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Navigation · core

Pill tabs

navigation.pill-tabs

Pill tabs: A wayfinding control that moves between locations, views, or levels of an interface.

pill tabsthe control that changes viewsthe wayfinding element
States5
Touch target44px
Evidence6
Introduced by3 kits
Visual specimen

Same contract. Every kit voice.

MAVAN renderingdefault
Translation table

What code calls it.

Web<nav>This component is composed from multiple web primitives.pattern
ARIAnavigationNo single ARIA role represents the complete component.pattern
SwiftUICustom View compositionSwiftUI has no single direct equivalent; compose and name the behavior explicitly.approximation
AppKitCustom NSView compositionAppKit has no single direct equivalent; use a custom view or controller composition.approximation
Anatomy

Every part, named.

  1. 1Navigation container
  2. 2Destination or view labels
  3. 3Current-location indicator
  4. 4Keyboard and focus behavior
Often confused with

Similar shape. Different contract.

Tabsnavigation.tabs

Shares a visual family, but has a different role, state model, or interaction contract.

Segmented tabsnavigation.segmented-tabs

Shares a visual family, but has a different role, state model, or interaction contract.

Bottom navigationnavigation.bottom-nav

Shares a visual family, but has a different role, state model, or interaction contract.

Prompt · paste into your agent

Ask for the exact thing.

Implement the canonical Pill tabs component (navigation.pill-tabs). Pill tabs: A wayfinding control that moves between locations, views, or levels of an interface. Support these states: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled. Use semantic design tokens rather than raw visual values. Preserve a minimum 44px touch target where interactive. Provide and verify: implementation, state-matrix, responsive, keyboard, touch, reduced-motion. Keep the component API stable so every Studio kit can supply its own rendering without changing the behavior contract.
Studio contract

What must be proven.

Required states

default · hover · focus-visible · active · disabled

Required evidence

implementation · state-matrix · responsive · keyboard · touch · reduced-motion

Source union

jade · aurora · cabana