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Tabs

Tabs are a way to organise content by grouping similar or related information on the same page.

Best practice

  • Use tabs to switch between content within the same context.
  • Don’t use tabs for site navigation that allows the user to navigate to another page or area of the app.
  • Only use tabs when users don’t have to see content from multiple tabs at the same time.
  • Make sure that the tabs are structured in a logical way.
  • Each tab label should be short, clear and concise so that it is easy to understand what is hidden behind each tab.
  • Don’t use ALL CAPS for the tab labels.

Overflow tabs

Only use this component if there is a space issue but first consider if some tabs can be removed or combined.