Tabs ​

Once your Avo resources reach a certain level of complexity, you might feel the need to better organize the fields, associations, and resource tools into groups. You can already use the heading to separate the fields inside a panel, but maybe you'd like to do more.

Tabs are a new layer of abstraction over panels. They enable you to group panels and tools together under a single pavilion and toggle between them.

class Avo::Resources::User < Avo::BaseResource
  def fields
    field :id, as: :id, link_to_record: true
    field :email, as: :text, name: "User Email", required: true

    tabs do
      tab "User information", description: "Some information about this user" do
        panel do
          field :first_name, as: :text, required: true, placeholder: "John"
          field :last_name, as: :text, required: true, placeholder: "Doe"
          field :active, as: :boolean, name: "Is active", show_on: :show
        end
      end

      field :teams, as: :has_and_belongs_to_many
      field :people, as: :has_many
      field :spouses, as: :has_many
      field :projects, as: :has_and_belongs_to_many
    end
  end
end

To use tabs, you need to open a tabs group block. Next, you add your tab block where you add fields and panels like you're used to on resource root. Most fields like text, number, gravatar, date, etc. need to be placed in a panel. However, the has_one, has_many, and has_and_belongs_to_many have their own panels, and they don't require a panel or a tab.

The tab name is mandatory is what will be displayed on the tab switcher. The tab description is what will be displayed in the tooltip on hover.

Tabs on Show view ​

Tabs have more than an aesthetic function. They have a performance function too. On the Show page, if you have a lot of has_many type of fields or tools, they won't load right away, making it a bit more lightweight for your Rails app. Instead, they will lazy-load only when they are displayed.

Tabs on Edit view ​

All visibility rules still apply on' Edit', meaning that has_* fields will be hidden by default. However, you can enable them by adding show_on: :edit. All other fields will be loaded and hidden on page load. This way, when you submit a form, if you have validation rules in place requiring a field that's in a hidden tab, it will be present on the page on submit-time.

Display as pills ​

When you have a lot of tabs in one group the tab switcher will overflow on the right-hand side. It will become scrollable to allow your users to get to the last tabs in the group.

If you want to be able to see all your tabs in one group at a glance you may change the display to :pills. The pills will collapse and won't overflow off the page.

Display all tabs as pills ​

If you want to display all tabs as pills update your initializer's tabs_style.

Avo.configure do |config|
  config.tabs_style = :pills
end

Display only some tabs as pills ​

If you only need to display certain tabs as pills you can do that using the style option.

tabs style: :pills do
  # tabs go here
end