# Spectrum Tab Bar

> A four-slot mobile bottom bar carrying its own palette, where a floating tile slides between destinations and a cresting disc opens the composer.

- Category: Navigation
- Frameworks: Vanilla, React + CSS, React + Tailwind
- Design system: Aperture
- Dark mode: yes
- Access: premium (Atheros AI Pass)
- Tags: tab-bar, bottom-nav, gradient
- Page: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/spectrum-tab-bar
- Preview: https://d17nmjscumqk5d.cloudfront.net/builder/templates/tpl_builder_spectrum_tab_bar/preview-fa3365c1a770.webp

## Features

- Four labelled destinations — Home, Search, Activity, Profile — on a saturated bar that carries its own ink instead of borrowing the page surface
- A pale tile floats inside the active slot with an even gap on all four sides and slides between destinations on a 0.45s curve
- A cresting disc opens the composer, sized and seated like the tile so the two read as siblings
- The bar fill and its ink are the system selection pair, so every label clears 4.5:1 at every point of the bar on all fifteen design systems
- Unstamped, the bar renders its authored three-stop ramp; under a design system each stop resolves to that system selection fill
- Roving `tabindex` with Arrow/Home/End key navigation over the destinations, and `aria-current="page"` on the active link
- Fully respects `prefers-reduced-motion`

## Accessibility

- **Navigation landmark** — `<nav aria-label="Primary">` wraps the slot list
- **Current slot** — `aria-current="page"` on the active link
- **Decorative icons** — All SVGs marked `aria-hidden="true"` and `focusable="false"`
- **Focus indicators** — `:focus-visible` outlines on every link and control, never composed into a `box-shadow` list
- **Keyboard navigation** — Roving tabindex with Arrow, Home and End keys
- **Reduced motion** — `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce` disables all animations

## Keyboard shortcuts

- `Tab` — Move focus into and out of the slot list
- `ArrowLeft` — Move to the previous slot
- `ArrowRight` — Move to the next slot
- `Home` — Move to the first slot
- `End` — Move to the last slot

## Common questions

**Which frameworks is Spectrum Tab Bar available in?**

Spectrum Tab Bar ships as Vanilla, React + CSS and React + Tailwind — HTML, CSS, JS and React source you can copy, download or clone into Atheros AI Builder.

**Is the Spectrum Tab Bar navigation component free?**

Spectrum Tab Bar is a premium component. Anyone can preview it; the source, downloads and AI customisation are included with Atheros AI Pass.

**Does Spectrum Tab Bar support dark mode?**

Yes. Spectrum Tab Bar ships light and dark themes, both drawn from the Aperture design system's tokens. Switch the preview to dark mode to compare them.

## Get the code

Preview Spectrum Tab Bar live, then sign in to copy or download the source, apply another design system, or ask the AI assistant to change it: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/spectrum-tab-bar

Every component on https://builder.atheros.ai is also reachable from Claude Code, Cursor and Codex through the Atheros MCP server (paid plans). Component index: https://builder.atheros.ai/llms-components.txt
