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Tabs
Last updated on
13 April 2018
Use When
Too much information or too many kinds of information to fit on a single page.
A settings page which does not fit in the configuration section but has a related page with listed data.
Example
A navigation pattern primarily made for separating different 'views' on data and for different information spaces.
Usage
- A group of configuration pages
- A group of similar or related pages
- A hub page to which other modules may add pages.
- Navigation for a group of pages consisting of a central page (the hub) with related pages.
Recommendations
- If the default tab is a listing, call the tab ‘List’.
- Use a ‘List’ tab as first and default (left in left-to-right).
- Use a ‘Settings’ tab as last.
- Avoid more than 4 tabs, consider broader grouping.
- Avoid secondary navigation. Secondary is less prominent. Important pages in secondary navigation may be overlooked.
- Use distinctive text for the tabs. For example use ‘Recent’ and ‘Spam’ instead of ‘Recent content’ and ‘Spam content’.
- Avoid using tabs for actions, there is a conceptual split in Drupal between local actions and tabs.
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