--- title: "Animated Tabs with glasstabs" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Animated Tabs with glasstabs} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r setup, include=FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set(eval = FALSE) ``` ## Overview `glassTabsUI()` provides an animated glass-morphism tab navigation bar for Shiny. The active tab is tracked by a sliding glass halo with spring easing, and a luminous transfer trace sweeps across intermediate tabs during navigation. ## Basic usage Three functions work together: - `useGlassTabs()` — injects the CSS and JS once, anywhere in the page UI - `glassTabsUI()` — renders the full tab bar and content area - `glassTabPanel()` — defines one tab button and its associated content pane ```{r basic} library(shiny) library(glasstabs) ui <- fluidPage( useGlassTabs(), glassTabsUI("nav", glassTabPanel("overview", "Overview", selected = TRUE, h3("Overview"), p("This pane is shown first.") ), glassTabPanel("details", "Details", h3("Details"), p("Switch to this tab using the button above.") ), glassTabPanel("settings", "Settings", h3("Settings"), p("A third tab.") ) ) ) server <- function(input, output, session) {} if (interactive()) shinyApp(ui, server) ``` ## Reading the active tab in the server The active tab value is pushed to Shiny automatically on every click via `Shiny.setInputValue`. Access it as `input[["-active_tab"]]`: ```{r server-input} server <- function(input, output, session) { observe({ req(input[["nav-active_tab"]]) message("Active tab: ", input[["nav-active_tab"]]) }) # Or use the convenience wrapper active <- glassTabsServer("nav") observe(message("Active: ", active())) } ``` ## Keyboard navigation Only the selected tab sits in the regular Tab-key order. Left and Right move through a horizontal strip; Up and Down do the same in a vertical rail. Home and End reach the first and last available tabs. Hidden and disabled tabs are left out of that path. Each tab names its panel through `aria-controls`, and each panel points back with `aria-labelledby`. Those relationships stay in place when tabs are added or removed from the server. ## Narrow screens and touch Scroll mode works well for most apps with several tabs: ```{r overflow-scroll} glassTabsUI( "reports", glassTabPanel("summary", "Summary", selected = TRUE, summary_ui), glassTabPanel("activity", "Recent activity", activity_ui), glassTabPanel("quality", "Data quality", quality_ui), glassTabPanel("settings", "Team settings", settings_ui), overflow = "scroll" ) ``` The strip accepts touch scrolling and brings the selected tab into view. Use `overflow = "multiline"` when two or more rows suit the layout. In a horizontal layout, menu mode keeps the same tab content behind a compact native chooser: ```{r overflow-menu} glassTabsUI( "compact_nav", glassTabPanel("queue", "Queue", selected = TRUE, queue_ui), glassTabPanel("review", "In review", review_ui), glassTabPanel("complete", "Complete", complete_ui), overflow = "menu" ) ``` Swipe navigation is deliberately opt-in: ```{r swipe} glassTabsUI( "story", glassTabPanel("today", "Today", selected = TRUE, today_ui), glassTabPanel("week", "This week", week_ui), swipe = TRUE ) ``` Swipes that begin on an input, link, button, Shiny output, HTML widget, or horizontally scrolling element are ignored. A component can opt out directly with `data-gt-no-swipe` as well. The widget follows `prefers-reduced-motion` automatically. In that mode the panel changes immediately and the transfer trace and badge pulse stay quiet. ## Indicator styles Use `indicator` to choose how the active tab is drawn: - `indicator = "glass"` keeps the default frosted halo with shimmer and the transfer trace. - `indicator = "solid"` uses a flat sliding pill with no `backdrop-filter`, which is lighter on the GPU for plain dashboards. - `indicator = "underline"` uses a slim sliding bar and removes the tab pill background. ```{r indicators} glassTabsUI("nav", glassTabPanel("overview", "Overview", selected = TRUE, p("Overview")), glassTabPanel("data", "Data", p("Data")), glassTabPanel("settings", "Settings", p("Settings")), indicator = "solid" ) ``` The same tabs can be rendered in all three styles without changing their content or server logic: ```{r indicator-comparison} make_tabs <- function(id, indicator) { glassTabsUI( id, glassTabPanel("overview", "Overview", selected = TRUE, p("Overview")), glassTabPanel("data", "Data", p("Data")), indicator = indicator, compact = TRUE ) } tagList( make_tabs("glass_tabs", "glass"), make_tabs("solid_tabs", "solid"), make_tabs("underline_tabs", "underline") ) ``` ## Vertical orientation Set `orientation = "vertical"` to stack the tabs in a left-hand rail beside the content pane. In vertical mode, Up/Down arrow keys move between tabs and `indicator = "underline"` becomes a side bar adjacent to the content. ```{r vertical} glassTabsUI("side", glassTabPanel("inbox", "Inbox", selected = TRUE, p("Inbox")), glassTabPanel("sent", "Sent", p("Sent")), glassTabPanel("archive", "Archive", p("Archive")), orientation = "vertical", indicator = "underline" ) ``` Use `tab_align = "left"`, `"center"`, or `"right"` to place the tab group in the available navigation area. This works in horizontal and vertical layouts. Use `text_align` when the labels and icons inside the buttons should have a different alignment: ```{r tab-align} glassTabsUI("aligned", glassTabPanel("drafts", "Drafts", selected = TRUE, p("Draft queue")), glassTabPanel("review", "Review", p("Review queue")), glassTabPanel("done", "Done", p("Completed queue")), orientation = "vertical", tab_align = "right", text_align = "left", indicator = "solid" ) ``` ## Placing a filter widget beside the tabs Pass any UI element to `extra_ui` to place it to the right of the tab bar. The most common use is a `glassMultiSelect()` filter: ```{r extra-ui} choices <- c(Alpha = "alpha", Beta = "beta", Gamma = "gamma") ui <- fluidPage( useGlassTabs(), glassTabsUI("nav", extra_ui = glassMultiSelect("cat", choices, show_style_switcher = FALSE), glassTabPanel("a", "Tab A", selected = TRUE, p("Content A"), glassFilterTags("cat") # tag pills synced to the filter ), glassTabPanel("b", "Tab B", p("Content B"), glassFilterTags("cat") ) ) ) ``` ## Theming ### Built-in presets ```{r theme-presets} # Dark (default) glassTabsUI("nav", theme = "dark", ...) # Light — suits white page backgrounds and bs4Dash cards glassTabsUI("nav", theme = "light", ...) # Auto - follows Bootstrap 5 / bslib data-bs-theme light/dark mode glassTabsUI("nav", theme = "auto", ...) ``` ### Custom theme with `glass_tab_theme()` Supply only the values you want to change — everything else falls back to the dark preset: ```{r theme-custom} # Change only the halo colour glassTabsUI("nav", theme = glass_tab_theme( halo_bg = "rgba(251,191,36,0.18)", halo_border = "rgba(251,191,36,0.40)", tab_active_text = "#fef3c7" ), glassTabPanel("a", "Tab", selected = TRUE, p("Content")) ) ``` All nine handles available in `glass_tab_theme()`: | Argument | What it controls | |---|---| | `tab_text` | Inactive tab label colour | | `tab_active_text` | Active tab label colour | | `halo_bg` | Sliding glass halo fill | | `halo_border` | Sliding glass halo border | | `focus_ring` | Keyboard focus indicator | | `content_bg` | Tab content panel background | | `content_border` | Tab content panel border | | `card_bg` | Inner card background | | `card_text` | Inner card text colour | ## bs4Dash integration Set `wrap = FALSE` when embedding inside a `bs4Card` or `bs4Box` — the card body already provides a constrained container. Pair with `theme = "light"` to match the card's white background: ```{r bs4dash} library(bs4Dash) library(glasstabs) ui <- bs4DashPage( header = bs4DashNavbar(title = "My App"), sidebar = bs4DashSidebar(disable = TRUE), body = bs4DashBody( useGlassTabs(), bs4Card( title = "Analysis", width = 12, glassTabsUI("dash", wrap = FALSE, theme = "light", extra_ui = glassMultiSelect("f", choices, theme = "light", show_style_switcher = FALSE), glassTabPanel("a", "Overview", selected = TRUE, p("Overview content")), glassTabPanel("b", "Details", p("Detail content")) ) ) ) ) ``` ## Multiple tab widgets on one page Each `glassTabsUI()` instance is scoped to its own `id`, so multiple widgets work fully independently: ```{r multi-instance} ui <- fluidPage( useGlassTabs(), # only needed once per page glassTabsUI("widget1", glassTabPanel("a", "One-A", selected = TRUE, p("Widget 1, pane A")), glassTabPanel("b", "One-B", p("Widget 1, pane B")) ), glassTabsUI("widget2", glassTabPanel("x", "Two-X", selected = TRUE, p("Widget 2, pane X")), glassTabPanel("y", "Two-Y", p("Widget 2, pane Y")) ) ) server <- function(input, output, session) { observe(message("Widget 1 active: ", input[["widget1-active_tab"]])) observe(message("Widget 2 active: ", input[["widget2-active_tab"]])) } ```