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All roles

tablist

Composite widget role

A container holding a set of tabs, each of which reveals one panel of content. It manages a single-selection model and typically uses roving tabindex with arrow-key navigation between its tabs. Pair it with tab and tabpanel to build the full tabs pattern.

Used on
The container grouping a set of tabs.
Required properties
  • aria-orientationif vertical
Accessible name
Recommended, via aria-labelledby or aria-label.
Used by components
Example
role="tablist"
<div role="tablist" aria-label="Account settings">…</div>
See a live, tested example on the Tabs page