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  1. 01Tailwind CSS Tabs with Sliding Underline Indicator
  2. 02Neon Glow Tailwind Tabs with Per-Tab Accent Colors
  3. 03Neo-Brutalist Tailwind Tabs with Press Effect
  4. 04Color-Coded Tailwind CSS Tabs Component
  5. 05VS Code Style File Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  6. 06iOS Segmented Control in Tailwind CSS
  7. 07Bento Grid Card Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  8. 08Vertical Tabs with Timeline Progress in Tailwind CSS
  9. 09Terminal Window Tabs in Tailwind CSS (Retro CRT)
  10. 10Expanding Icon Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  11. 11Typewriter Animation Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  12. 12Tailwind Tabs with Particle Burst Animation
  13. 13Animated Counter Tabs in Tailwind CSS (Type Specimen)
  14. 14Oversized Cropped Text Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  15. 15Tailwind Sidebar Navigation with Sliding Indicator
  16. 16Tailwind Bottom Navigation Bar with Expanding Labels
  17. 17Variable Font Weight Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  18. 18Uppercase Tabs with Thick Sliding Bar in Tailwind CSS
  19. 19Drop Cap Initial Letter Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  20. 20Industrial Stencil Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  21. 21Bracket Selection Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  22. 22Bauhaus Color Block Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  23. 23Inverted Rubber Stamp Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  24. 24Outlined Tabs with Corner Markers in Tailwind CSS
  25. 25Tailwind Pill Tab Bar with Icons
  26. 26Risograph Print Effect Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  27. 27Animated SVG Underline Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  28. 28Font Specimen Glyph Tabs in Tailwind CSS
  29. 29Sliding Pill Tabs with Icons in Tailwind CSS
  30. 30Folded Corner Tabs in Tailwind CSS (clip-path)
  31. 31Bookmark Ribbon Navigation in Tailwind CSS
  32. 32Neumorphic Inset Tabs in Tailwind CSS
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Animated SVG Underline Tabs in Tailwind CSS

Italic slab-serif tabs on cream vellum; the active word gets an emerald swash that draws itself beneath the letters like a calligrapher's flourish. The port normalises the path with pathLength="1", so the draw is exact for any curve, and sets the labels in Zilla Slab italic.

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<section class="ttb-27 group/tabs grid min-h-svh w-full place-items-center bg-ttb27-bg px-5 py-14 font-ttb27-slab text-ttb27-ink" aria-label="Animated SVG underline tabs demo">
  <div class="grid w-full max-w-xl justify-items-start gap-7">
    <div role="radiogroup" aria-label="Section" class="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-x-9 gap-y-4">
      <label class="group/tab relative min-h-11 cursor-pointer pb-2 text-[24px] font-bold text-ttb27-mut italic transition-colors hover:text-ttb27-ink has-checked:text-ttb27-ink has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:outline-offset-6 has-focus-visible:outline-ttb27-ink"><input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="ttb27" id="ttb27-r1" checked>Manifesto<svg aria-hidden="true" class="absolute -bottom-2 left-0 h-3.5 w-full overflow-visible" viewBox="0 0 100 14" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" class="transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)] [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0] motion-reduce:transition-none"/></svg></label>
      <label class="group/tab relative min-h-11 cursor-pointer pb-2 text-[24px] font-bold text-ttb27-mut italic transition-colors hover:text-ttb27-ink has-checked:text-ttb27-ink has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:outline-offset-6 has-focus-visible:outline-ttb27-ink"><input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="ttb27" id="ttb27-r2">Colophon<svg aria-hidden="true" class="absolute -bottom-2 left-0 h-3.5 w-full overflow-visible" viewBox="0 0 100 14" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" class="transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)] [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0] motion-reduce:transition-none"/></svg></label>
      <label class="group/tab relative min-h-11 cursor-pointer pb-2 text-[24px] font-bold text-ttb27-mut italic transition-colors hover:text-ttb27-ink has-checked:text-ttb27-ink has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:outline-offset-6 has-focus-visible:outline-ttb27-ink"><input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="ttb27" id="ttb27-r3">Errata<svg aria-hidden="true" class="absolute -bottom-2 left-0 h-3.5 w-full overflow-visible" viewBox="0 0 100 14" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" class="transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)] [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0] motion-reduce:transition-none"/></svg></label>
    </div>
    <div class="max-w-[40ch] pt-2 font-ttb27-serif text-[17px] leading-relaxed text-ttb27-ash italic">
      <p class="hidden group-has-[#ttb27-r1:checked]/tabs:block">The founding statement of intent, set in full measure.</p>
      <p class="hidden group-has-[#ttb27-r2:checked]/tabs:block">The closing inscription: type, paper and press notes.</p>
      <p class="hidden group-has-[#ttb27-r3:checked]/tabs:block">Corrections issued after the first printing.</p>
    </div>
    <p aria-hidden="true" class="rounded-full border border-ttb27-ink/15 bg-white/50 px-3.5 py-2 font-ttb27-mono text-[11.5px] text-ttb27-ash">pathLength="1" · [stroke-dashoffset:1] → 0</p>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ttb27-bg: #fbf2d4;
  --color-ttb27-bg: oklch(0.960 0.040 93.2);
  --color-ttb27-ink: #0f4f3d;
  --color-ttb27-ink: oklch(0.383 0.070 169.3);
  --color-ttb27-mut: #4a7a6c;
  --color-ttb27-mut: oklch(0.541 0.057 173.6);
  --color-ttb27-ash: #3a3a42;
  --color-ttb27-ash: oklch(0.352 0.014 285.7);
  --font-ttb27-slab: 'Zilla Slab', Rockwell, serif;
  --font-ttb27-serif: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
  --font-ttb27-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's utilities, so the
   stage is sized before the browser build compiles. */

