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Ionic Framework Version

v8.x

Current Behavior

I'm using <IonTabs> in basic mode (i.e. without a router).

I wanted to switch tabs programmatically, using the IonTabsContext, like this

function TabSwitcher() {
  const tabContext = useContext(IonTabsContext);

  const switchToTab = (tab: string) => {
    tabContext.selectTab(tab); // Programmatically switch to the specified tab
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={() => switchToTab('radio')}>
        Go to Radio tab
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

Then I used this component in one tab, wanting it to switch to another tab:

    <IonTabs>
      <IonTab tab="home">
        <div>
          <IonContent>
            <div>
             Home content
              <TabSwitcher />
            </div>
          </IonContent>
        </div>
      </IonTab>

But when I click the button to switch tabs, nothing happens.

When I debugged the code, the context is there, it has the correct structure, the function selectTab(tab) exists, it just doesn't change the tab,

Expected Behavior

Calling tabContext.selectTab(tab) should change the active tab to the tab Radio.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to https://ionicframework.com/docs/api/tabs#basic-usage and fork the example code.
2. Create the TabSwitcher component and add it to the first tab.
3. Observe that clicking the TabSwitcher button doesn't switch tabs to the second tab.

Code Reproduction URL

https://stackblitz.com/~/github.com/jansoltis/ionic-tabs-switch-issue?file=src/main.tsx

Ionic Info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 7.2.0 (C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.11.1\node_modules@ionic\cli)
Ionic Framework : @ionic/react 8.4.0

Capacitor:

Capacitor CLI : 6.1.2
@capacitor/android : 6.1.2
@capacitor/core : 6.1.2
@capacitor/ios : 6.1.2

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.15.4
native-run : 2.0.1

System:

NodeJS : v20.11.1 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 10.2.4
OS : Windows 10

Additional Information

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