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Tabs sliding
curatedfreetransitions/tabs-sliding
A segmented control / tab bar where the active pill slides between options — view switchers, filter segments, small mutually-exclusive button sets. JS writes the active tab's `offsetLeft` / `offsetWidth` onto the pill; CSS owns the tween.
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Sliding active-tab indicator. Pair with shadcn Tabs.- Source
- transitions.dev
- Kind
- transition
- Categories
- transition, tabs
- Use as
- recipe — technique you apply to your own markup
- Applies to
- tabs
- Motion
- on state · subtle · css · low cost · respects reduced motion
- Tags
- css
- Licence
- Free for unlimited personal/commercial use in your products; no republishing the collection. Pro (React/TS variants) $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
- Live demo
- transitions.dev
- Docs
- transitions.dev
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