How do you build tabs on one Adalo screen?
Use Adalo’s Tabs Container to switch between sections on one screen, expose the selected tab, and control content with actions or visibility rules.
Short answer
Use the Tabs Container marketplace component, configure two to six tabs, and use its Selected Tab Index or On Tab Changed output to show, hide, or filter the content for the active section.
The intended outcome
Users can switch between distinct content sections without navigating to duplicate screens.
Tabs Container replaces duplicate-screen tab workarounds when the sections belong on one screen. The component supplies the active-tab value; visibility, filtering, or actions determine what each tab displays.
Requirements
- The Tabs Container marketplace component
- Two to six clearly named content sections
- Visibility rules, filters, or actions for each section
Step by step
Step 1: Add the Tabs Container
Open Marketplace Components, add Tabs Container to the screen, and choose the required number of tabs.
Step 2: Configure labels and active state
Give every tab a short label, choose the default active tab, and select an underline, pill, filled, or text-only style.
Step 3: Connect tab state to content
Use Selected Tab Index or Selected Tab Label in conditional visibility and list filters, or run actions from On Tab Changed.
Step 4: Test every target width
Verify every tab at phone, tablet, and desktop widths, especially when labels or badges vary in length.
The underlying logic
The component keeps tab selection on the current screen and exposes the active index and label as form values.
Content still needs an explicit rule that maps each tab value to the section it controls.
What still needs checking?
- This is a forum-native answer with no original Adalocado video.
- Adalo now documents Tabs Container and its Selected Tab Index, Selected Tab Label, and On Tab Changed outputs.
Common failure modes
Reference the Tabs Container’s Selected Tab Index or Label in the target component’s visibility or filter rule.
Use short labels, reduce the tab count, test Same Size versus Dynamic Width, and verify the component’s responsive layout settings.
Testing checklist
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Current limitations
- Tabs Container supports two to six tabs. More sections require a different information architecture.
- A responsive-width issue reported in the component announcement was later confirmed fixed, but each app should still test its own layouts.
What the Adalo community is reporting
These are concise editorial summaries of public forum posts, not endorsements or independently reproduced results.
Segmented controls or top tabs
Adalo released Tabs Container in response to the request.
Boundary: The original request did not describe configuration details.
Adalo staff accepted update · February 2026
Tabs — Navigation or Buttons
A second feature request points to the same Tabs Container release.
Boundary: This is duplicate evidence, not a separate answer.
Adalo staff accepted update · February 2026
Sources and status
This page was last reviewed on Aug 16, 2026. Its current status is Documented from current sources.
Verification owner: Editorially checked against current Adalo documentation and monitored for corrections. Next review: Oct 16, 2026.
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