diff --git a/resources/css/components.css b/resources/css/components.css
index adc4de27..24ae1582 100644
--- a/resources/css/components.css
+++ b/resources/css/components.css
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@
 /* Navigation */
 @import './components/app-bar.css';
 @import './components/toolbar.css';
+@import './components/tabs.css';
diff --git a/resources/css/components/tabs.css b/resources/css/components/tabs.css
index 4dc43bc4..dbbb8b85 100644
--- a/resources/css/components/tabs.css
+++ b/resources/css/components/tabs.css
@@ -1,25 +1,47 @@
 /*
- * M3's tabs (PrimaryNavigationTabTokens, SecondaryNavigationTabTokens, androidx Compose Material 3,
- * Apache-2.0): a 48px tablist on the surface over an outline-variant divider (64px when a primary
- * tab stacks its icon over its label), title-small labels in on-surface-variant, the chosen tab's
- * in primary (primary tabs) or on-surface (secondary tabs).
+ * `<x-tabs>`, `<x-tab>`: M3's tabs (PrimaryNavigationTabTokens.kt, SecondaryNavigationTabTokens.kt,
+ * androidx Compose Material 3, Apache-2.0; docs/reference/m3/components-navigation-selection-inputs.md
+ * § Tabs) — a 48px tablist on the surface over an outline-variant divider (64px when a primary tab
+ * stacks its icon over its label), title-small labels in on-surface-variant, the chosen tab's in
+ * primary (primary tabs) or on-surface (secondary tabs).
+ *
+ *   [data-md-tabs]                 min-width: 0
+ *     [data-md-tabs-bar]           role="tablist"; data-md-variant, data-md-stacked,
+ *                                  data-md-scrollable
+ *       [data-md-tab]              role="tab"
+ *         [data-md-tab-content]    [data-md-icon] (optional), [data-md-tab-label],
+ *                                  [data-md-tab-indicator]
+ *   [data-md-tab-panel]            role="tabpanel", hidden server-side until chosen (N-05)
  *
  * The active indicator is drawn in every tab and shown under the chosen one, so it is right before
  * Alpine starts and after a morph: 3px with rounded top corners under the content of a primary tab
- * (at least 24px wide, inset 2px at each side), 2px across the whole of a secondary one. When the
- * choice changes, a view transition moves it from the old tab to the new (resources/js/tabs.js),
+ * (at least 24px wide, inset 2px at each side — N-18), 2px across the whole of a secondary one.
+ * When the choice changes, a view transition moves it from the old tab to the new (resources/js/tabs.js),
  * as M3's slides.
  *
  * The bar scrolls sideways, so it clips whatever leaves it — including the focus ring, which the
- * rest of the package draws 3px thick 2px outside the element (tokens/state.css). `--tabs-ring`
- * is the room that takes: the bar carries it as padding on every side, and the state layer and the
+ * rest of the package draws 3px thick 2px outside the element (tokens/state.css). `--tabs-ring` is
+ * the room that takes: the bar carries it as padding on every side, and the state layer and the
  * indicator reach back out into it, so the divider still sits against the tabs and the indicator
- * still sits on the divider. That makes the bar 10px taller than M3's 48px tab.
+ * still sits on the divider (N-20). That makes the bar 10px taller than M3's 48px tab. A scrollable
+ * set's first tab is offset 52dp from the leading edge, so it reads as scrollable (N-10). A link
+ * marked `aria-current="page"` (`<x-section-nav>`'s tabs) takes the active indicator and colour
+ * exactly as `aria-selected="true"` does (N-21).
  */
 
-@layer components {
-    [data-tabs-bar] {
+@layer material.reset, material.tokens, material.base, material.layout, material.components, material.text, material.visibility;
+
+@import './icon.css';
+@import './badge.css';
+
+@layer material.components {
+    [data-md-tabs] {
+        min-width: 0;
+    }
+
+    [data-md-tabs-bar] {
         --tabs-ring: 5px;
+
         position: relative;
         display: flex;
         overflow-x: auto;
@@ -31,117 +53,126 @@
     }
 
