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fix: allow browser back/forward navigation in Tabs (Cmd+Left/Right on Mac, Alt+Left/Right on Windows) #10315

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fix: allow browser back/forward navigation in Tabs (Cmd+Left/Right on…
UsmanKhursheed06 Jul 8, 2026
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fix: correct import order for lint compliance
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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions packages/react-aria-components/test/Tabs.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -1079,4 +1079,34 @@ describe('Tabs', () => {
expect(menu.getOptions()).toHaveLength(3);
await menu.close();
});

it('allows browser back/forward navigation (Meta+ArrowLeft/Right on Mac, Alt+ArrowLeft/Right on Windows)', async () => {

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This test is passing without your change. It was likely fixed since the last release with our new useKeyboard apis and will go out in our next release

let {getByRole} = renderTabs();
let tabsTester = testUtilUser.createTester('Tabs', {root: getByRole('tablist')});
let tabs = tabsTester.getTabs();

// Select first tab
await tabsTester.triggerTab({tab: 0});
expect(tabsTester.getSelectedTab()).toBe(tabs[0]);

// Try to navigate with Meta+ArrowRight (Mac browser back/forward) - should NOT switch tabs
await user.keyboard('{Meta>}{ArrowRight}{/Meta}');
expect(tabsTester.getSelectedTab()).toBe(tabs[0]);

// Try to navigate with Meta+ArrowLeft - should NOT switch tabs
await user.keyboard('{Meta>}{ArrowLeft}{/Meta}');
expect(tabsTester.getSelectedTab()).toBe(tabs[0]);

// Try to navigate with Alt+ArrowRight (Windows browser back/forward) - should NOT switch tabs
await user.keyboard('{Alt>}{ArrowRight}{/Alt}');
expect(tabsTester.getSelectedTab()).toBe(tabs[0]);

// Try to navigate with Alt+ArrowLeft - should NOT switch tabs
await user.keyboard('{Alt>}{ArrowLeft}{/Alt}');
expect(tabsTester.getSelectedTab()).toBe(tabs[0]);

// Regular arrow keys should still work
await user.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
expect(tabsTester.getSelectedTab()).toBe(tabs[1]);
});
});
16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion packages/react-aria/src/tabs/useTabList.ts
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {useId} from '../utils/useId';
import {useLabels} from '../utils/useLabels';
import {useLocale} from '../i18n/I18nProvider';
import {useMemo} from 'react';
import {useKeyboard} from '../interactions/useKeyboard';
import {useSelectableCollection} from '../selection/useSelectableCollection';

export interface AriaTabListProps<T> extends TabListProps<T>, DOMProps, AriaLabelingProps {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -76,6 +77,19 @@ export function useTabList<T>(
linkBehavior: 'selection'
});

// Add keyboard handlers to allow browser back/forward navigation (Cmd+Left/Right on Mac, Alt+Left/Right on Windows)
// to propagate so the browser can handle them instead of switching tabs.
let {keyboardProps} = useKeyboard({
shortcuts: {
// On Mac, Cmd+Left/Right are browser back/forward
'Meta+ArrowLeft': () => ({shouldContinuePropagation: true}),
'Meta+ArrowRight': () => ({shouldContinuePropagation: true}),
// On Windows/Linux, Alt+Left/Right are browser back/forward
'Alt+ArrowLeft': () => ({shouldContinuePropagation: true}),
'Alt+ArrowRight': () => ({shouldContinuePropagation: true})
}
});

// Compute base id for all tabs
let tabsId = useId();
tabsIds.set(state, tabsId);
Expand All @@ -84,7 +98,7 @@ export function useTabList<T>(

return {
tabListProps: {
...mergeProps(collectionProps, tabListLabelProps),
...mergeProps(collectionProps, tabListLabelProps, keyboardProps),
role: 'tablist',
'aria-orientation': orientation,
tabIndex: undefined
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