curvy-tabs

See the demo.

Synopsis

<div class="curvy-tabs-container">
  <div style="background-color:lightblue" name="Tab A">
    Content for Tab A goes here.
  </div>
  <div style="background-color:lightgreen" name="Tab B">
    Content for Tab B goes here.
  </div>
</div>

As npm module:

var CurvyTabs = require('curvy-tab');

From CDN:

<script src="https://joneit.github.io/curvy-tabs/2.1.1/curvy-tabs.min.js">

API

CurvyTabs.version static property

Contains the version string 2.1.0 (major.minor.patch with no leading v).

CurvyTabs constructor

The following instantiates the controller object, collecting all the content divs into a sub-div, and adds the tab bar (a canvas element) above it:

var container = document.querySelector('.curvy-tabs-container'); // or whatever
var tabBar = new CurvyTabs(container); // 1st parameter is required
tabBar.paint();

The tabs are named after the content element names.

selectedContentElement parameter

The first tab is selected by default but this can be overridden on instantiation by defining the optional 2nd parameter:

var selectedContentElement = container.querySelector('[name="Tab B"]');
var tabBar = new CurvyTabs(container, selectedContentElement);

CurvyTabs.prototype.getTab(indexOrName) method

To get a content element by index or name.

For example, to get a reference to the 2nd tab’s content element:

var tab = tabBar.getTab(1); // by zero-based index (so 1 means 2nd tab)
var tab = tabBar.getTab('Tab B'); // by name

CurvyTabs.prototype.selected property

To specify some other tab, set selected to a specific content element:

var tabB = tabBar.getTab(1); // by zero-based index
var tabB = tabBar.getTab('Tab B'); // by name

tabBar.selected = tabB;

CurvyTabs.prototype.select(indexOrName) method

Or, use the select convenience method to set the selected property:

tabBar.select(1); // by zero-based index
tabBar.select('Tab B'); // by name

CurvyTabs.prototype.clear(indexOrName) method

To "clear" (removes all child elements from) the 2nd tab’s content element:

tabBar.clear(1); // by zero-based index
tabBar.clear('Tab B'); // by name

Tab hide/show by index or name

All tabs are visible by default.

To hide the a tab, say the 2nd tab (“Tab B”):

• _Declaratively, before instantiation, use CSS to set a tab’s content element’s display style:

  <style>
      .curvy-tabs-container > div > :nth-child(2) { display: none } /* by one-based (!) indexed */
      .curvy-tabs-container > div > [name="Tab B"] { display: none } /* by name */
  </style>
  

• _Programmatically, after instantiation:

  tobBar.hide(1); // by zero-based index
  tobBar.hide('Tab B'); // by name
  

CurvyTabs.prototype.hide(indexOrName) method

Given:

var indexOrName = 1; // by zero-based index
var indexOrName = 'Tab B'; // by name

Either of:

tabBar.hide(indexOrName);

CurvyTabs.prototype.show(indexOrName) method

Either of:

tabBar.show(indexOrName);

CurvyTabs.prototype.toggle(indexOrName, isVisible) method

To hide if visible or show if hidden:

tabBar.toggle(indexOrName);

The optional second parameter isVisible forces visibility:

tabBar.toggle(indexOrName, false); // same as tabBar.hide(indexOrName)
tabBar.toggle(indexOrName, true); // same as tabBar.show(indexOrName)

CurvyTabs.prototype.curviness property

To change the curviness of the tab outlines:

tabBar.curviness = 0; // not curvy at all (looks exactly like Chrome's tabs)
tabBar.curviness = 0.5; // somewhat curvy
tabBar.curviness = 1; // fully curvy (default)

CurvyTabs.prototype.minWidth property

Tabs are sized proportional to their labels. To make all tabs the same width:

tabBar.minWidth = 100; // Tabs whose text exceeds 100 pixels are widened to accommodate

CurvyTabs.prototype.font property

To change the tab font:

tabBar.font = '12pt cursive'; // accepts full CSS font spec

CurvyTabs.prototype.size property

To set the size (i.e., height) of the tabs (for example to accommodate outsized fonts):

• Before instantiation: Reset the default tab size (initially 29 pixels):

  CurvyTabs.size = 40;
  

• After instantiation:

  tabBar.size = 40;
  

CurvyTabs.prototype.width and CurvyTabs.prototype.height property

The container must have a width and height. The default is 500 × 500 pixels.

