CSS3 Tabs | NO JAVASCRIPT

TABS, a famous word in website development. Every coder has used it in websites but only using JQuery. Today I ll share a small trick to use tabs without using any JQueries but only using CSS3.



Like previous tutorial on CSS3 toggle, in this also we will use pseudo element :target

The logic is really simple, we will form an unordered list, and inside li there will be a div with unique ID, when this unique ID will be called through some href link then the respective div will appear.

So here is the basic HTML Code:

[html]
<div id="container">
<p style="text-align:center;">CSS3 TABS. <b><i>NO JAVASCRIPT&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li id="One"><a href="#One" id="first">One</a>
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</div>
</li>
<li id="Two"><a href="#Two" id="sec">Two</a>
<div>
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</div>
</li>
<li id="Three"><a href="#Three" id="third">Three</a>
<div>
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</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
[/html]

We will be using transition to show the fade in fade out effect using opacity. On click of href the transition will be triggered and the opacity of the div changes.

CSS

[css]
li div {
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
border: 1px solid #888888;
float: left;
opacity: 0;
padding: 0 15px;
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
width: 250px;
left:0;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #E3E3E3, #FFFFFF 85px) repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
}

#tabs li a{
background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #E3E3E3, #FFFFFF 18px) repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: 1px solid #888888;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 5px 25px;
position: relative;
z-index:1;
font-size: 14px;
border-radius:10px 10px 0 0;
display:block;
top:1px;
}

#One:target div, #Two:target div, #Three:target div{
opacity:1;
visibility:visible;
}
[/css]

You can download and check the demo, share it if you like it and suggestions are always welcome.