     /* "Offset the first scrollable tab 52dp from the leading edge so it's clear that more content
-       is available" (docs/reference/m3/components-navigation-selection-inputs.md § Tabs). Logical,
-       so a right-to-left page mirrors it. */
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-scrollable] {
-        padding-inline-start: 3.25rem;
-        scroll-padding-inline-start: 3.25rem;
+       is available" (N-10). Logical, so a right-to-left page mirrors it. */
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-scrollable] {
+        padding-inline-start: 52px;
+        scroll-padding-inline-start: 52px;
     }
 
     /* A section nav's links sit in list items that share the width. */
-    [data-tabs-bar] > li {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar] > li {
         flex: 1 1 0%;
     }
 
-    [data-tabs-bar] > li > [data-tab] {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar] > li > [data-md-tab] {
         flex: 1 1 0%;
     }
 
-    [data-tab] {
+    [data-md-tab] {
         position: relative;
         display: flex;
         flex: 1 1 0%;
-        min-width: 5.625rem;
-        height: 3rem;
+        min-width: 90px;
+        height: 48px;
         align-items: center;
         justify-content: center;
-        padding-inline: 1rem;
+        padding-inline: var(--md-sys-measurement-space200);
         color: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface-variant);
         cursor: pointer;
         outline: none;
         font: var(--md-sys-typescale-title-sm);
         letter-spacing: var(--md-sys-typescale-title-sm-tracking);
         white-space: nowrap;
-        transition: color var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast-duration) var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast);
+        transition-property: color;
+        transition-duration: var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast-duration);
+        transition-timing-function: var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast);
     }
 
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-scrollable] > li,
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-scrollable] [data-tab] {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-scrollable] > li,
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-scrollable] [data-md-tab] {
         flex: none;
     }
 
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-stacked] [data-tab] {
-        height: 4rem;
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-stacked] [data-md-tab] {
+        height: 64px;
     }
 
     /* The state layer covers the tab and the ring's room around it, so the wash meets the divider. */
-    [data-tab]::before {
-        content: "";
+    [data-md-tab]::before {
+        content: '';
         position: absolute;
         inset-block: calc(-1 * var(--tabs-ring));
         inset-inline: 0;
         pointer-events: none;
-        transition: background-color var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast-duration) var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast);
+        transition-property: background-color;
+        transition-duration: var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast-duration);
+        transition-timing-function: var(--md-sys-motion-effects-fast);
     }
 
     @media (hover: hover) {
-        [data-tab]:hover {
+        [data-md-tab]:hover {
             color: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface);
         }
 
-        [data-tab]:hover::before {
+        [data-md-tab]:hover::before {
             background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--md-sys-color-on-surface) 8%, transparent);
         }
     }
 
-    [data-tab]:focus-visible::before,
-    [data-tab]:active::before {
+    [data-md-tab]:focus-visible::before,
+    [data-md-tab]:active::before {
         background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--md-sys-color-on-surface) 10%, transparent);
     }
 
-    [data-tab]:focus-visible {
+    [data-md-tab]:focus-visible {
         color: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface);
         outline: 3px solid var(--md-sys-color-secondary);
         outline-offset: 2px;
     }
 
     /* A link-based bar marks the page with aria-current, not aria-selected; both are the chosen
-       tab, and both take the variant's active colour. */
-    [data-tab]:is([aria-selected="true"], [aria-current="page"]) {
+       tab, and both take the variant's active colour (N-21). */
+    [data-md-tab]:is([aria-selected='true'], [aria-current='page']) {
         color: var(--md-sys-color-primary);
     }
 
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-variant="secondary"] [data-tab]:is([aria-selected="true"], [aria-current="page"]) {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-variant='secondary'] [data-md-tab]:is([aria-selected='true'], [aria-current='page']) {
         color: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface);
     }
 
-    [data-tab]:disabled {
+    [data-md-tab]:disabled {
         color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--md-sys-color-on-surface) 38%, transparent);
         cursor: default;
     }
 