• Declaratively, before instantiation: Use CSS to change the default (affects all instances):

  <style>
     .curvy-tabs-container { width: 750px; height: 1050px; }
  </style>
  

• Programmatically, after instantiation: An instance's container width and height can be set programmatically:

  tabBar.width = 750; // sets both the tab bar width and the container width
  tabBar.height = 1050;
  

CurvyTabs.prototype.css method

The tab bar’s background color, border color, and border width affect both the tab bar and content area and can be set as follows:

• Declaratively, before instantiation: Use CSS (affects all instances):

  <style>
     .curvy-tabs-container > div {
         border: 2x solid red;
         background-color: yellow;
      }
  </style>
  

• Programmatically, after instantiation: Such styles can be set programmatically using the css method (works like jQuery's css method):

  tabBar.css('borderColor', 'red'); // sets border color
  tabBar.css('borderColor'); // returns border color
  tabBar.css({ borderColor: 'yellow', backgroundColor: 'red' }); // sets both style properties
  tabBar.css(['borderColor', 'backgroundColor']); // returns style dictionary
  

(Note that the tab bar’s background color is only visible through transparent tabs; there is no point in setting this if all your tabs have defined colors.)

CurvyTabs.prototype.contentCss method

To set styles on all the content divs at once:

• Declaratively, before instantiation: Use CSS (affects all instances):

  <style>
      .curvy-tabs-container > div > * { padding: 3px }
  </style>
  

• Programmatically, after instantiation: Use the contentCss method (also like jQuery's css method):

  tabBar.contentCss('padding', '2px');
  

CurvyTabs.prototype.container property

An element (div.curvy-tabs-container in the above) that contains this instance’s tabs.

CurvyTabs.prototype.contents property

A <div>...</div> element, programmatically created by the constructor to group all tabs’ content elements (the container’s children).

CurvyTabs.prototype.forEach(iterator) method

To iterate through all the tabs’ content elements (contents.children):

tabBar.forEach(function(tabEl) {
    console.log(tabEl.getAttribute('name'));
});

The above logs:

Tab A
Tab B

See Array.prototype.forEach for more information, including the definition of iterator.

Event Handlers

tabBar.onclick

If defined as a function, this event handler will be fired on every click of any tab. The event object contains content (a reference to the content element to be displayed, whose name attribute is used as the tab label), left (horizontal pixel location of left edge of tab, and width (width of tab).

For example, either of:

tabBar.onclick = function(event) {
    console.log('tab clicked:', event.content.getAttribute('name'));
};
tabBar.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
    console.log('tab clicked:', event.content.getAttribute('name'));
});

event.preventDefault()

Calling event.preventDefault() from this handler will prevent the clicked tab from being selected. Therefore, this is a way of disabling all tabs.

tab.onclick

In addition, each tab may also define its own event handler, fired only when that tab is clicked on.

For example, either of:

tabBar.getTab(0).onclick = function(event) { ... };
tabBar.getTab(0).addEventListener('onclick', function(event) { ... });

event.preventDefault()

As above, calling event.preventDefault() from within will prevent the tab from being selected. This is a way of disabling just this specific tab.

event.stopPropagation()

The event will be propagated to the tabBar.onclick handler (if defined) unless you call event.stopPropagation() from within.

Version History

• 2.2.0
  • Add forEach method
• 2.1.1
  • Bump version numbers in README.md (again) (doh!)
  • Add CurvyTabs.version static property
  • Adjust build-and-push.sh to keep previous versions
• 2.1.0
  • Add & document getTab, select, clear, hide, show, and toggle methods
  • Tab visibility now respects content div's display style
  • Document how to hide a tab by setting content div's display style
• 2.0.1
  • Bump version numbers in README.md
• 2.0.0
  • Cleaner DOM structure
  • height is now size
  • containerHeight is now height
  • Add contents, contentDivs, css, and contentCss
• 1.0.0 — Initial version