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Tabs Table of Contents Accessibility support Keyboard Key / stateFunctionTab- Moves focus to the active tab.
- When the tab list contains the focus, moves focus to the next element in the tab sequence, which is the tabpanel element.
Right Arrow, Left Arrow- Moves focus to the next tab.
- Activates the newly focused tab.
- If focus is on the last tab, moves focus to the first tab.
Home, End- Moves focus to the first/last tab and activates it.
ARIA enhancements Internal ARIA that is managed by the component: ARIAUsagerole="tablist"Indicates that the element serves as a container for a set of tabs.role="tab"Indicates the button serves as a tab control.role="tabpanel"Indicates the tabs-item serves as a container for tabpanel content.aria-label="STRING"Adds accessible name to the tabs-item.aria-selected="BOOLEAN"Indicates the tab is selected/deselected and its associated tabpanel is visible/hidden. Limitations Due to the nature of Web Components and shadowDOM, there are limitations in the usage of some ARIA attributes if they try to set relationship between elements in different shadowDOM's or shadowDOM/lightDOM combinations. ARIASupportaria-controls🚫 Tests Automated TechnologySupportAXE-Core (WCAG 2.2 AA, Best-Practice)✅High-Contrast Mode (light/dark)✅Text-Zoom (200%)✅ Manual TechnologySupportKeyboard✅Screen reader (VoiceOver, NVDA)✅
Global settingsThemeChanges the theme of the application and any Porsche Design System component. It's possible to choose between forced theme light and dark. It's also possible to use auto, which applies light or dark theme depending on the operating system settings automatically.LightDarkAuto (sync with operating system)DirectionThe dir global attribute in HTML changes the direction of text and other content within an element. It's most often used on the <html> tag to set the entire page's direction, which is crucial for supporting languages that are written from right to left (RTL), such as Arabic and Hebrew. For example, using <html dir="rtl"> makes the entire page display from right to left, adjusting the layout and text flow accordingly.LTR (left-to-right)RTL (right-to-left)Text ZoomTo ensure accessibility and comply with WCAG 2.2 AA standards, it is mandatory for web content to support text resizing up to at least 200% without loss of content or functionality. Using relative units like rem is a best practice for achieving this, as they allow the text to scale uniformly based on the user's browser settings.100%130%150%200%