Animated tabs are useful guides that use animation and contrast techniques to display a change in item, display, or section. Typically, animated tabs are used to show the switch taking place between a couple of tabs of a section, window, or more.

Tab design on websites and user interfaces is best suited for webpages and forums that require a lot of sub-navigation, for example those that contain many different sections or categories.

Why use animated tabs?

Animated tabs help guide users around a site that they may not be familiar with with outstanding ease, and also help to make a digital space far more intuitive and user friendly.

Animated tabs can ease navigation through the provision of an optimal UI. But often, for a large set of information to be consumed, icons are not always as helpful as they are for smaller chunks of functionalities.

To make sure your customers feel the intuitive nature of your work, make sure the website tab design you create also expresses the same with tab bar icons. Tab design is essential to making your customers feel that your website is responsive as well as intuitive.

How to use animated tabs in Framer

Creating animated tabs in Framer is incredibly easy and straightforward. Simply create three different layers and animate between them using Magic Motion.

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