jQuery Accessible Tabs

Creates accessible tabs - a single content area with multiple panels.

Usage

To get started you can either:

• Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/nomensa/jquery.accessible-tabs.git
• Or install with Bower: bower install jquery.accessible-tabs

Then it's just a case of including the following scripts on your page, best at the bottom:

  <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>   <script src="jquery.accTabs.min.js"></script>

Options & Defaults

defaultTab

Type: integer

Default: 0

Description: Specify which tab to open by default using 0-based position

callbackCreate

Type: function

Description: Callback when the plugin is created

callbackDestroy

Type: function

Description: Callback when the plugin is destroyed

containerClass

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs'

Description: A class applied to the target element

controlActiveClass

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_control-item--active'

Description: A class applied to the active tab control

controlsText

Type: string

Default: 'Use the tab and enter or arrow keys to move between tabs'

Description: An explanation of how the tabs operate, which is prepended to the tabs content

controlsTextClass

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_control-text'

Description: Class to apply to the controls text element

tabControlsClass

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_control'

Description: Class to apply the controls list

tabControlId

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_control-item--'

Description: Ids for tab controls should start with the following string

tabPanelClass

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_panel'

Description: Class to be applied to the tab panel

tabPanelId

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_panel--'

Description: Ids for tab panels should start with the following string

panelActiveClass

Type: string

Default: 'js-tabs_panel--active'

Description: Class to be applied to the active tab panel

callbackTabActivated

Type: function

Description: Callback when a tab is clicked

Development

This plugin requires:

• node.js ~0.10.x
• Grunt ~0.4.0
• jQuery ~v1.9.x

Node

First time setup of this plugin will require the node packages to be installed. On Windows use the command prompt with Ruby or on a Mac use terminal, install the global node.js packages:

$npm install

Grunt

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to install and use Grunt.

You will need to install the Grunt CLI (command line interface):

$ npm install -g grunt-cli # => if you have used grunt before you probably have this (this can be run from any directory)

Next install the plugin's node packages:

$ npm install

Watcher

Running grunt (with watcher) will watch for any changes and recompile - best used during development:

$ grunt

Connect server (optional)

You can run a connect web server on http://0.0.0.0:9001, if required, when running grunt:

$ grunt --connect # => Running "connect:server" (connect) task # => Started connect web server on http://0.0.0.0:9001  # => Running "watch" task # => Waiting...

Copyright © 2014 @nomensa

Licensed under MIT