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Open Tabs Strip Nav
A browser-style strip of open records for multi-document app shells: each tab closable, order persisted, overflow scrolling with edge fades.
$ velocityx add standard-open-tabs-strip-nav
Built for react.
Needs react already installed
as a peer dependency.
An Astro-only project needs @astrojs/react wired up first — this won't run on its own in plain Astro.
Full docs for Open Tabs Strip Nav →
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- Framework
- react
- Source
- 190 lines
- OpenTabsStripNav.jsx
- Runtime
- Interactive
- runs in the browser
- Theme
- 7 tokens
- re-themes from your scale
- Dark mode
- Built in
- dark: variants
- Accessibility
- 6 ARIA
- plus keyboard support
Props
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tabs | { id: string, label: string, href: string, dirty?: boolean }[] | No | [] | |
| activeId | string | Yes | ||
| onActivate | (id: string) => void | Yes | ||
| onClose | (id: string) => void | Yes | ||
| persistKey | string | Yes | localStorage key for the open id order | |
| label | string | No | 'Open tabs' | accessible name |
| className | string | No | '' |
Using it
The smallest call that compiles — required props only. The import is
written for your own file at src/components/Example.jsx;
adjust the relative import if yours sits elsewhere.
Everything optional is in the table above, with its default.
import OpenTabsStripNav from './velocity/standard-open-tabs-strip-nav/OpenTabsStripNav';
export default function Example() {
return (
<OpenTabsStripNav
activeId='activeId'
onActivate={() => {}}
onClose={() => {}}
persistKey='persistKey'
/>
);
}Built from Open Tabs Strip Nav's own prop signature and the path the CLI installs it to, so it can't drift from either.
Accessibility
- ARIA roles
- tab, tablist
- ARIA attributes
- aria-controls, aria-hidden, aria-label, aria-selected
- Keyboard
- Handles key events directly
- Focus
- Moves or traps focus deliberately
- Screen readers
- Ships screen-reader-only text
Read from the source, not asserted — anything not listed simply isn't in this component's markup.
Behaviour
- Ships client JS
- Yes — this one needs to hydrate
- React hooks
- useEffect, useRef
- Browser APIs
- localStorage
- Dark mode
- Carries its own dark: variants
Theming
This component paints from 7 steps of
your theme scale — no hardcoded colours, and no font-family of
its own, so your type cascade wins. Override the variables and it follows.
primary-50primary-200primary-500primary-600primary-700primary-800primary-900Get the Velocity preset and CSS theme from the public source guide. The CLI theme command is not available on npm yet.
File this creates
The CLI writes this path into your project — nothing
else moves. Paths are under your source root, which defaults to
src/; pass
--dest if yours is elsewhere.
-
src/components/velocity/standard-open-tabs-strip-nav/OpenTabsStripNav.jsx190 lines
Copy the paths
src/components/velocity/standard-open-tabs-strip-nav/OpenTabsStripNav.jsxOpen Tabs Strip Nav — questions
How do I install Open Tabs Strip Nav?
Run velocityx add standard-open-tabs-strip-nav . The CLI writes the source straight into your project — it is not a runtime package dependency.
Do I need a licence for Open Tabs Strip Nav?
Yes. It is part of the lifetime library — buy access at https://aidxn.com/shop/velocity-x-component-library/, authenticate once, and install it. Your lifetime licence includes future component updates.
Can I edit Open Tabs Strip Nav after installing it?
Yes — the files are yours once written. The CLI compares its lockfile hash before upgrades and refuses to overwrite code you changed.
Does Open Tabs Strip Nav ship JavaScript to my users?
Yes. It runs in the browser (useEffect, useRef) and uses localStorage, so it needs to hydrate — in Astro, give it a client:* directive.
Will Open Tabs Strip Nav match my brand colours?
Yes. It paints entirely from your theme scale — 7 steps of primary-* / accent-* — with no hardcoded hex values and no font-family of its own. Override the theme CSS variables and it follows your design system instead of ours.
Is Open Tabs Strip Nav accessible?
It ships ARIA roles (tab, tablist), 4 ARIA attributes, its own keyboard handling, deliberate focus management. That is read directly from the source rather than claimed — you should still test it in the context you drop it into.
Does Open Tabs Strip Nav pull in any dependencies?
No external ones. Every component in the library is built with react/react-dom or plain Astro only — no GSAP, Radix, Swiper or Headless UI — which is what makes dropping it into an existing project safe.
Set up & reference
All docs →Install this component:
$ velocityx add standard-open-tabs-strip-nav- 2. Install the theme — run this first, once per project Do this once per project, before your first component.
- The palette gotcha — this one bites silently Silent failure — the component renders, just unstyled.
- Your edits are safe by default What happens to your changes when you upgrade.
- You own the code What you are actually buying.
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