@flownet/react-layout-routered-tabs

@flownet/react-layout-routered-tabs

This project is a React-based library that eases the creation of tab navigation interfaces through Router integration. It enables developers to design websites with multiple tabs where each tab has a distinct route or URL. This integrated routing enhances the user experience by allowing users to reaccess visited tabs using their unique URLs.

The main functionalities provided by this project can be broadly classified into three main components, namely RouteredTab, RouteredTabs, and RouterContainer.

RouteredTab

This is a simple functional React component that renders the children passed to it. The children are the individual tabs within the tab navigation system, each represented as a 'route' in the router.

RouteredTabs

This component is responsible for mapping each child tab to its unique route and rendering the appropriate content based on the active route. It also establishes a tab navigation system in the website interface, using the Material UI library for consistent and attractive styling. It also introduces a feature that automatically redirects the user to the first tab page if the website's base URL is accessed.

Navigation Feature

A keen feature of this component is the integration of navigation tools from react-router-dom. It uses useLocation to extract the current route and useNavigate to provide the capability to navigate or redirect the user to different routes.

RouterContainer

This serves as a wrapper component to encapsulate the RouteredTabs component within a HashRouter. This is a type of router in react-router-dom which uses the URL hash to keep the UI in sync with the URL.

In summary, this project enables web developers to incorporate tab-based interfaces with routable tabs in their applications. This enables end-users to have a smooth navigation experience by easily hopping between tabs while also availing the ability to bookmark specific tabs or share them directly due to their unique routes.