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Tab Patterns

Accessible tab interfaces with Radix UI including URL-synced navigation, vertical layouts, animated indicators, and badge counts.

What's Included#

  • Basic Radix Tabs with styled trigger and content components
  • URL-synced tabs using Next.js routing for shareable links
  • Vertical tab layout for sidebar-style navigation
  • Animated sliding indicator that follows the active tab
  • Tabs with badge counts for status indicators

Usage#

Via CLI#

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Via AI Assistant#

Ask your AI assistant:

  • "Use the tabs pattern from Bootspring"
  • "Apply the Bootspring tabs pattern to my project"

Key Considerations#

  • Use URL-based tabs for important views to enable bookmarking and sharing
  • Keep tab labels short and scannable for better usability
  • Lazy load tab content to only render the active panel when possible
  • Show loading states when switching between tabs with async content
  • Maintain scroll position within tabs to avoid disorienting users

Related Patterns#