quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto-cli
`expandable` option not accessible in tabs / tabsets
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
bug
dashboards
tabsets
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 6k
- Forks
- 458
- Avg merge
- 1d 9h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 41
Description
Bug description
In dashboard, the tabsets makes each tab behave as a card, thus by default add the "expand" feature to it.
Unfortunately, the option cannot be disable at the tab or tabset level contrary to cards and code-cell.
Steps to reproduce
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
|
|
Actual behavior
The following has no effects:
---
title: "Untitled"
format: dashboard
---
## Quarto {.tabset expandable="false"}
### Tab1
{{< placeholder 600 400 >}}
---
title: "Untitled"
format: dashboard
---
## Quarto {.tabset}
### Tab1 {expandable="false"}
{{< placeholder 600 400 >}}
Expected behavior
No response
Your environment
No response
Quarto check output
Quarto 99.9.9
[✓] Checking environment information...
Quarto cache location: /Users/mcanouil/Library/Caches/quarto
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
Pandoc version 3.6.3: OK
Dart Sass version 1.85.1: OK
Deno version 1.46.3: OK
Typst version 0.13.0: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
Version: 99.9.9
commit: 79a1b18574a3bc8b3d85c85f980edd2dde9fe195
Path: /Users/mcanouil/Projects/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/package/dist/bin
[✓] Checking tools....................OK
TinyTeX: v2025.03.10
Chromium: (not installed)
[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
Using: TinyTex
Path: /Users/mcanouil/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
Version: 2025
[✓] Checking Chrome Headless....................OK
Using: Chrome found on system
Path: /Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser
Source: QUARTO_CHROMIUM
[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK
[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
Version: 3.13.1
Path: /Users/mcanouil/Projects/quarto-dev/quarto-playground/.venv/bin/python3
Jupyter: 5.7.2
Kernels: julia-1.11, python3
[✓] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK
(\) Checking R installation...........ℹ R version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11)
! Config '~/.Rprofile' was loaded!
[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
Version: 4.5.0
Path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
LibPaths:
- /Users/mcanouil/Projects/quarto-dev/quarto-playground/renv/library/macos/R-4.5/aarch64-apple-darwin20
- /Users/mcanouil/Library/Caches/org.R-project.R/R/renv/sandbox/macos/R-4.5/aarch64-apple-darwin20/4cd76b74
knitr: 1.50
rmarkdown: 2.29
[✓] Checking Knitr engine render......OK
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by rendering the provided dashboard .qmd examples and compare tabset-level and tab-level expandable behavior. Trace the dashboard tabset handling from that reproduction; done means expandable="false" disables expansion at both supported levels.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100