Concept cluster
Change view or reveal content
Compare panel navigation, a compact single-value choice, and vertically expanding content sections.
Try the 3 concepts, compare what changes, then use the Pack that fits your need.
Try the componentsChange view or reveal content
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Should the control switch views, choose a compact mode, or reveal content in the flow?
Tabs
Shared trial context
A project workspace reveals related content in place while preserving the user's position on the page.
Tabs
Mission
Tabs
Move focus from Overview to Files with arrow keys, then press Enter to display its panel.
Project summary and upcoming deadlines.
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Behavior and edge case
- What to observe
- One selected tab names the visible panel, and the other panels are hidden from interaction.
- Edge case
- If a panel needs noticeable loading time, activation becomes manual so arrow navigation does not trigger repeated waits.
Segmented control
Mission
Segmented control
Choose Compact with pointer, then Dense with arrows, and verify only one value remains selected.
- Brief.pdf
- Budget.xlsx
- Notes.txt
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Try the component. Your live result appears just above. Move on at your own pace.
Behavior and edge case
- What to observe
- A single display density is active. Its selected segment and the content spacing stay in sync.
- Edge case
- When labels no longer fit without clipping, the interface uses a more suitable single-value control such as Select.
What this example shows
Tabs control content panels; Segmented control chooses one value, while Accordion reveals sections vertically without replacing one shared panel.
Which fits your need?
Tabs
Grouping a few peer views in one workspace
Segmented control
Switching between a few compact display modes
Difference and sources
Tabs control content panels; Segmented control chooses one value, while Accordion reveals sections vertically without replacing one shared panel.
Read the sourcesParts of the specimen
Select a numbered marker on the schematic, or use the list below, to see its role. The schematic shows the concept's representative state.
Tab list
The named set that groups the available tabs.
The three concepts
The three comparisons
Signals you are confusing them
These descriptions fit every concept in the cluster, so none of them is enough to decide.
- related content is revealed or switched in place
- headings adjacent choices or sections control which content is visible