GkTabs

A tabbed interface with role="tablist" / role="tab" / role="tabpanel", v-model on the selected value, optional items (same parsing idea as Vuetify: primitives or { text, value, disabled }), or slot-based GkTab + #window with GkTabsWindowItem. Includes alignTabs, grow, fixedTabs, stacked, inset, slider styling, showArrows with prev / next slots, and keyboard navigation (Arrow, Home, End).

This is intentionally smaller than Vuetify’s VTabs + VSlideGroup + VWindow: no touch carousel, no Web Animations “shift” slider between tabs, and no strict slide-group overflow measurement for arrow disabling.

When to use

Use tabs to switch between related views that share a page context. Prefer items for data-driven tabs and slot-based tabs when panel markup needs full control.

Live demo

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Panel one content.

API

GkTabs

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
modelValue	string | number | undefined	first item	Selected tab value; v-model
alignTabs	'start' | 'title' | 'center' | 'end'	'start'	Main axis alignment of the tab row
color	string	—	Sets --gk-tabs-color for the selected tab
bgColor	string	—	Sets --gk-tabs-bg-color
fixedTabs	boolean	false	Equal-width cap (max-width: 300px) per tab
grow	boolean	false	Tabs grow to fill the row
stacked	boolean	false	Vertical label layout inside each tab
height	number | string	—	Sets --gk-tabs-height (numbers become px)
hideSlider	boolean	false	Hides the underline slider
inset	boolean	false	Inset padding/radius on the tab strip
insetPadding	number | string	—	Overrides --gk-tabs-inset-padding when inset
insetRadius	number | string	—	Overrides --gk-tabs-inset-radius when inset
sliderColor	string	—	Sets --gk-tabs-slider-color
sliderTransition	'fade' | 'grow' | 'shift'	'shift'	Slider appearance transition
direction	'horizontal' | 'vertical'	'horizontal'	Tab bar axis
showArrows	boolean	false	Scroll arrows (horizontal only); prev / next slots
disabled	boolean	false	Disables changing tabs
spaced	boolean	false	Gap between tab buttons
items	GkTabItem[]	[]	When non-empty, drives tabs and default panels

Slots

Slot	Props	Description
default	—	GkTab children when items is empty
tab	item	Custom label for items mode
tab.*	item	e.g. tab.foo for value: 'foo'
item	item	Panel content for items mode
item.*	item	Per-value panel slot
window	—	Extra panels when using slot-based tabs
prev	—	Left scroll control when showArrows
next	—	Right scroll control when showArrows

Events

Event	Payload
update:modelValue	string | number | undefined

GkTab

Prop	Type	Default	Description
value	string | number	required	Tab id
disabled	boolean	false
text	string	—	Default label

Use inside GkTabs (default slot). When GkTabs uses items, GkTab is created internally.

GkTabsWindow

Wrapper around panel content (single root). Usually omitted when GkTabs renders items panels automatically.

GkTabsWindowItem

Prop	Type	Description
value	string | number	Matches GkTab / items entry value

parseGkTabItems

Exported from god-kit/vue (and god-kit/vue/navigation) for custom lists.

Injection

GK_TABS and GkTabsContext are exported for advanced composition.

Tokens

Token	Purpose
--gk-tabs-height	Tab min height
--gk-tabs-slider-size	Slider thickness
--gk-tabs-slider-color	Slider / accent line
--gk-tabs-inset-padding	Inset horizontal padding
--gk-tabs-inset-radius	Inset corner radius
--gk-tabs-bg-color	Tab strip background
--gk-tabs-color	Selected tab label color

Examples

Basic

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ref } from 'vue'
import { GkTabs } from 'god-kit/vue'

const tab = ref('one')
</script>

<template>
  <GkTabs v-model="tab" :items="['one', 'two']" grow>
    <template #item="{ item }">Content for {{ item }}</template>
  </GkTabs>
</template>

Advanced

<GkTabs
  v-model="tab"
  :items="items"
  direction="vertical"
  show-arrows
  inset
  spaced
/>

Edge case

<GkTabs
  v-model="tab"
  :items="[
    { text: 'Summary', value: 'summary' },
    { text: 'Billing', value: 'billing', disabled: true },
    { text: 'Security', value: 'security' },
  ]"
/>

Accessibility notes

• Arrow keys move focus according to orientation; Home/End jump to first/last enabled tab.
• Disabled tabs are skipped by roving focus behavior.
• Keep tab labels concise and pair each tab with meaningful panel content.

Related components

• GkPagination
• GkMenu
• GkNavigationDrawer

Out of scope (v1)

Vuetify VSlideGroup overflow measurement, VWindow touch / continuous scroll, global provideDefaults theming, and density tokens parity.