-    [data-tab]:disabled::before {
+    [data-md-tab]:disabled::before {
         background-color: transparent;
     }
 
-    [data-tab-content] {
+    [data-md-tab-content] {
         position: relative;
         display: inline-flex;
         height: 100%;
-        min-width: 1.5rem;
+        min-width: 24px;
         align-items: center;
         justify-content: center;
-        gap: 0.5rem;
+        gap: var(--md-sys-measurement-space100);
     }
 
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-stacked] [data-tab-content] {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-stacked] [data-md-tab-content] {
         flex-direction: column;
-        gap: 0.125rem;
+        gap: var(--md-sys-measurement-space25);
     }
 
-    /* Primary indicators are inset 2dp at each side; both variants sit on the divider, which the
-       ring's room has pushed below the tab. */
-    [data-tab-indicator] {
+    [data-md-tab-label] {
+        display: inline-flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: var(--md-sys-measurement-space75);
+    }
+
+    /* Primary indicators are inset 2dp at each side (N-18); both variants sit on the divider, which
+       the ring's room has pushed below the tab. */
+    [data-md-tab-indicator] {
         position: absolute;
         inset-inline: 2px;
         bottom: calc(-1 * var(--tabs-ring));
@@ -154,23 +185,29 @@
     }
 
     /* A secondary tab's indicator spans the tab, not its content. */
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-variant="secondary"] [data-tab-content] {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-variant='secondary'] [data-md-tab-content] {
         position: static;
     }
 
-    [data-tabs-bar][data-variant="secondary"] [data-tab-indicator] {
+    [data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-variant='secondary'] [data-md-tab-indicator] {
         inset-inline: 0;
         height: 2px;
         border-radius: 0;
     }
 
-    [data-tab]:is([aria-selected="true"], [aria-current="page"]) [data-tab-indicator] {
+    [data-md-tab]:is([aria-selected='true'], [aria-current='page']) [data-md-tab-indicator] {
         opacity: 1;
         view-transition-name: var(--tabs-indicator);
     }
-}
 
-::view-transition-group(*.material-tab-indicator) {
-    animation-duration: var(--md-sys-motion-spatial-default-duration);
-    animation-timing-function: var(--md-sys-motion-spatial-default);
+    /* pt-6, before the rewrite: the panel's content stands clear of the bar above it. */
+    [data-md-tab-panel] {
+        padding-top: var(--md-sys-measurement-space300);
+        outline: none;
+    }
+
+    ::view-transition-group(*.material-tab-indicator) {
+        animation-duration: var(--md-sys-motion-spatial-default-duration);
+        animation-timing-function: var(--md-sys-motion-spatial-default);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/css/tailwind.css b/resources/css/tailwind.css
index 436e3346..3e05f79e 100644
--- a/resources/css/tailwind.css
+++ b/resources/css/tailwind.css
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@
 @import './tokens/utilities.css';
 
 /* Navigation — leaving in step 36 */
-@import './components/tabs.css';
 @import './components/navigation.css';
diff --git a/resources/js/tabs.js b/resources/js/tabs.js
index e27dd670..6a847c17 100644
--- a/resources/js/tabs.js
+++ b/resources/js/tabs.js
@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ document.addEventListener('alpine:init', () => {
             }
 
             if (focus) {
-                this.$refs.bar.querySelector(`[data-tab="${CSS.escape(name)}"]`)?.focus()
+                this.$refs.bar.querySelector(`[data-md-tab="${CSS.escape(name)}"]`)?.focus()
             }
         },
 
         step(by) {
             const tabs = this.tabs()
             const rtl = getComputedStyle(this.$refs.bar).direction === 'rtl'
-            const at = tabs.findIndex((tab) => tab.dataset.tab === this.selected)
+            const at = tabs.findIndex((tab) => tab.dataset.mdTab === this.selected)
             const next = tabs[(at + (rtl ? -by : by) + tabs.length) % tabs.length]
 
             if (next) {
-                this.choose(next.dataset.tab, true)
+                this.choose(next.dataset.mdTab, true)
             }
         },
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ document.addEventListener('alpine:init', () => {
             const tab = last ? tabs.at(-1) : tabs[0]
 
             if (tab) {
-                this.choose(tab.dataset.tab, true)
+                this.choose(tab.dataset.mdTab, true)
             }
         },
     }))
diff --git a/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php b/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php
index 33bb3870..405375b2 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@
     @endif
 