.ttb-27 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ttb27-bg: #fbf2d4;
  --color-ttb27-bg: oklch(0.960 0.040 93.2);
  --color-ttb27-ink: #0f4f3d;
  --color-ttb27-ink: oklch(0.383 0.070 169.3);
  --color-ttb27-mut: #4a7a6c;
  --color-ttb27-mut: oklch(0.541 0.057 173.6);
  --color-ttb27-ash: #3a3a42;
  --color-ttb27-ash: oklch(0.352 0.014 285.7);
  --font-ttb27-slab: 'Zilla Slab', Rockwell, serif;
  --font-ttb27-serif: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
  --font-ttb27-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's utilities, so the
   stage is sized before the browser build compiles. */

.ttb-27 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Zilla+Slab:ital,wght@0,500;1,500;1,700&family=Newsreader:ital,opsz,wght@1,6..72,400..600&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • stroke-dasharray:100; stroke-dashoffset:100 became pathLength="1" with [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] — exact for any curve.
  • The inline stroke="#0f4f3d" became stroke="currentColor", so the swash follows the label's colour token.
  • UI upgrade from the CSS original: labels are Zilla Slab italic — a real slab serif, matching the demo's name — at 24px, and the swash ends in a small Spencerian hook.
  • UI upgrade: inactive labels moved from 55% emerald (≈4.0:1) to a 4.9:1 token, and a focus ring was added.
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Demo: Animated SVG Underline Tabs in Tailwind CSS
Source: https://codefronts.com/navigation/tailwind-css-tabs/animated-svg-underline-tabs-tailwind-css/

