How to create a simple toggle tab using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

The result

This post provides full code snippets for a fully functional tab using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The video below is a simple demonstration of what the provided code snippets will achieve.

Our HTML code

<body>
  <h1>TOGGLE TABS</h1>
  <div class="wrapper">
    <div class="buttonWrapper">
      <button class="tab-button active" style="border-top-left-radius: 10px;" data-id="home">Home</button>
      <button class="tab-button" data-id="about">About</button>
      <button class="tab-button" style="border-top-right-radius: 10px;" data-id="contact">Contact</button>
    </div>
    <div class="contentWrapper">
      <p class="content active" id="home">
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      </p>
      <p class="content" id="about">
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      </p>
      <p class="content" id="contact">
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      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

Our CSS styles

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jost:wght@100;300;400;700&display=swap');

body {
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Jost', sans-serif;
  background-color: #f0f5ff;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 48px;
  color: #232c3d;
}

.wrapper {
  width: 590px;
  margin: auto;
  background-color: white;
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: 0px 5px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1);
}

.buttonWrapper {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
}

button {
  letter-spacing: 3px;
  border: none;
  padding: 10px;
  background-color: #bccbe9;
  color: #232c3d;
  font-size: 18px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: 0.5s;
}

button:hover {
  background-color: #d5e3ff;
}

button.active {
  background-color: white;
}

.active {
  background-color: white;
}

p {
  text-align: left;
  padding: 10px;
}

.content {
  display: none;
  padding: 10px 20px;
}

.content.active {
  display: block;
}

Our JavaScript

const tabs = document.querySelector(".wrapper");
const tabButton = document.querySelectorAll(".tab-button");
const contents = document.querySelectorAll(".content");

tabs.onclick = e => {
  const id = e.target.dataset.id;
  if (id) {
    tabButton.forEach(btn => {
      btn.classList.remove("active");
    });
    e.target.classList.add("active");

    contents.forEach(content => {
      content.classList.remove("active");
    });
    const element = document.getElementById(id);
    element.classList.add("active");
  }
}
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About the Author

Aury Silva

I am a Front End Developer from Hull, United Kingdom. With just over five years of experience, I carry a robust digital design set of skills within Adobe Suite as well as a good understanding of CRMs such as Marketo, HubSpot, Adestra and many more.

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