Vertical Tabs with JQuery?

Question

I want tabs along the left side of the page instead of across the top. I\'m already loading jQuery for other reasons (effects), so I prefer using jQuery to another UI frame

Answer 1

super simple function that will allow you to create your own tab / accordion structure here: http://jsfiddle.net/nabeezy/v36DF/

bindSets = function (tabClass, tabClassActive, contentClass, contentClassHidden) {
        //Dependent on jQuery
        //PARAMETERS
        //tabClass: 'the class name of the DOM elements that will be clicked',
        //tabClassActive: 'the class name that will be applied to the active tabClass element when clicked (must write your own css)',
        //contentClass: 'the class name of the DOM elements that will be modified when the corresponding tab is clicked',
        //contentClassHidden: 'the class name that will be applied to all contentClass elements except the active one (must write your own css)',
        //MUST call bindSets() after dom has rendered

        var tabs = $('.' + tabClass);
        var tabContent = $('.' + contentClass);
        if(tabs.length !== tabContent.length){console.log('JS bindSets: sets contain a different number of elements')};
        tabs.each(function (index) {
            this.matchedElement = tabContent[index];
            $(this).click(function () {
                tabs.each(function () {
                    this.classList.remove(tabClassActive);
                });
                tabContent.each(function () {
                    this.classList.add(contentClassHidden);
                });
                this.classList.add(tabClassActive);
                this.matchedElement.classList.remove(contentClassHidden);
            });
        })
        tabContent.each(function () {
            this.classList.add(contentClassHidden);
        });

        //tabs[0].click();
    }
bindSets('tabs','active','content','hidden');

Answer 2

I've created a vertical menu and tabs changing in the middle of the page. I changed two words on the code source and I set apart two different divs

menu:

<div class="arrowgreen">
  <ul class="tabNavigation"> 
    <li> <a href="#first" title="Home">Tab 1</a></li>
    <li> <a href="#secund" title="Home">Tab 2</a></li>
  </ul>
</div> 

content:

<div class="pages">
  <div id="first">
    CONTENT 1
  </div>
  <div id="secund">
    CONTENT 2
  </div>
</div>

the code works with the div apart

$(function () {
    var tabContainers = $('div.pages > div');

    $('div.arrowgreen ul.tabNavigation a').click(function () {
        tabContainers.hide().filter(this.hash).show();

        $('div.arrowgreen ul.tabNavigation a').removeClass('selected');
        $(this).addClass('selected');

        return false;
    }).filter(':first').click();
});

Answer 3

Try here:

http://www.sunsean.com/idTabs/

A look at the Freedom tab might have what you need.

Let me know if you find something you like. I worked on the exact same problem a few months ago and decided to implement myself. I like what I did, but it might have been nice to use a standard library.

Answer 4

Another options is Matteo Bicocchi's jQuery mb.extruder tabs plug-in: http://pupunzi.open-lab.com/mb-jquery-components/jquery-mb-extruder/

Answer 5

Have a look at Listamatic. Tabs are semantically just a list of items styled in a particular way. You don't even necessarily need javascript to make vertical tabs work as the various examples at Listamatic show.

Answer 6

//o_O\\  (Poker Face) i know its late

just add beloww css style

<style type="text/css">

   /* Vertical Tabs ----------------------------------*/
 .ui-tabs-vertical { width: 55em; }
 .ui-tabs-vertical .ui-tabs-nav { padding: .2em .1em .2em .2em; float: left; width: 12em; }
 .ui-tabs-vertical .ui-tabs-nav li { clear: left; width: 100%; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-right-width: 0 !important; margin: 0 -1px .2em 0; }
 .ui-tabs-vertical .ui-tabs-nav li a { display:block; }
 .ui-tabs-vertical .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-selected { padding-bottom: 0; padding-right: .1em; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; }
 .ui-tabs-vertical .ui-tabs-panel { padding: 1em; float: right; width: 40em;}

</style>

UPDATED ! http://jqueryui.com/tabs/#vertical