Segmented control

Segmented control can be used in two ways:

Secondary tabs: if the page already has a set of primary tabs used as navigation, this can be used as a sub-navigation of those primary tabs.

View switcher: in the case of a page in which the same piece of content is shown in more than one format, this component can be used as a switcher between the different views.

At smaller breakpoints, this pattern should be swapped out for one more suited to the available width, such as a select.

Accessibility:

This pattern requires the use of JS to handle navigating between tabs using keyboard events i.e. arrow keys. For more information, see the W3's tab pattern recommendations.

Default

Use the class p-segmented-control to make your tabs appear as a group of buttons.

Deprecation warning: p-tab-buttons and its variants are deprecated and may be removed in future version of Vanilla. Use p-segmented-control instead.

View examples of the segmented control pattern

Dense

By adding the is-dense modifier to the p-segmented-control element, the buttons will take on a more compact appearance.

View examples of the dense segmented control pattern

With Icons

The pattern also supports the use of icons within each button.

Icons:

If any icons are used, all buttons within the pattern should have an icon, to avoid any potential confusion that could arise from a mix of buttons with and without an icon.

View examples of the segmented control pattern with icons

Import

To import the segmented control component into your project, copy the snippet below and include it in your main Sass file.

// import Vanilla and include base mixins
// this only needs to happen once in a given project
@import 'vanilla-framework';
@include vf-base;

@include vf-p-segmented-control;

For more information see Customising Vanilla in your projects, which includes overrides and importing instructions.