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Tabs enable content organization at a high level, such as switching between views, data sets, or functional aspects. Allowing user for dual-screen support, and workspace customization.

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Usage &

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Behavior

Tabs organize and allow navigation between groups of content that are related and at the same level of the hierarchy.

General guidelines

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Each tab label describes the content contained within it.

Structure

The horizontal layout of the tab bar never changes. The tabs always appear side by side

Structure

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Elements

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Description

• Container

  • Display

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• • a navigation text element arranged together with the active inactive highlighted

• Tab item

  • Describes its content and sets user expectations

  • one to two words maximum

  • Icons are not permitted as

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• • tab labels

• Active tab

  • To differentiate an active tab from an inactive tab, apply

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• • a 3 px underline and color change to the active tab’s highlighted.

Default

By default, show the first tab as open. This is the initial setting provided by the control.
Note: Technically, you can also override the initial selection. However, this is not recommended.

• Later on, you can show the tab last selected by the user.

States (TBD - not final design)

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Main tabs	2nd level tabs	Details pane tabs	Ribbon tabs

Special States (TBD - not final design)

Interaction

• You can Click click on the entire labelTheres

• Tabs can be switched by clicking on a different tab

• There's always one tab open

• Only 1 content can be viewed at a time , when clicking on another tab the display will change for the selected tab

• Hovering over a tab will show a tooltip with the full ?????????????? name of the section header

Validations and errors

Best practices

• Keep in mind that at mobile widths and during translation, the character length of a label will impact the experience. Do not use icons in the tab label

• A maximum of four tabs may be displayed. This is to maintain an uncluttered UI and reduce cognitive load for users.

• Use clear labels

• Tab order should be consistent across an experience. Tabs with related content should be grouped adjacent to each other.

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