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Animated Tabs

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ReactTailwind CSSMotionTabs

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Overview

A tab switcher with a shared animated active background.

Framework

React

Styling

Tailwind CSS

Animation

Motion

Create a Vite React project

bash

npm create vite@latest my-ui-app -- --template react-ts
cd my-ui-app
npm install

Create a Next.js project

bash

npx create-next-app@latest my-ui-app --typescript --tailwind --eslint
cd my-ui-app

Add Tailwind CSS to Vite

bash

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p

Install dependencies

bash

npm install framer-motion

Usage

tsx

<AnimatedTabs />

Animated Tabs.tsx

tsx

"use client";

import { useState } from "react";
import { motion } from "framer-motion";

const tabs = ["Preview", "Code", "Setup"];

export function AnimatedTabs() {
  const [active, setActive] = useState("Preview");

  return (
    <div className="w-full max-w-md rounded-xl border border-white/10 bg-zinc-950 p-2 text-white">
      <div className="relative grid grid-cols-3 gap-1">
        {tabs.map((tab) => (
          <button key={tab} type="button" onClick={() => setActive(tab)} className="relative z-10 rounded-lg px-3 py-2 text-sm">
            {tab}
            {active === tab && <motion.span layoutId="active-tab" className="absolute inset-0 -z-10 rounded-lg bg-lime-300" />}
          </button>
        ))}
      </div>
      <p className="p-5 text-center text-sm text-zinc-400">{active} content goes here.</p>
    </div>
  );
}