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How to create a Lightning tab menu with dropdown sub-menu
Mike Arthur • Mar 23, 2020
No out of the box option so I built my own
Display a row of tabs. When one of them is clicked, it displays a dropdown sub-menu, allowing the user to click on one of the options.
This is the component:
<aura:component>
<aura:attribute name="activeTab" type="String" default="home"/>
<!--
Convention when adding a new tab -
The aura:id of the tab must follow the pattern 'tabname-tab-auraid'
where 'tabname' is some identifier for the tab.
The data-tab value of the tab must be tabname
The aura:id of the tab content must follow the pattern 'tabname-content-auraid'
Add the tabname to the allTabs array in the helper. The order is not important.
To remove a tab -
Remove the tab and tab content below
Remove tabname from the allTabs array in the helper
-->
<div class="slds-tabs_default">
<ul class="slds-tabs_default__nav" role="tablist">
<!-- Tabs -->
<!-- Home tab -->
<li class="slds-tabs_default__item slds-active" title="Home Tab" role="presentation" aura:id="home-tab-auraid">
<a class="slds-tabs_default__link" href="javascript:void(0);" role="tab" tabindex="0" aria-selected="true" aria-controls="home-content" id="home-tab" onclick="{!c.switchTabs}" data-tab="home">Home</a>
</li>
<!-- Accounts tab -->
<li class="slds-tabs_default__item" title="Accounts Tab" role="presentation" aura:id="company-vis-tab-auraid">
<a class="slds-tabs_default__link" href="javascript:void(0);" role="tab" tabindex="-1" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="accounts-content" id="accounts-tab" onclick="{!c.switchTabs}" data-tab="accounts">Accounts</a>
</li>
<!-- Example tab with dropdown -->
<li class="slds-tabs_default__item slds-tabs_default__overflow-button" title="Example" role="presentation" aura:id="example-tab-auraid">
<div aura:id="menuExample" class="slds-dropdown-trigger slds-dropdown-trigger_click">
<button class="slds-button" aria-haspopup="true" onclick="{!c.toggleExampleMenu}" data-tab="example">Example
<lightning:buttonIcon iconName="utility:chevrondown" size="small" variant="bare" alternativeText="Example" />
</button>
<div class="slds-dropdown slds-dropdown_right">
<ul class="slds-dropdown__list slds-dropdown_length-with-icon-10" role="menu">
<li class="slds-dropdown__item" role="presentation">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" aria-controls="option1-content" id="option1-tab" onclick="{!c.switchTabs}" data-tab="option1">
<span class="slds-truncate" title="Option 1 Tab">Option 1</span>
</a>
</li>
<li class="slds-dropdown__item" role="presentation">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" aria-controls="option2-content" id="option2-tab" onclick="{!c.switchTabs}" data-tab="option2">
<span class="slds-truncate" title="Option 2 Tab">Option 2</span>
</a>
</li>
<li class="slds-dropdown__item" role="presentation">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" aria-controls="option3-content" id="option3-tab" onclick="{!c.switchTabs}" data-tab="option3">
<span class="slds-truncate" title="Option 3 Tab">Option 3</span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- Tab contents -->
<!-- Home content -->
<aura:if isTrue="{!v.activeTab == 'home'}">
<div aura:id="home-content-auraid" id="home-content" class="slds-tabs_default__content slds-show" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">
<p>Home tab content goes here</p>
</div>
</aura:if>
<!-- Accounts content -->
<aura:if isTrue="{!v.activeTab == 'accounts'}">
<div aura:id="accounts-content-auraid" id="accounts-content" class="slds-tabs_default__content slds-hide" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="accounts-tab">
<p>Accounts tab content goes here</p>
</div>
</aura:if>
<!-- Option 1 content -->
<aura:if isTrue="{!v.activeTab == 'option1'}">
<div aura:id="option1-content-auraid" id="option1-content" class="slds-tabs_default__content slds-hide" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="option1-tab">
<p>Option 1 content goes here</p>
</div>
</aura:if>
<!-- Option 2 content -->
<aura:if isTrue="{!v.activeTab == 'option2'}">
<div aura:id="option2-content-auraid" id="option2-content" class="slds-tabs_default__content slds-hide" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="option2-tab">
<p>Option 2 content goes here</p>
</div>
</aura:if>
<!-- Option 3 content -->
<aura:if isTrue="{!v.activeTab == 'option3'}">
<div aura:id="option3-content-auraid" id="option3-content" class="slds-tabs_default__content slds-hide" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="option3-tab">
<p>Option 3 content goes here</p>
</div>
</aura:if>
</div>
</aura:component>
Here is the controller:
({
switchTabs: function(component, event, helper) {
/* Use html5 data attributes to pass the tab name as the
* data-tab attribute in the onclick event in component
*/
var tab = event.currentTarget.dataset.tab;
component.set("v.activeTab", tab);
helper.deactivateAllTabs(component, event, helper);
helper.activateTab(component, event, helper, tab);
},
toggleExampleMenu: function(component, event, helper) {
var exampleMenu = component.find("menuExample");
$A.util.toggleClass(exampleMenu, 'slds-is-open');
},
})
and here is the helper:
({
/* For all tabs, remove Classes that make the tab visible and
* add Class to hide the tab
*/
deactivateAllTabs: function(component, event, helper) {
// When adding a new tab, the tabname must be added to the allTabs array:
var allTabs = [
'home',
'accounts',
'example',
'option1',
'option2',
'option3'
]
// Hide the dropdown on Example menu:
$A.util.removeClass(component.find("menuExample"), 'slds-is-open');
// Deactivate all tabs:
allTabs.forEach(deactivate);
function deactivate(item) {
var tabToDeactivate = component.find(item + '-tab-auraid');
var contentToHide = component.find(item + '-content-auraid');
$A.util.removeClass(tabToDeactivate, 'slds-active');
$A.util.removeClass(tabToDeactivate, 'slds-has-focus');
$A.util.removeClass(tabToDeactivate, 'tabActive');
$A.util.removeClass(contentToHide, 'slds-show');
$A.util.addClass(contentToHide, 'slds-hide');
}
},
/* For the active tab, add Classes to make the tab visible and
* remove Class that hides the tab
*/
activateTab: function(component, event, helper, tab) {
var tabToActivate = component.find(tab + '-tab-auraid');
var contentToShow = component.find(tab + '-content-auraid');
$A.util.addClass(tabToActivate, 'slds-active');
$A.util.addClass(contentToShow, 'slds-show');
$A.util.removeClass(contentToShow, 'slds-hide');
// If it's an overflow tab we need to activate the parent:
var overflowTabs = [
'option1',
'option2',
'option3'
];
if (overflowTabs.includes(tab)) {
$A.util.addClass(component.find('example-tab-auraid'), 'slds-has-focus');
$A.util.addClass(component.find('example-tab-auraid'), 'tabActive');
}
},
})
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