The reason we use a clearfix above yet not here is as follows: display:inline-block sometimes adds 7px-ish of margin below the affected element with no way of removing it. The display:inline-block adds a type of clearfix while also making it more ‘stable’ than if we used display:block.
I go into detail on the specifics of the CSS styling below. The bulk of this tutorial is aimed at beginners, so I’m taking that into account. I’m going to keep it simple with basic CSS (as opposed to an SCSS pre-processor like Sass, Less or Stylus). The currently visible tab will also need an active class, e.g. Inside of that, we have 4 divs, each with class="tab", (this number corresponds to how many tab links there are). Note: When the CSS is all done, the tab link parent with class="active" will be the highlighted one on page load. The first list item is marked as class="active". Inside the list items there are anchor links. Inside there’s an unordered list, (or an ordered one if you like, it makes no real difference), with class="tab-links". Starting off there’s a div with class="tabs".
Donec blandit mauris eget aliquet lacinia! Donec pulvinar massa interdum ri. Curabitur lacinia ullamcorper nibh quis imperdiet velit eleifend ac. Etiam rutrum sodales gravida! Aliquam tellus orci, iaculis vel.ĭonec pulvinar neque sed semper lacinia. Donec blandit mauris eget aliquet lacinia! Donec pulvinar massa interdum risus ornare mollis. Donec blandit mauris eget aliquet lacinia! Donec pulvinar massa interdum risus ornare mollis.ĭonec pulvinar neque sed semper lacinia. I go into detail on the specifics of the HTML layout below. You might also like: Creating an Accordion with HTML, CSS & jQuery. They can be incredibly handy when you have a lot of content that would simply fill up your page with too much information in one go. Think of tabs like the TARDIS…bigger on the inside. Tabs are a great way of grouping lots of content into a very small space. If you get stuck, don’t hesitate to ask me a question.
#Css3 menu tabs how to
In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to create tabs in HTML, CSS and jQuery.