How TO - Full Page Tabs
Learn how to create full page tabs, that covers the entire browser window, with CSS and JavaScript.
Full Page Tabs
Click on the links to display the "current" page:
Home
Home is where the heart is..
News
Some news this fine day!
Contact
Get in touch, or swing by for a cup of coffee.
About
Who we are and what we do.
Create One Page Tabs
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<button class="tablink" onclick="openPage('Home', this, 'red')">Home</button>
<button class="tablink" onclick="openPage('News', this, 'green')"
id="defaultOpen">News</button>
<button class="tablink" onclick="openPage('Contact',
this, 'blue')">Contact</button>
<button class="tablink" onclick="openPage('About',
this, 'orange')">About</button>
<div id="Home" class="tabcontent">
<h3>Home</h3>
<p>Home
is where the heart is..</p>
</div>
<div id="News" class="tabcontent">
<h3>News</h3>
<p>Some news this fine day!</p>
</div>
<div
id="Contact" class="tabcontent">
<h3>Contact</h3>
<p>Get
in touch, or swing by for a cup of coffee.</p>
</div>
<div id="About" class="tabcontent">
<h3>About</h3>
<p>Who we are and what we do.</p>
</div>
Create buttons to open specific
tab content. All <div> elements with class="tabcontent"
are hidden by default
(with CSS & JS). When the user clicks on a button - it will open the tab content
that "matches" this button.
Step 2) Add CSS:
Style the links and the tab content (full page):
Example
/* Set height of body and the document to 100% to enable "full page tabs" */
body, html {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
font-family: Arial;
}
/* Style tab links */
.tablink {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
float: left;
border: none;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 14px 16px;
font-size: 17px;
width: 25%;
}
.tablink:hover {
background-color: #777;
}
/* Style the tab content (and add
height:100% for full page content) */
.tabcontent {
color: white;
display: none;
padding: 100px 20px;
height: 100%;
}
#Home
{background-color: red;}
#News {background-color: green;}
#Contact
{background-color: blue;}
#About {background-color: orange;}
Step 3) Add JavaScript:
Example
function
openPage(pageName, elmnt, color) {
// Hide all
elements with class="tabcontent" by default */
var i,
tabcontent, tablinks;
tabcontent =
document.getElementsByClassName("tabcontent");
for (i =
0; i < tabcontent.length; i++) {
tabcontent[i].style.display = "none";
}
// Remove the background color of all tablinks/buttons
tablinks = document.getElementsByClassName("tablink");
for (i = 0; i < tablinks.length; i++) {
tablinks[i].style.backgroundColor = "";
}
// Show the specific tab content
document.getElementById(pageName).style.display = "block";
// Add the specific color to the button used to open the tab content
elmnt.style.backgroundColor = color;
}
// Get the element with id="defaultOpen"
and click on it
document.getElementById("defaultOpen").click();
Try it Yourself »
Tip: Also check out How To - Tabs.