/next scroll buttons that show when tabs are scrollable, a `<wa-button>`.	`::part(scroll-button)`
`scroll-button__base`	The scroll button's exported `base` part.	`::part(scroll-button__base)`
`scroll-button-end`	The ending scroll button.	`::part(scroll-button-end)`
`scroll-button-start`	The starting scroll button.	`::part(scroll-button-start)`
`tabs`	The container that wraps the tabs.	`::part(tabs)`

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Setting the Active Tab

Tabs on Bottom

Tabs on Start

Tabs on End

Closable Tabs

Scrolling Tabs

Manual Activation

Importing

Slots

Attributes & Properties

Events

CSS custom properties

CSS parts

Dependencies

Getting Started

Resources

Theming & Utilities

Components

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Form Controls

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Tab Group

Examples

Setting the Active Tab

Tabs on Bottom

Tabs on Start

Tabs on End

Closable Tabs

Scrolling Tabs

Manual Activation

Importing

Slots

Attributes & Properties

Events

CSS custom properties

CSS parts

Dependencies