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

Angular

<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>

Javascript

<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>

React

import React from 'react';
import { IonTabs, IonTabBar, IonTabButton, IonIcon, IonContent } from '@ionic/react';
import { call, person, settings } from 'ionicons/icons';

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

Stencil

import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';

@Component({
  tag: 'tab-bar-example',
  styleUrl: 'tab-bar-example.css',
})
export class TabBarExample {
  render() {
    return [
      <ion-tabs>
        {/* Tab views */}
        <ion-tab tab="account" component="page-account"></ion-tab>
        <ion-tab tab="contact" component="page-contact"></ion-tab>
        <ion-tab tab="settings" component="page-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>,
    ];
  }
}

Vue

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

<script>
  import { IonIcon, IonTabBar, IonTabButton, IonTabs } from '@ionic/vue';
  import { call, person, settings } from 'ionicons/icons';
  import { defineComponent } from 'vue';

  export default defineComponent({
    components: { IonIcon, IonTabBar, IonTabButton, IonTabs },
    setup() {
      return { call, person, settings };
    },
  });
</script>

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.
Attribute	color
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

mode

Description	The mode determines which platform styles to use.
Attribute	mode
Type	"ios" \| "md"
Default	undefined

selectedTab

Description	The selected tab component
Attribute	selected-tab
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

translucent

Description	If true, the tab bar will be translucent. Only applies when the mode is "ios" and the device supports backdrop-filter.
Attribute	translucent
Type	boolean
Default	false

CSS Custom Properties

Name	Description
--background	Background of the tab bar
--border	Border of the tab bar
--color	Color of the tab bar