# Panel tabs

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## Overview

Panel tabs allow switching between different but related content. They're very useful when you need to declutter your interface and make it scannable.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Panel tabs vs Page navigation**

Content update:&#x20;

* Page navigation influences the whole page content
* Panel tabs influence the panel content

Theme consistency:

* Page navigation items don't share any common theme
* Panel tab items share a common theme
  {% endhint %}

## Guidelines

Panel tabs should be used:

* As a quick filter in a [`Datatable`](https://design.mirakl.com/design/components/datatable) or [`Datalist`](https://design.mirakl.com/design/components/datalist) context (All orders + Orders in progress)
* As a way to declutter a panel

Panel tabs should not be used:

* For a completion path (use [Stepper](https://design.mirakl.com/design/patterns/forms/stepper-form) instead)
* For any kind of navigation

Each panel tab can have a specific URL. This is helpful when you have different versions of the same datatable within each tab (with other filters, sorting, or pagination, for example).

Panel tabs always have at least 2 items.

## Content

Tab labels should follow our [content guidelines](https://design.mirakl.com/content/writing-for-mirakl).&#x20;

Labels must be as concise and precise, with no more than 2 words.

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