Description

Tabs enable content organization at a high level. They allow the user to switch between views, data sets, or functional options.

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Note: these guidelines do not apply to navigation items in the Verintop.

Types

Type	Usage	Image
Horizontal tabs	Single row above the associated content. Use it as tabbed navigation.	Open
2nd level horizontal tabs	Use only as a second level to main horizontal tabs. Shown as a single row beneath the main horizontal tabs, above the associated content.
Vertical Tabs	Use where there is not enough space to show horizontal tabs, for example: the container or workspace is in a portrait orientation. there are a large number of tabs. the tabs require longer labels.
Details pane tabs	Use only in the Details Panel. Shown as a single row above the associated content.
Ribbon tabs	Use only in the Ribbon as tabbed navigation.

Usage & Behavior

Tabs organize content into groups and allow navigation between them. Content should be:

• related.

• at the same level of the content hierarchy.

General guidelines

Structure

Tabs consist of:

• Tab items, shown using short text labels.

• An active tab, which is visually different.

Vertical tabs also include a horizontal line underneath each tab.

The layout of tabs never changes:

• They always appear side by side in a single row or column.

• They always remain in the same order.

• There's only one active tab at any given time.

Tab widths

Horizontal and Ribbon tabs

• Each individual tab hugs its label. A row of tabs may therefore have varying widths.

• A maximum tab width may be applied. Where a tab label is longer than the maximum size, it will be truncated with a Tooltip shown on hover.

• Where the container is wider than the entire tab row, the tabs will be aligned to the left. The grey tab underline should always extend to the full width of the container.

• Tabs should never be wrapped onto multiple rows. See Responsive design below for guidelines within narrow containers.

Details pane tabs

• Details pane tabs all have equal width, and always fill container.

• Where a tab label does not fit, it will be truncated with a Tooltip shown on hover.

Default state

By default:

• the left tab is the first active horizontal tab.

• the top tab is the first active vertical tab.

Note: the default may change in specific use cases.

Content

• The label describes the content contained within each tab, and sets user expectations.

States

Interaction

• Only one tab can be selected at a time.

• A tab can be selected by clicking it.

• Selecting a tab will change the view in the container to the new tab’s associated content.

• Clicking on a new tab will automatically remove the selection from the previously-selected tab.

• When a tab label is truncated, hovering over it will show a Tooltip with the full label.

• Where necessary, vertical tabs may be scrollable. (Not recommended).

Validations and errors

Best practices

Use

• to switch between views, data sets, or functional options.

• when the content needs to be organized into exclusive groups.

Don’t use

• when there is not a lot of content. In this case consider using an Accordion.

• when there are dependencies between tabs. In this case, consider using a Wizard.

• when all the data needs to be visible in one place.

• horizontal and vertical tabs together within the same container.

• more than four tabs within the Details Pane.

General

• Use clear and short labels.

• Do not use icons for tab labels.

• Keep in mind reduced mobile widths and space for translated labels - the character length of a label will impact the experience.

• Tabs should be ordered by importance, popularity or user’s workflow. The order should be consistent across the experience.

• Tabs with related content should be grouped adjacent to each other.

Accessibility compliance

Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility

Focus management

Responsive Design

Verint products should support all devices down to the common tablet size (960px width). For general guidelines, see Fundamentals - Responsive design.

Horizontal tabs

Where the container width does not allow all tabs to be shown at once, Back and Next arrows should be shown, allowing users to scroll along the tab line.

• Once the focus is removed from the tab area, the selected item should automatically move into view.

• Click and drag should be supported on touch devices, allowing the user to drag the tabs list horizontally.

Vertical tabs

When the screen is narrowed and there is no longer room to show the full vertical tabs alongside the main content, the tabs column may be narrowed.

Design

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