In this tutorial I want to demonstrate one such method for creating dynamic content tabs. We will load in external HTML data from local files pulled via Ajax commands. This technique has been simplified over the years so we aren’t struggling to build multiple XMLHttpRequest calls. Check out the demo page below and see what we’ll be creating.
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EasyTabs.js : jQuery Easy Tabs Plugin
EasyTabs creates tabs with all the functionality, no unwanted changes to your markup, and no hidden styling.
Unlike jQuery UI tabs, which style and arrange your tabs and panels for you, this plugin handles only the functionality of the tabs. By leaving the styling and layout up to you, it is much easier to style and arrange your tabs the way you want.
Features:
- Creates tabs from an unordered list, which link to divs on the page
- Allows complete customization of appearance, layout, and style via CSS
- Supports forward- and back-button in browsers
- Tabs are bookmarkable and SEO-friendly
- Tabs can be cycled at a specified interval
Zozo : jQuery UI Tabs
Zozo Tabs is a lightweight highly customizable jQuery plugin to provide full tab functionality that can be integrated into your site/blog quickly and easily. Some of it’s key features includes: such as horizontal & vertical tabs, CSS3 & HTML5 design, 8 ways to position, 6 themes, SEO -friendly and more. Did we mention it works also on older browsers such as IE7 and IE8 ?.
Features:
- SEO Friendly
- Stylish
- Fully Customizable
- Cross-browser
- Bookmarkable tabs
- 6 Themes
- Horizontal & Vertical Tabs
- 8 Flexible ways to position
- Multiple tabs on the same page
- Dynamically add & remove tabs
- Autoplay Support
- CSS3 & HTML5 design
ShopSlider : jQuery Responsive Shop Slider with Tab
ShopSlider is a jQuery Responsive Shop Slider Plugin for commercial sites, online shops, stores. Works well on all screen sizes, auto detects and determines the best way to display items, support tabs and AJAX load.
Features:
- Smart Responsive Design
- Detect Screen Size and Determine the Best Way to Display Items.
- Support Multi Tabs
- Support Many Sliders in same page
- Touch Swipe / Click to Move Next/Prev
- Support AJAX and Inline Content
- Many Styles and Effects
- Control AutoPlay, Effect In, Effect Out with Duration and Delay Time …
jTabs : SEO & Mobile Friendly JavaScript Tabs
jTabs (other name Jaegers Tabs) built with modern web standards in mind, using custom JavaScript library (4kb gzipped).
The live preview includes default themes, available transitions, and describes key features, such as semantic HTML structure, responsive behavior, RTL support, and more.
tabSwitch : jQuery tab/slider plugin
tabSwitch is a tab/slider plugin for jQuery. You could make a tab box system with the least of code and still fully customizable. Currently, you could choose from 7 different effects with 2 view styles. You could also hot swap the effects around in runtime.
- There is no limit what kind of HTML tag you use.
- You could move to next, prev tab or jump to a specific tab.
- All the controls could be anywhere in the website, on top of a tab, inside a tab…
- Multi-level tab system.
- You could change the style of the viewport, you could add a class for every single tab…
How to Create Super Easy jQuery Tabbed Containers
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create tabbed containers using jQuery. Tabbed containers is an excellent way of presenting your content. Data is organized where only the current tab’s section is shown. Once the user clicks on the other tabs, its associated content gracefully appears.
MelonHTML5 – All in One Tab with jQuery
This is a fully customizable tab solution with pure HTML5 + CSS3 animations for your website.
Features:
- Full HTML5 + CSS3 animations (no jQuery UI)
- 10 preset animations
- Customizable tab menu position
- Sliding control
- Tab position indicator (Android Style)
- Dropdown shortcuts
- Keyboard navigation (Left/Right arrow key control)
- Slideshow
- Free support & frequent updates
