It would be nice to have some easy to use tabs system for raw html which would work declaratively just after loading one js and one css file, without need for manual javascript to attach event. Also that should also work for all dynamically created formation of html tags introduced to the page after initial library is loaded.
So this is that. Around 270 lines of vanilla js. Have fun.
https://stopsopa.github.io/tabs/
Current version was rewritten to use vanilla event delegation technique.
<link
rel="stylesheet"
href="https://stopsopa.github.io/tabs/vanilla-tabs.css"
/>
<script src="https://stopsopa.github.io/tabs/vanilla-tabs.js?vanilla-tabs-autoenable"></script>
// presence of 'vanilla-tabs-autoenable' in query string triggers autobinding
and watch mode // so next section is not needed (.bind(), .active(),
.watchMutationsEnable())
<script>
const unbind = vanillaTabs.bind();
vanillaTabs.active();
// that will trigger .activate() everytime new [data-buttons]
// will be created anywhere in the document
vanillaTabs.watchMutationsEnable();
</script><link
rel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stopsopa/tabs@v1.0.0/vanilla-tabs.css"
/>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stopsopa/tabs@v1.0.0/vanilla-tabs.js"></script><link
rel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stopsopa/tabs@v1.0.1/vanilla-tabs.css"
/>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stopsopa/tabs@v1.0.1/vanilla-tabs.js?vanilla-tabs-autoenable"></script>To refresh jsdelivr visit: https://purge.jsdelivr.net/gh/stopsopa/tabs@v1.0.1/vanilla-tabs.js pointing to version specified by latest tag
Inspecting version in jsdelivr: https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/stopsopa.tabs
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