TabStrip Overview
The TabStrip displays a collection of tabs with associated content.
It is composed of an unordered list of items which represent tabs, and a collection of div elements, which contain the content for each tab.
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Initializing the TabStrip
To initialize the TabStrip, use either of the following approaches:
- When you initialize the TabStrip, create it within a
$(document).ready()statement because the widget has to be initialized after the DOM is fully loaded.- It is not mandatory for the tabs to have content. Therefore, when you create an empty tab, you can skip its associated
divelement.
From HTML
The following example demonstrates how to initialize the TabStrip from HTML markup.
<div id="tabstrip">
<ul>
<li>First tab</li>
<li>Second tab</li>
</ul>
<div>First tab content</div>
<div>Second tab content</div>
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#tabstrip").kendoTabStrip();
});
</script>
From JSON
The following example demonstrates how to initialize the TabStrip from a JSON data object.
<div id="tabstrip"></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#tabstrip").kendoTabStrip({
dataTextField: "text",
dataContentField: "content",
dataUrlField: "url",
dataImageUrlField: "imageUrl",
dataSpriteCssClass: "spriteCssClass",
dataContentUrlField: "contentUrl",
dataSource:
[{
text: "Item 1",
url: "https://www.telerik.com" // (Optional) Link URL if navigation is needed
},
{
text: "Item 2",
content: "text" // Content for the content element
},
{
text: "Item 3",
contentUrl: "partialContent.html" // From where to load the item content
},
{
text: "Item 4",
imageUrl: "https://www.telerik.com/test.jpg" // (Optional) Item image URL
},
{
text: "Item 5",
spriteCssClass: "imageClass3" // (Optional) Item image sprite CSS class
}]
});
});
</script>
Functionality and Features
Events
For a complete example on the basic TabStrip events, refer to the demo on using the events of the TabStrip.