react-tabs-component

Tabs component for React with the simplest API

This JSX:

var Tabs=require('react-tabs-component');
<Tabs
	defaultTabNum={1}
	tabNames={['Tab A','Tab B','Tab C']}
	classPrefix='tabs-'
>
	<section>Tab A Content</section>
	<section>Tab B Content</section>
	<section>Tab C Content</section>
</Tabs>

renders this HTML:

<div>
	<nav class="tabs-tab-container">
		<span class="tabs-tab" data-tabnum="0">Tab A</span>
		<span class="tabs-tab tabs-active-tab" data-tabnum="1">Tab B</span>
		<span class="tabs-tab" data-tabnum="2">Tab C</span>
	</nav>
	<section>Tab B Content</section>
</div>

In the example above, only the content for Tab B displays, since Tab B is the active tab.

Installation

Use the Common JS Module with Node and either Browserify or WebPack.

1. Install on the command line

npm install react-tabs-component --save

2. Require it at the top of a JavaScript file

require('react-tabs-component')

Testing

npm test

API

Required Prop

• tabNames—array of strings or components that will display in each tab.

Children

• Each child of the Tabs component will be treated as a content area corresponding to a member of the array passed to TabNames. For example, if the first tab is active, then the first child of the Tabs component will render.

Style-related Props

• classPrefix—a string to add to the beginning of each CSS class used internally by the Tabs component. The default is the empty string (''), so if this prop isn't specified, then class names will be used as in the example below:

JSX:

var Tabs=require('react-tabs-component');
<Tabs
	defaultTabNum={1}
	tabNames={['Tab A','Tab B','Tab C']}
>
	<section>Tab A Content</section>
	<section>Tab B Content</section>
	<section>Tab C Content</section>
</Tabs>

HTML:

<div>
	<nav class="tab-container">
		<span class="tab" data-tabnum="0">Tab A</span>
		<span class="tab active-tab" data-tabnum="1">Tab B</span>
		<span class="tab" data-tabnum="2">Tab C</span>
	</nav>
	<section>Tab B Content</section>
</div>

Callback Props

• willChange—fires before the tab changes. Return false from willChange to prevent the active tab from changing.
• didChange—fires after the tab changes.

In the example below, clicking Tab C will produce the following results:

1. 'will change tabs from 1 to 2' is logged to the console
2. The active tab changes from Tab B to to tab C. Tab B Content un-renders and Tab C Content is rendered.
3. 'changed tabs from 1 to 2' is logged to the console

JSX:

var willChange=function(newTabNum,oldTabNum){
	console.log('will change tabs from '+newTabNum+' to '+oldTabNum);
};

var didChange=function(newTabNum,oldTabNum){
	console.log('changed tabs from '+newTabNum+' to '+oldTabNum);
};

<Tabs
	defaultTabNum={1}
	tabNames={['Tab A','Tab B','Tab C']}
	classPrefix='tabs-'
>
	<section>Tab A Content</section>
	<section>Tab B Content</section>
	<section>Tab C Content</section>
</Tabs>