Tabs are one of those UI patterns you see everywhere — dashboards, settings pages, pricing sections, docs, etc.

In this post, we’ll build a fully working tab system using only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

HTML Structure

The HTML Structure is minimalistic:

<div class= "tabbed-content" > <ul class= "tabs" role= "tablist" > <li role= "tab" aria-selected= "true" class= "active" > Tab 1 </li> <li role= "tab" aria-selected= "false" > Tab 2 </li> <li role= "tab" aria-selected= "false" > Tab 3 </li> </ul>

<div class= "content" > <div class= "show" > <h2> Tab 1 content </h2> <p> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. </p> </div>

<div> <h2> Tab 2 content </h2> <p> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. </p> </div>

<div> <h2> Tab 3 content </h2> <p> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.…