     <nav aria-label="{{ $label }}" class="max-medium:hidden">
-        <ul data-tabs-bar data-variant="secondary" @if ($scrollable) data-scrollable @endif>
+        <ul data-md-tabs-bar data-md-variant="secondary" @if ($scrollable) data-md-scrollable @endif>
             @foreach ($items as $item)
                 @php($on = $isCurrent($item))
 
                 <li class="flex min-w-0">
                     <a
                         href="{{ $item['url'] }}"
-                        data-tab
+                        data-md-tab
                         @if ($on) aria-current="page" @endif
                         @unless ($noWireNavigate) wire:navigate @endunless
                     >
-                        <span data-tab-content>
+                        <span data-md-tab-content>
                             @isset($item['icon'])
                                 <x-livewire-material::icon :name="$item['icon']" :filled="$on" optical="20" class="size-5" />
                             @endisset
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                             @if (filled($item['badge'] ?? null))
                                 <x-livewire-material::badge :value="$item['badge']" />
                             @endif
-                            <span data-tab-indicator aria-hidden="true"></span>
+                            <span data-md-tab-indicator aria-hidden="true"></span>
                         </span>
                     </a>
                 </li>
diff --git a/resources/views/components/tab.blade.php b/resources/views/components/tab.blade.php
index 70db500e..d9315cb8 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/tab.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/tab.blade.php
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 {{-- One tab's panel, inside `<x-tabs>`, which draws the bar from its own `tabs` list. Shown while
      its `name` is the chosen one; every panel is rendered, so switching never waits on the server.
-     `class` lands on the panel (it has `pt-6` above its content by default).
 
      The id and the `hidden` panels come from the server, not from Alpine: until Alpine boots, every
      panel would otherwise be on screen at once — four `role="tabpanel"` regions for a screen reader
-     to walk — and the tab buttons' `aria-controls` would point at nothing. `<x-tabs>` renders this
-     slot before its own view, so it cannot hand the panel anything; the panel reads the attributes
-     written on `<x-tabs>` off the component stack (Blade's `@aware` mechanism) and repeats the two
-     lines tabs.blade.php runs on them. The two must agree, so change them together. --}}
+     to walk — and the tab buttons' `aria-controls` would point at nothing (N-05). `<x-tabs>` renders
+     this slot before its own view, so it cannot hand the panel anything; the panel reads the
+     attributes written on `<x-tabs>` off the component stack (Blade's `@aware` mechanism) and
+     repeats the two lines tabs.blade.php runs on them. The two must agree, so change them together.
+
+     The panel renders `data-md-tab-panel`, drawn by resources/css/components/tabs.css. --}}
 
 @props([
     'name',
@@ -37,8 +38,9 @@
     id="{{ $tabsId }}-{{ $name }}-panel"
     aria-labelledby="{{ $tabsId }}-{{ $name }}"
     tabindex="0"
+    data-md-tab-panel
     @if ((string) $name !== (string) $initial) style="display: none" @endif
-    {{ $attributes->class(['pt-6 outline-none']) }}
+    {{ $attributes }}
 >
     {{ $slot }}
 </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php b/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php
index 52941912..f65c92ff 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/tabs.blade.php
@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@
      optional `icon`, `badge` and `disabled` — so it arrives with the page, never a moment after it.
      The panels are `<x-tab name="…">` in the slot; every panel is rendered, so switching never waits
      on the server, and each arrives with its id and with every panel but the chosen one already
-     hidden, so nothing flashes and no screen reader meets four panels at once.
+     hidden, so nothing flashes and no screen reader meets four panels at once (N-05).
 
