Bigcommerce Tabs UI Module

Create a tabbed UI element

TODO

• Update _toggleClasses to allow for accordion layout.
• Add responsive setting that allows tabbed UI to break down into accordion at smaller screen sizes

Installation

npm install --save github:pixelunion/bc-tabs

Options

All options are optional.

tabScope

The jQuery object of the tab nav container. defaults to $('[data-tabs]').

tabToggle

The jQuery object of the tab link. defaults to $('[data-tab-title]').

tabContent

The jQuery object of the tab content. defaults to $('[data-tab-content]').

toggleTab

Override for the tab toggle function.

keepTabsOpen

Override for keepTabsOpen function. Needs to return boolean

activeClass

Class given to both the nav element and content container for the currently active tab.

defaultTab

E.G. #search-content-listing

afterSetup

Callback function called once the tabs have been initialized. Gets passed the id of the currently active tab.

afterChange

Callback function called when a tab is clicked. Gets passed the id of the clicked tab.

tabHistory

Leverage the history API for tab chages. Defaults to false.

Some sample markup

Tabs

<ul class="tabs" data-tabs>
  <li class="tab-title"><a href="#featured-products">Featured Products</a></li>
  <li class="tab-title"><a href="#best-sellers">Best Sellers</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tabs-content">
  <div class="tabs-content-panel" id="featured-products">
    Tab panel content
  </div>
  <div class="tabs-content-panel" id="best-sellers">
    Tab panel content
  </div>
</div>

Accordion

<section data-tabs>
  <h2 class="tab-title"><a href="#hello">tab</a></h2>
  <div class="tabs-content-panel" id="hello">
   content with an anchor
   <a href="http://google.com">google</a>
  </div>
  <h2 class="tab-title"><a href="#goodbye">tab2</a></h2>
  <div class="tabs-content-panel" id="goodbye">
   other content
  </div>
</section>

Javascript

// Constructor:
this.tabs = new Tabs({
  afterSetup: (tabId) => {
    alert(`The tabs are ready! the current tab is ${tabId}`);
  },
  afterChange: () => {
    alert(`A tab has been changed! the new tab is ${tabId}`);
  }
});

// _bind:
this.tabs.displayTabContent('#leave-review');

SCSS

// Style the tab themselves.
.tab-title {
  font-weight: normal;

  &.active {
    font-weight: bold;
  }
}

.tab-content-panel {
  display: none;

  &.active {
    display: block;
  }
}

Further Development

For debugging or improvements you can run a standalone test version of the module using a very basic webpack development server:

$ npm install
$ npm run demo

This will allow you to make changes to the JS and HTML while working with a live demo in your browser.