Glass Tabs
A copy-paste glassmorphism component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
GlassmorphismHTMLCSSJavaScriptany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<div class="nuda-glass-tabs" role="tablist" aria-label="View range" style="--nuda-glass-tabs-i:0">
<span class="nuda-glass-tabs__indicator" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<button class="nuda-glass-tabs__tab nuda-glass-tabs__tab--active" role="tab" aria-selected="true">Day</button>
<button class="nuda-glass-tabs__tab" role="tab" aria-selected="false">Week</button>
<button class="nuda-glass-tabs__tab" role="tab" aria-selected="false">Month</button>
</div>CSS
/* Glass Tabs
Pill tabs with a sliding frosted-lime indicator.
Drive position by setting --nuda-glass-tabs-i to the active index (0,1,2).
Customize: --glass-tabs-accent */
.nuda-glass-tabs {
--glass-tabs-accent: #e4ff54;
--nuda-glass-tabs-i: 0;
position: relative;
display: flex;
gap: 2px;
padding: 4px;
border-radius: 12px;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
-webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
}
.nuda-glass-tabs__indicator {
position: absolute;
top: 4px;
left: 4px;
width: calc((100% - 8px) / 3);
height: calc(100% - 8px);
border-radius: 9px;
background: rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.18);
border: 1px solid rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.4);
box-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.3);
transform: translateX(calc(var(--nuda-glass-tabs-i) * 100%));
transition: transform 0.35s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.4, 0.64, 1);
will-change: transform;
}
.nuda-glass-tabs__tab {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
flex: 1;
padding: 7px 14px;
border: none;
background: none;
color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 0.55);
font: 600 0.74rem ui-sans-serif, system-ui;
cursor: pointer;
border-radius: 9px;
transition: color 0.25s ease;
outline: none;
}
.nuda-glass-tabs__tab:focus-visible {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.6);
}
.nuda-glass-tabs__tab--active {
color: #fafafa;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-glass-tabs__indicator { transition: none; }
.nuda-glass-tabs__tab { transition: none; }
}JavaScript
/* Glass Tabs — vanilla JS
Moves the indicator and updates aria-selected on click. */
(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-glass-tabs").forEach(function (group) {
var tabs = group.querySelectorAll(".nuda-glass-tabs__tab");
tabs.forEach(function (tab, i) {
tab.addEventListener("click", function () {
group.style.setProperty("--nuda-glass-tabs-i", String(i));
tabs.forEach(function (t, j) {
t.classList.toggle("nuda-glass-tabs__tab--active", j === i);
t.setAttribute("aria-selected", String(j === i));
});
});
});
});
})();How to use Glass Tabs
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.