      The chosen tab is the Livewire property in `wire:model` (entangled; `wire:model.live` tells the
      server at once), or, without it, `selected` (the first tab by default) and `x-model`. The bar is
      a real tablist (resources/js/tabs.js). `variant` is `primary` (the default: the indicator under
      the label, in primary) or `secondary` (under the whole tab, for tabs inside a section);
      `stacked` puts a primary tab's icon over its label (64px); `scrollable` lets tabs keep their
-     own width and scroll sideways instead of sharing the width equally
-     (resources/css/components/tabs.css). --}}
+     own width and scroll sideways instead of sharing the width equally, offset 52dp from the
+     leading edge so it reads as scrollable (N-10, resources/css/components/tabs.css).
+
+     The root renders `data-md-tabs`; the bar is `data-md-tabs-bar` with `data-md-variant`,
+     `data-md-stacked` and `data-md-scrollable`, holding `data-md-tab` buttons (each
+     `data-md-tab-content`, `data-md-tab-label` and `data-md-tab-indicator`). Imports icon.css and
+     badge.css for what the view renders. --}}
 
 @props([
     'tabs' => [],
@@ -37,20 +42,21 @@
 
 <div
     x-data="{
-        @if ($model !== null) selected: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')), @else selected: @js($initial), @endif
+        @if ($model !== null) selected: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')).live, @else selected: @js($initial), @endif
         tabsId: @js($id),
         ...materialTabs(),
     }"
     @if ($model === null) x-modelable="selected" @endif
-    {{ $attributes->whereDoesntStartWith('wire:model')->except(['id'])->class(['min-w-0']) }}
+    data-md-tabs
+    {{ $attributes->whereDoesntStartWith('wire:model')->except(['id']) }}
 >
     <div
         x-ref="bar"
         role="tablist"
-        data-tabs-bar
-        data-variant="{{ $variant }}"
-        @if ($stacked && $variant === 'primary') data-stacked @endif
-        @if ($scrollable) data-scrollable @endif
+        data-md-tabs-bar
+        data-md-variant="{{ $variant }}"
+        @if ($stacked && $variant === 'primary') data-md-stacked @endif
+        @if ($scrollable) data-md-scrollable @endif
         style="--tabs-indicator: {{ $id }}-indicator"
         x-on:keydown.arrow-right.prevent="step(1)"
         x-on:keydown.arrow-left.prevent="step(-1)"
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@
                 type="button"
                 role="tab"
                 id="{{ $id }}-{{ $tab['name'] }}"
-                data-tab="{{ $tab['name'] }}"
+                data-md-tab="{{ $tab['name'] }}"
                 aria-controls="{{ $id }}-{{ $tab['name'] }}-panel"
                 aria-selected="{{ $isInitial ? 'true' : 'false' }}"
                 tabindex="{{ $isInitial ? '0' : '-1' }}"
@@ -73,17 +79,17 @@
                 x-on:click="choose(@js($tab['name']))"
                 @disabled($tab['disabled'] ?? false)
             >
-                <span data-tab-content>
+                <span data-md-tab-content>
                     @isset($tab['icon'])
-                        <x-livewire-material::icon :name="$tab['icon']" class="size-6" />
+                        <x-livewire-material::icon :name="$tab['icon']" />
                     @endisset
-                    <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
+                    <span data-md-tab-label>
                         {{ $tab['label'] }}
                         @if (filled($tab['badge'] ?? null))
                             <x-livewire-material::badge :value="$tab['badge']" />
                         @endif
                     </span>
-                    <span data-tab-indicator aria-hidden="true"></span>
+                    <span data-md-tab-indicator aria-hidden="true"></span>
                 </span>
             </button>
         @endforeach
diff --git a/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php b/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php
index 83b0e755..4b768af0 100644
--- a/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ it('moves between tabs with the arrow keys, skipping disabled ones, and tells Li
     $page->keys('#share-people', 'ArrowRight')
         ->assertSeeIn('#tab', 'activity')
         ->assertScript("document.activeElement.id === 'share-activity'")
-        ->assertScript("getComputedStyle(document.querySelector('#share-activity [data-tab-indicator]')).opacity === '1'");
+        ->assertScript("getComputedStyle(document.querySelector('#share-activity [data-md-tab-indicator]')).opacity === '1'");
 