Italic slab-serif tabs on cream vellum; the active word gets an emerald swash that draws itself beneath the letters like a calligrapher's flourish. The port normalises the path with pathLength="1", so the draw is exact for any curve, and sets the labels in Zilla Slab italic.
## HTML
```html
<section class="ttb-27 group/tabs grid min-h-svh w-full place-items-center bg-ttb27-bg px-5 py-14 font-ttb27-slab text-ttb27-ink" aria-label="Animated SVG underline tabs demo">
  <div class="grid w-full max-w-xl justify-items-start gap-7">
    <div role="radiogroup" aria-label="Section" class="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-x-9 gap-y-4">
      <label class="group/tab relative min-h-11 cursor-pointer pb-2 text-[24px] font-bold text-ttb27-mut italic transition-colors hover:text-ttb27-ink has-checked:text-ttb27-ink has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:outline-offset-6 has-focus-visible:outline-ttb27-ink"><input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="ttb27" id="ttb27-r1" checked>Manifesto<svg aria-hidden="true" class="absolute -bottom-2 left-0 h-3.5 w-full overflow-visible" viewBox="0 0 100 14" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" class="transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)] [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0] motion-reduce:transition-none"/></svg></label>
      <label class="group/tab relative min-h-11 cursor-pointer pb-2 text-[24px] font-bold text-ttb27-mut italic transition-colors hover:text-ttb27-ink has-checked:text-ttb27-ink has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:outline-offset-6 has-focus-visible:outline-ttb27-ink"><input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="ttb27" id="ttb27-r2">Colophon<svg aria-hidden="true" class="absolute -bottom-2 left-0 h-3.5 w-full overflow-visible" viewBox="0 0 100 14" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" class="transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)] [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0] motion-reduce:transition-none"/></svg></label>
      <label class="group/tab relative min-h-11 cursor-pointer pb-2 text-[24px] font-bold text-ttb27-mut italic transition-colors hover:text-ttb27-ink has-checked:text-ttb27-ink has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:outline-offset-6 has-focus-visible:outline-ttb27-ink"><input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="ttb27" id="ttb27-r3">Errata<svg aria-hidden="true" class="absolute -bottom-2 left-0 h-3.5 w-full overflow-visible" viewBox="0 0 100 14" preserveAspectRatio="none"><path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" class="transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)] [stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1] group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0] motion-reduce:transition-none"/></svg></label>
    </div>
    <div class="max-w-[40ch] pt-2 font-ttb27-serif text-[17px] leading-relaxed text-ttb27-ash italic">
      <p class="hidden group-has-[#ttb27-r1:checked]/tabs:block">The founding statement of intent, set in full measure.</p>
      <p class="hidden group-has-[#ttb27-r2:checked]/tabs:block">The closing inscription: type, paper and press notes.</p>
      <p class="hidden group-has-[#ttb27-r3:checked]/tabs:block">Corrections issued after the first printing.</p>
    </div>
    <p aria-hidden="true" class="rounded-full border border-ttb27-ink/15 bg-white/50 px-3.5 py-2 font-ttb27-mono text-[11.5px] text-ttb27-ash">pathLength="1" · [stroke-dashoffset:1] → 0</p>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ttb27-bg: #fbf2d4;
  --color-ttb27-bg: oklch(0.960 0.040 93.2);
  --color-ttb27-ink: #0f4f3d;
  --color-ttb27-ink: oklch(0.383 0.070 169.3);
  --color-ttb27-mut: #4a7a6c;
  --color-ttb27-mut: oklch(0.541 0.057 173.6);
  --color-ttb27-ash: #3a3a42;
  --color-ttb27-ash: oklch(0.352 0.014 285.7);
  --font-ttb27-slab: 'Zilla Slab', Rockwell, serif;
  --font-ttb27-serif: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
  --font-ttb27-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}
/* Root rule: the full-bleed contract, stated in CSS as well as in the markup's utilities, so the
   stage is sized before the browser build compiles. */

.ttb-27 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
```

How this works

Normalise the path. The original used stroke-dasharray:100, a guess at the curve's length; redraw the swash and the animation would stop short. With pathLength="1" the browser rescales the path to length 1:

<path pathLength="1" d="M2 9 Q 22 2 44 7 T 86 6 q 8-1 10 3"
  class="[stroke-dasharray:1] [stroke-dashoffset:1]
    transition-[stroke-dashoffset] duration-700
    group-has-checked/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0]"/>

The dash is exactly one path long, the gap exactly one path long, and sliding the offset from 1 to 0 draws the whole stroke for any shape.

Make it yours

  • Redraw d freely — pathLength keeps the draw correct.
  • Oxblood ink: --color-ttb27-ink: #5c1a2b.
  • Draw on hover too: add group-hover/tab:[stroke-dashoffset:0.6].

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • preserveAspectRatio="none" stretches the stroke width with the word; keep it modest.
  • The SVG is decorative (aria-hidden).
  • Undrawing (on deselect) uses the same duration; shorten it with a separate rule if you want a snappier exit.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

pathLength is universal in SVG 2 engines.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

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