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ion-tab-bar

The tab bar is a UI component that contains a set of tab buttons. A tab bar must be provided inside of tabs to communicate with each tab.

Usage

<ion-tabs>
  <!-- Tab bar -->
  <ion-tab-bar slot="bottom">
    <ion-tab-button tab="account">
      <ion-icon name="person"></ion-icon>
    </ion-tab-button>
    <ion-tab-button tab="contact">
      <ion-icon name="call"></ion-icon>
    </ion-tab-button>
    <ion-tab-button tab="settings">
      <ion-icon name="settings"></ion-icon>
    </ion-tab-button>
  </ion-tab-bar>
</ion-tabs>
<ion-tabs>
  <!-- Tab views -->
  <ion-tab tab="account"></ion-tab>
  <ion-tab tab="contact"></ion-tab>
  <ion-tab tab="settings"></ion-tab>

  <!-- Tab bar -->
  <ion-tab-bar slot="bottom">
    <ion-tab-button tab="account">
      <ion-icon name="person"></ion-icon>
    </ion-tab-button>
    <ion-tab-button tab="contact">
      <ion-icon name="call"></ion-icon>
    </ion-tab-button>
    <ion-tab-button tab="settings">
      <ion-icon name="settings"></ion-icon>
    </ion-tab-button>
  </ion-tab-bar>
</ion-tabs>
import React from 'react';
import { IonTabs, IonTabBar, IonTabButton, IonIcon, IonContent } from '@ionic/react';

export const TabBarExample: React.FC = () => (
  <IonContent>
    <IonTabs>
      {/*-- Tab bar --*/}
      <IonTabBar slot="bottom">
        <IonTabButton tab="account">
          <IonIcon name="person" />
        </IonTabButton>
        <IonTabButton tab="contact">
          <IonIcon name="call" />
        </IonTabButton>
        <IonTabButton tab="settings">
          <IonIcon name="settings" />
        </IonTabButton>
      </IonTabBar>
    </IonTabs>
  </IonContent>
);
<template>
  <ion-tabs>
    <!-- Tab bar -->
    <ion-tab-bar slot="bottom">
      <ion-tab-button tab="account">
        <ion-icon name="person"></ion-icon>
      </ion-tab-button>
      <ion-tab-button tab="contact">
        <ion-icon name="call"></ion-icon>
      </ion-tab-button>
      <ion-tab-button tab="settings">
        <ion-icon name="settings"></ion-icon>
      </ion-tab-button>
    </ion-tab-bar>
  </ion-tabs>
</template>

Properties

color

Description

The color to use from your application's color palette. Default options are: "primary", "secondary", "tertiary", "success", "warning", "danger", "light", "medium", and "dark". For more information on colors, see theming.

Attributecolor
Typestring | undefined

mode

Description

The mode determines which platform styles to use.

Attributemode
Type"ios" | "md"

selectedTab

Description

The selected tab component

Attributeselected-tab
Typestring | undefined

translucent

Description

If true, the tab bar will be translucent. Only applies when the mode is "ios" and the device supports backdrop-filter.

Attributetranslucent
Typeboolean
Defaultfalse

CSS Custom Properties

NameDescription
--backgroundBackground of the tab bar
--borderBorder of the tab bar
--colorColor of the tab bar