     $page->keys('#share-activity', 'Home')
         ->assertSeeIn('#tab', 'files')
@@ -302,3 +302,46 @@ it('rounds a docked toolbar and its divider from 840px, clear of the window\'s e
         ->assertScript("getComputedStyle(document.querySelector('#toolbar [role=\"separator\"]')).height === '40px'")
         ->assertNoJavaScriptErrors();
 });
+
+function tabsFirstPaintProbe(): void
+{
+    Route::middleware('web')->get('/tabs-first-paint-probe', fn () => Blade::render(<<<'BLADE'
+        <!DOCTYPE html>
+        <html>
+            <head>
+                <x-theme-script />
+                @vite(config('livewire-material.showcase.vite'))
+                @livewireStyles
+            </head>
+            <body>
+                <x-tabs selected="people" :tabs="[['name' => 'files', 'label' => 'Files'], ['name' => 'people', 'label' => 'People'], ['name' => 'activity', 'label' => 'Activity']]">
+                    <x-tab name="files">Files panel</x-tab>
+                    <x-tab name="people">People panel</x-tab>
+                    <x-tab name="activity">Activity panel</x-tab>
+                </x-tabs>
+
+                <script>
+                    // Runs while the document is still being parsed, before Alpine (further down
+                    // the page) exists — what the first paint shows.
+                    window.firstPaint = [...document.querySelectorAll('[role="tabpanel"]')].map((panel) => getComputedStyle(panel).display)
+                </script>
+
+                @livewireScripts
+            </body>
+        </html>
+        BLADE));
+}
+
+it('never flashes a tab panel before Alpine boots', function () {
+    tabsFirstPaintProbe();
+
+    // Only the chosen ("people") panel is on screen at the moment the inline script right after
+    // the panels runs — the server's own `style="display: none"`, not Alpine's x-show, is what
+    // kept the other two off screen up to here (N-05).
+    $page = visit('/tabs-first-paint-probe')
+        ->assertScript("window.eval('window.firstPaint.join(\",\")') === 'none,block,none'");
+
+    $page->waitForEvent('networkidle')
+        ->assertScript("document.readyState === 'complete' && typeof window.Alpine !== 'undefined'")
+        ->assertNoJavaScriptErrors();
+});
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/NavigationStylesheetsTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/NavigationStylesheetsTest.php
index 85ff32df..ff7e7bfb 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/NavigationStylesheetsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/NavigationStylesheetsTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use NoNameWeb\LivewireMaterial\Tests\Support\ViewClasses;
 dataset('navigation components', [
     'app-bar',
     'toolbar',
+    'tabs',
 ]);
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
index efb55b50..b537efb8 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use Livewire\Component;
 use Livewire\Livewire;
+use NoNameWeb\LivewireMaterial\Tests\Support\ComponentStylesheet;
 
 it('renders the tablist on the server with the first enabled tab chosen', function () {
     $html = (string) $this->blade(<<<'BLADE'
@@ -12,13 +13,13 @@ it('renders the tablist on the server with the first enabled tab chosen', functi
 
