# Tabs

> A tab list that shows one panel at a time. One token contract, every theme. Catalog id tabs.

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Last Updated: 2026-11-13

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[Components](https://texuli.com/component-pages/) Tabs

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`tabs`

A tab list that shows one panel at a time.

**One token contract, every theme.** Display components take color, radius, density and state styling from the --tx-* token contract — the same variables the theme strip below overrides — so a theme swap re-colors them without per-component fixes.

## Live examples

### Line tabs

### Line tabs

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## In your theme

This page renders in the site theme, `enterprise-neutral`. Every one of the **210** library themes re-colors every component through the `--tx-*` contract. The three below carry real token values from the library, rendered at build — no island, no extra requests.

- Violetlight mode · AA contrast`background`
- `surface`
- `primary`
- `accent`
- `border`

[Open Theme Studio](https://texuli.com/theme-studio/)
- Monochromelight mode · AA contrast`background`
- `surface`
- `primary`
- `accent`
- `border`

[Open Theme Studio](https://texuli.com/theme-studio/)
- Accessible Dark Contrastdark mode · AAA contrast`background`
- `surface`
- `primary`
- `accent`
- `border`

[Open Theme Studio](https://texuli.com/theme-studio/)

## Props

Public props for Tabs

| Name | Kind | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `items` | `array` | yes | — | Tabs: value, label, optional badge and panel |
| `value` | `string` | no | — | The selected tab value |
| `onValueChange` | `event` | no | — | Selected tab changed |
| `label` | `string` | no | — | Accessible name of the tab list |
| `variant` | `enum` (line, pills, enclosed) | no | `"line"` | — |
| `orientation` | `enum` (horizontal, vertical) | no | `"horizontal"` | — |
| `activationMode` | `enum` (automatic, manual) | no | `"automatic"` | — |
| `loop` | `boolean` | no | `false` | — |
| `disabled` | `boolean` | no | `false` | — |
| `class` | `string` | no | — | — |
| `content` | `slot` | no | — | Panel body for each item |

## Keyboard

Keyboard behavior for Tabs

| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| `Tab, tab` | Tab list is labelled; arrow keys move among tabs; the selected tab is aria-selected |
| `tab` | Each tab names its panel |

## Accessibility

- Tab list is labelled; arrow keys move among tabs; the selected tab is aria-selected
- Each tab names its panel

## Evidence for tabs

Latest committed gates for `tabs` (as of 2026-10-23). Static snapshot — not live CI.

### Behavior

checked scenario `tabs`

8 checks

Rows in tests/behavior/scenarios/tabs.spec.ts, held to the WAI-ARIA APG pattern, run on Chromium and WebKit, and its touch rows on the Pixel 7.

### Size (gzip)

`texuli/tabs · budget 12.0 KiB`

Budget from texuli.budgets.json; re-measure with `pnpm size --filter <entry>`.

### Axe

documented

- `tests/e2e/site-component-pages.spec.ts`
- `docs/quality (a11y-*)`

Site component pages axe gate; package-level a11y docs under docs/quality when present.

### Browsers

- `chromium`
- `webkit`
- `mobile`

Playwright projects: Desktop Chrome, Desktop Safari, Pixel 7. Firefox is a known gap on this host.

## When to use

### Use when

- Switch between peer views of the same page

### Don’t use when

Prefer another component

- A sequence of steps (use stepper or wizard)
- Mobile app destinations (use bottom-nav)

## Related

- [`accordion`](https://texuli.com/component-pages/accordion/)
- [`stepper`](https://texuli.com/component-pages/stepper/)

## For agents

The live preview, prop editor and copyable code run in the browser. The component manifest holds the same props, events, examples and guidance as data. The live parts run in the browser and are not in this Markdown; the operations below do the same work through the read-only MCP server at https://texuli.com/mcp (no sign-in; see https://texuli.com/auth.md).

MCP operations ([reference](https://github.com/DailybotHQ/texuli/blob/main/packages/tools/docs/ops.md#operations)):

- `component.get`: Read a component manifest with `{"id":"tabs"}`.
- `example.search`: Find component examples.
- `catalog.search`: Search the component catalog.

Docs:

- [tabs component doc (Markdown)](https://texuli.com/llms/components/tabs.md)
- [Component docs for agents (llms.txt)](https://texuli.com/llms/llms.txt)
- [Catalog manifest snapshot (JSON)](https://texuli.com/catalog/catalog.json)
- [texuli README](https://github.com/DailybotHQ/texuli/blob/main/packages/texuli/README.md)
- [@texuli/catalog README](https://github.com/DailybotHQ/texuli/blob/main/packages/catalog/README.md)