---
name: Tabs
category: Navigation
keywords:
  - layout
  - navigate
  - organize
  - list views
  - list filters
  - fitted tabs
---

# Tabs

Use to alternate among related views within the same context.

---

## Best practices

Tabs should:

- Represent the same kind of content, such as a list-view with different filters applied. Don’t use tabs to group content that is dissimilar.
- Only be active one at a time.
- Not force merchants to jump back and forth to do a single task. A merchant should be able to complete their work and find what they need under each tab.
- Not be used for primary navigation.

---

## Content guidelines

### Tabs

Tabs should:

- Be clearly labeled to help differentiate the different sections beneath them.
- Have short and scannable labels, generally kept to single word.
- Relate to the section of Shopify they’re on. Imagine the page section title is an invisible noun after the tab. For example, the tabs for the orders section are:

  - All
  - Open
  - Unfulfilled
  - Unpaid

The tabs for the gift cards section are:

- All
- New
- Partially used
- Used
- Disabled

And for the customers section, the tabs are:

- All
- New
- Returning
- Abandoned checkouts
- Email subscribers

Where possible, follow this pattern when writing tabs.

---

## Examples

### Default tabs

Use for most cases, especially when the number of tabs may be more than three.

```jsx
class TabsExample extends React.Component {
  state = {
    selected: 0,
  };

  handleTabChange = (selectedTabIndex) => {
    this.setState({selected: selectedTabIndex});
  };

  render() {
    const {selected} = this.state;
    const tabs = [
      {
        id: 'all-customers',
        content: 'All',
        accessibilityLabel: 'All customers',
        panelID: 'all-customers-content',
      },
      {
        id: 'accepts-marketing',
        content: 'Accepts marketing',
        panelID: 'accepts-marketing-content',
      },
      {
        id: 'repeat-customers',
        content: 'Repeat customers',
        panelID: 'repeat-customers-content',
      },
      {
        id: 'prospects',
        content: 'Prospects',
        panelID: 'prospects-content',
      },
    ];

    return (
      <Card>
        <Tabs tabs={tabs} selected={selected} onSelect={this.handleTabChange} />
        <Card.Section title={tabs[selected].content}>
          <p>Tab {selected} selected</p>
        </Card.Section>
      </Card>
    );
  }
}
```

### Fitted tabs

Use when tabs contain a few (2 or 3) items within a narrow column.

```jsx
class FittedTabsExample extends React.Component {
  state = {
    selected: 0,
  };

  handleTabChange = (selectedTabIndex) => {
    this.setState({selected: selectedTabIndex});
  };

  render() {
    const {selected} = this.state;

    const tabs = [
      {
        id: 'all-customers',
        content: 'All',
        accessibilityLabel: 'All customers',
        panelID: 'all-customers-content',
      },
      {
        id: 'accepts-marketing',
        content: 'Accepts marketing',
        panelID: 'accepts-marketing-content',
      },
    ];

    return (
      <Card>
        <Tabs
          tabs={tabs}
          selected={selected}
          onSelect={this.handleTabChange}
          fitted
        />
        <Card.Section title={tabs[selected].content}>
          <p>Tab {selected} selected</p>
        </Card.Section>
      </Card>
    );
  }
}
```