     expect($html)
         ->toContain('role="tablist"')
-        ->toContain('data-variant="primary"')
+        ->toContain('data-md-variant="primary"')
         ->toContain('id="share-people"')
         ->toContain('aria-controls="share-people-panel"')
-        ->toMatch('/data-tab="people"\s+aria-controls="share-people-panel"\s+aria-selected="true"\s+tabindex="0"/')
-        ->toMatch('/data-tab="files"\s+aria-controls="share-files-panel"\s+aria-selected="false"\s+tabindex="-1"/')
+        ->toMatch('/data-md-tab="people"\s+aria-controls="share-people-panel"\s+aria-selected="true"\s+tabindex="0"/')
+        ->toMatch('/data-md-tab="files"\s+aria-controls="share-files-panel"\s+aria-selected="false"\s+tabindex="-1"/')
         ->toContain('disabled')
-        ->toContain('data-tab-indicator')
+        ->toContain('data-md-tab-indicator')
         ->toContain('--tabs-indicator: share-indicator')
         ->toContain('x-modelable="selected"')
         // The panel's id is the server's, so aria-controls never dangles (N-05).
@@ -39,17 +40,18 @@ it('renders every panel but the chosen one hidden, before Alpine boots', functio
         ->toMatch('/id="[^"]+-people-panel"(?![^>]*style="display: none")/')
         // The tab button and its panel agree on the id the slot worked out for itself.
         ->toMatch('/aria-controls="(tabs-[0-9a-f]{8})-people-panel"/')
-        ->toMatch('/id="(tabs-[0-9a-f]{8})-people-panel"/');
+        ->toMatch('/id="(tabs-[0-9a-f]{8})-people-panel"/')
+        ->toContain('data-md-tab-panel');
 });
 
 it('takes a variant, stacks icons and scrolls on request', function () {
     expect((string) $this->blade('<x-tabs variant="secondary" stacked scrollable :tabs="[[\'name\' => \'a\', \'label\' => \'A\']]" />'))
-        ->toContain('data-variant="secondary"')
-        ->not->toContain('data-stacked')
-        ->toContain('data-scrollable')
+        ->toContain('data-md-variant="secondary"')
+        ->not->toContain('data-md-stacked')
+        ->toContain('data-md-scrollable')
         ->and((string) $this->blade('<x-tabs stacked selected="b" :tabs="[[\'name\' => \'a\', \'label\' => \'A\'], [\'name\' => \'b\', \'label\' => \'B\']]" />'))
-        ->toContain('data-stacked')
-        ->toMatch('/data-tab="b"\s+aria-controls="[^"]+"\s+aria-selected="true"/');
+        ->toContain('data-md-stacked')
+        ->toMatch('/data-md-tab="b"\s+aria-controls="[^"]+"\s+aria-selected="true"/');
 });
 
 it('entangles the chosen tab with Livewire and renders the one the property names', function () {
@@ -66,26 +68,36 @@ it('entangles the chosen tab with Livewire and renders the one the property name
     expect(Livewire::test('tabs-probe')->html())
         ->toContain(".entangle('tab').live")
         ->not->toContain('x-modelable')
-        ->toMatch('/data-tab="people"\s+aria-controls="[^"]+"\s+aria-selected="true"/')
+        ->toMatch('/data-md-tab="people"\s+aria-controls="[^"]+"\s+aria-selected="true"/')
         // The panel the property names is the one drawn, before Alpine entangles anything (N-05).
         ->toMatch('/id="[^"]+-files-panel"[^>]*style="display: none"/')
         ->toMatch('/id="[^"]+-people-panel"(?![^>]*style="display: none")/');
 });
 
 it('keeps the tab bar on M3\'s offsets, indicator inset and focus ring', function () {
-    $css = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components/tabs.css');
+    $css = ComponentStylesheet::read('tabs');
 
