How to enable swipe gesture to move to next tab for tabs module in Angular Material? (looking for a solution that works for more than 2 tabs)

angular, angular-material

Solution

here is a simple way to do it:

working plunker: https://plnkr.co/edit/uJ3n8XedvCCdeUHXKpwX?p=preview

first, add hammerjs to your module:

`import { HammerGestureConfig, HAMMER_GESTURE_CONFIG } from '@angular/platform-browser';`

provide it in `providers`

  providers: [{ 
                    provide: HAMMER_GESTURE_CONFIG, 
                    useClass: HammerGestureConfig 
                }]

sample module:

@NgModule({

  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    FormsModule,
    ReactiveFormsModule,
    MaterialModule,
  ],

  declarations: [TabsOverviewExample],
  bootstrap: [TabsOverviewExample],
  providers: [{ 
                    provide: HAMMER_GESTURE_CONFIG, 
                    useClass: HammerGestureConfig 
                }]
})
export class PlunkerAppModule {}

then build your component like this:

import {Component, AfterViewInit, ViewChild, ViewChildren} from '@angular/core';
import { MdTabGroup, MdTab } from '@angular/material';


@Component({
  selector: 'tabs-overview-example',
  template:`
  <md-tab-group [selectedIndex]="selected"  (swipeleft)="swipe($event.type)" (swiperight)="swipe($event.type)">
    <md-tab label="Tab 1"><div class="content">Content 1</div></md-tab>
    <md-tab label="Tab 2"><div class="content">Content 2</div></md-tab>
    <md-tab label="Tab 3"><div class="content">Content 3</div></md-tab>
    <md-tab label="Tab 4"><div class="content">Content 4</div></md-tab>
    <md-tab label="Tab 5"><div class="content">Content 5</div></md-tab>
  </md-tab-group>`,
  styles:['.content{ height: 500px; background-color: yellow;}']
})
export class TabsOverviewExample implements AfterViewInit{
  @ViewChild(MdTabGroup) group;
  @ViewChildren(MdTab) tabs;
  tab_num = 0;
  selected = 0;
  SWIPE_ACTION = { LEFT: 'swipeleft', RIGHT: 'swiperight' };

  number_tabs
  ngAfterViewInit(){
    this.tab_num = this.tabs.length
    console.log(this.group)
  }
  swipe(eType){
    console.log(eType);
    if(eType === this.SWIPE_ACTION.LEFT && this.selected > 0){
      console.log("movin left")
      this.selected--;
    }
    else if(eType === this.SWIPE_ACTION.RIGHT && this.selected < this.tab_num){
      console.log("movin right")
      this.selected++;
    }
    console.log(this.selected)
  }


}

Problem

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