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Aslan · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:25 am Post subject: Tab Question

Hopefully this is a basic VDS question.

I need to create Tabs dynamically for a TAB element at runtime.

Actually creating them is easy. My challenge is how to handle the CLICK events since I don't know the Tab names (Not the element name but the individual tabs) prior to runtime.

I thought I could try adding a non-character at the end of the tab name then parse all CLICK events but non-characters show as a box. I would use a space but some of the tab names might contain spaces.

Any ideas?

DaveR · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:31 am Post subject:

The info on how to use dynamic tabs is here... somewhere.

It's been a long time since I wrote an application that used dynamic tabs. Below is some sample code. I just hope all the required bits are there...

This application had 4 tabs,but the user could select how many tabs were visible, or hidden - as well as which ones were visible or hidden. Plus the user could rename the tabs.

uvedese · Contributor Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 169 Location: Spain

Hi Aslan

A very easy and no professional solution: use my "TabSimulado" code for make it.
The user can create the TABS that it wants.

Information/download site:

http://vds.uvedese.es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=27

Good luck
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vtol · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject:

Dave the code works great, just needs the following added at end:

Aslan · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject:

Hey Thanks Dave,

This works great for a pre-defined number of tabs but what I'm working on there might be 4 tabs or possibly 20 tabs.

I think I'm going to have to just add a @tab() char at the end of each tab name, then just parse it. To give you an idea of what is going on, I'm dealing with accounts and each account has its own tab. Luckily all the tabs will have the same elements in which I track the data changes in a table. So basically, I'm just doing a data refresh each time a tab is clicked.

uvedese,

I'd like to see you example however, Geocities is blocked here. Would you mind sharing it here on VDSWORLD?

Thanks again Smile

Aslan · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject:

Well crap it looks like using @tab() in the names creates a box too Sad

I don't want to use spaces since the name could potentialy have spaces in it.

Edit: Unless someone knows how trick VDS into allowing DBL spaces as a delimiter.

B2TDB

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject:

Aslan,

Try using '^' as your separator. That character isn't used much

Aslan · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:29 am Post subject:

Hi Bill

Hope you're doing well and glad to see you on the forum again Smile

Won't the "^" character show up on the tab?

I tried a different approach taking advantage or ERRORTRAP

Here's a start

Aslan · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:15 am Post subject:

uvedese,

I finally got to a location where I can access Geocities.

Your Tab Simulator is very cool Cool

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I believe if you restucture it like a DSU and add resizing commands to it, that it would make a great DSU.

I love the fact that since you are using shapes to simulate tabs, it opens up a wide range of possibilities. Wink

Nice work

DaveR · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:48 am Post subject:

Aslan · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject:

DaveR · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:23 am Post subject:

Ok, so then your original suggestion of using a non-visible character in the tab name, and then parsing the event to determine how to process the tab click would seem to be the way go - if you can get it to work.

But IMHO what you want to do is set a variable for each tab name. Show the variable to the user as the tab name. But use a numbered element name for the script to process. Have another look at the sample code I posted. But you are still going to have a maximum number of tabs pre-set in your code. i.e.