-    expect($css)
+    expect($css->declarations('[data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-scrollable]'))
         // 52dp before the first of a scrollable set (N-10).
-        ->toContain("[data-tabs-bar][data-scrollable] {\n        padding-inline-start: 3.25rem;")
+        ->toHaveKey('padding-inline-start', '52px')
         // A primary indicator is inset 2dp each side; a secondary one spans the tab (N-18).
-        ->toMatch('/\[data-tab-indicator\] \{\s+position: absolute;\s+inset-inline: 2px;/')
-        ->toMatch('/\[data-variant="secondary"\] \[data-tab-indicator\] \{\s+inset-inline: 0;/')
+        ->and($css->declarations('[data-md-tab-indicator]'))
+        ->toHaveKey('inset-inline', '2px')
+        ->and($css->declarations('[data-md-tabs-bar][data-md-variant=\'secondary\'] [data-md-tab-indicator]'))
+        ->toHaveKey('inset-inline', '0')
         // The ring is 2px outside, as everywhere else in the package (N-20).
-        ->toContain('outline-offset: 2px;')
-        ->not->toContain('outline-offset: -3px;')
+        ->and($css->declarations('[data-md-tab]:focus-visible'))
+        ->toBe(['color' => 'var(--md-sys-color-on-surface)', 'outline' => '3px solid var(--md-sys-color-secondary)', 'outline-offset' => '2px'])
         // A link marked as the page is the chosen tab too (N-21).
-        ->toContain('[data-tab]:is([aria-selected="true"], [aria-current="page"]) {');
+        ->and($css->declarations('[data-md-tab]:is([aria-selected=\'true\'], [aria-current=\'page\'])'))
+        ->toBe(['color' => 'var(--md-sys-color-primary)']);
+});
+
+it('hides every panel until Alpine takes over, and stands the panel\'s content clear of the bar', function () {
+    $css = ComponentStylesheet::read('tabs');
+
+    expect($css->declarations('[data-md-tab-panel]'))
+        ->toBe(['padding-top' => 'var(--md-sys-measurement-space300)', 'outline' => 'none']);
 });
 
 it('draws section navigation as secondary tabs and a picker', function () {
@@ -99,10 +111,10 @@ it('draws section navigation as secondary tabs and a picker', function () {
     expect($html)
         ->toContain('aria-label="Settings"')
         ->toContain('data-section-picker')
-        ->toContain('data-variant="secondary"')
+        ->toContain('data-md-variant="secondary"')
         ->toContain('max-medium:hidden')
-        ->toMatch('/href="\/settings\/security"\s+data-tab\s+aria-current="page"\s+wire:navigate/')
-        ->not->toMatch('/href="\/settings\/profile"\s+data-tab\s+aria-current/')
+        ->toMatch('/href="\/settings\/security"\s+data-md-tab\s+aria-current="page"\s+wire:navigate/')
+        ->not->toMatch('/href="\/settings\/profile"\s+data-md-tab\s+aria-current/')
         // The picker is a menu of places: the current one is the page, not a checked choice,
         // and a section's badge shows there as well as on its tab.
         ->not->toContain('role="menuitemcheckbox"')
@@ -117,13 +129,13 @@ it('marks the section whose url is the request\'s, and scrolls many sections', f
 
     expect((string) $this->blade('<x-section-nav :items="$items" no-wire-navigate />', ['items' => $items]))
         // Five or more sections are M3's scrollable tabs, not a grid of wrapped rows (N-16).
-        ->toMatch('/<ul data-tabs-bar data-variant="secondary"\s+data-scrollable\s*>/')
+        ->toMatch('/<ul data-md-tabs-bar data-md-variant="secondary"\s+data-md-scrollable\s*>/')
         ->not->toContain('grid-cols-')
-        ->toMatch('/data-tab\s+aria-current="page"\s*>\s*<span data-tab-content>\s*<span class="truncate">S3/')
+        ->toMatch('/data-md-tab\s+aria-current="page"\s*>\s*<span data-md-tab-content>\s*<span class="truncate">S3/')
         ->not->toContain('wire:navigate')
         // Four still share the row.
         ->and((string) $this->blade('<x-section-nav :items="$items" no-wire-navigate />', ['items' => array_slice($items, 0, 4)]))
-        ->not->toContain('data-scrollable');
+        ->not->toContain('data-md-scrollable');
 });
 
 it('keeps the page\'s section current while a Livewire component on it updates', function () {
@@ -142,7 +154,7 @@ it('keeps the page\'s section current while a Livewire component on it updates',
         }
     });
 
-    $current = '/href="[^"]*\/livewire-unit-test-endpoint\/[^"]*"\s+data-tab\s+aria-current="page"/';
+    $current = '/href="[^"]*\/livewire-unit-test-endpoint\/[^"]*"\s+data-md-tab\s+aria-current="page"/';
 
     $probe = Livewire::test('section-nav-probe');