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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.

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Change 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.

Overview

Project summary and upcoming deadlines.

Live result

The Overview panel is displayed.

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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.

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

Which component will you use here?
Difference and sources

Tabs control content panels; Segmented control chooses one value, while Accordion reveals sections vertically without replacing one shared panel.

Read the sources

    Parts 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

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