How TO - Vertical Tabs
Learn how to create a vertical tab menu with CSS and JavaScript.
Vertical Tabs
Tabs are perfect for single page web applications, or for web pages capable of displaying different subjects.
Create Togglable Vertical Tabs
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<div class="tab">
<button class="tablinks" onclick="openCity(event,
'London')">London</button>
<button class="tablinks" onclick="openCity(event,
'Paris')">Paris</button>
<button class="tablinks" onclick="openCity(event,
'Tokyo')">Tokyo</button>
</div>
<div id="London" class="tabcontent">
<h3>London</h3>
<p>London is the capital city of England.</p>
</div>
<div
id="Paris" class="tabcontent">
<h3>Paris</h3>
<p>Paris
is the capital of France.</p>
</div>
<div id="Tokyo" class="tabcontent">
<h3>Tokyo</h3>
<p>Tokyo is the capital of Japan.</p>
</div>
Create buttons to open the 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 buttons and the tab content:
Example
* {box-sizing: border-box}
/* Style the tab */
.tab {
float: left;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
width: 30%;
height: 300px;
}
/* Style the buttons that are used to open the tab content */
.tab button {
display: block;
background-color: inherit;
color: black;
padding: 22px 16px;
width: 100%;
border: none;
outline: none;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
transition: 0.3s;
}
/* Change
background color of buttons on hover */
.tab button:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
}
/* Create an active/current "tab button"
class */
.tab button.active {
background-color:
#ccc;
}
/* Style the tab content */
.tabcontent {
float: left;
padding: 0px 12px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 70%;
border-left: none;
height: 300px;
}
Step 3) Add JavaScript:
Example
function openCity(evt, cityName) {
// Declare all
variables
var i, tabcontent, tablinks;
// Get all elements with class="tabcontent" and hide them
tabcontent
= document.getElementsByClassName("tabcontent");
for (i = 0; i < tabcontent.length; i++) {
tabcontent[i].style.display = "none";
}
// Get all elements with class="tablinks" and remove
the class "active"
tablinks = document.getElementsByClassName("tablinks");
for (i = 0; i <
tablinks.length; i++) {
tablinks[i].className = tablinks[i].className.replace(" active", "");
}
// Show the current tab, and add an "active" class to
the link that opened the tab
document.getElementById(cityName).style.display = "block";
evt.currentTarget.className += " active";
}
Try it Yourself »
Tip: Also check out How To - Horizontal Tabs.
