Hash Tabs

URL-sensitive and hash-friendly tab plugin for jQuery

Getting Started

Download the production version or the development version.

First, install the package using bower:

bower install hash-tabs --save

Then, in your web page:

<script src="/bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/bower_components/hash-tabs/dist/jquery.hash-tabs.min.js"></script>
<script>
jQuery(function($) {
	$(".myTabContainer").hashTabs(); // "create hash tabs off of all elements with class myTabContainer"
});
</script>

Features

• Hash-friendly URLs, so your states are saved. Try refreshing!
• Compatible with IE8 and up
• Customizable and configurable. Use custom selectors for your tabs. Default uses nav and section elements
• noscript-friendly. Works very will in non-javascript browsers. When tabs can't be loaded, content feels like normal, as hashes are supported natively by the browser.
• Customizable SASS styles, ready to go with my sass boilerplate
• Bootstrap-free! But you can still use bootstrap if you really want to

Documentation

Documentation is generated using codoc. Please refer to the API docs.

Options

Option	Default	Description
tabPanelSelector	"section"	jQuery selector for individual tab panes (or tab content)
tabNavSelector	"nav"	jQuery selector for main navigation element, with tab buttons or links
tabButtonSelector	"a"	jQuery selector for anchor tags or links contained within the main navigation element
initialTabIndex	0	initial tab's index to show when the tabs are initialized
initialTabId	null	initial tab's id or hash to show when tabs are initialized
tabContainerClass	"hash-tabs"	class to append to initialized hash tabs
keyboard	true	Enable keyboard navigation using arrow keys
smoothScroll	false	Enable smooth scrolling to top of tabs when a tab is selected
history	true	Enable HTML5 history api, to navigate backwards/forwards amongst selected tabs
debug	false	Enable logging statements to diagnose any problems

Declare options in an object literal like so:

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
	var $tabs = $(".tab-container").hashTabs({
		debug: true,
		keyboard: true
		// other options here
	});
});

API

Trigger A Given Tab

(AKA trigger tab by id)

$(".myTabs").hashTabs("triggerTab", "chocolates") // triggers tab with id #chocolates

Trigger A Given Tab by Index

$(".myTabs").hashTabs("triggerTabByIndex", 1) // triggers second tab (with index 1) in tab set

Trigger Next Tab (to Right)

$(".myTabs").hashTabs("selectNext") // triggers right-most tab to current tab

Trigger Previous Tab (to Left)

$(".myTabs").hashTabs("selectPrevious") // triggers left-most tab to current tab

NOTE: tabs will cycle in a clockwise direction. For example, if you are on the last tab to the right, selecting next will fold back over to the first tab (0) to the left

Contributing

First, make sure to install all bower dependencies:

bower install

Next, install node dependencies:

npm install

Building

Currently, I am using the built-in grunt settings which ship with the yeoman generator I used.

Unit Tests

Unit tests are written using qunit. A js test driver configuration is also included for in-IDE testing (can use PHPStorm), but tests can also be run from the test/hash-tabs.html file.