How do I use a Tabbed Button???

[Patrick Gilmartin]

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Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Burgun" <dburgun at dsl.pipex.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>;
<klaus at major-k.de>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: How do I use a Tabbed Button???


> Hi,
>
> Sorry, it is difficult to explain, I'll try harder:
>
> I have a number of "Tabs". When the user presses a Tab, I want the
> controls under that "Tab" to be displayed and the ones on the old Tab
> to disapear. So when the stack is first launched I want "Tab 1" to be
> displayed which contains (say) a couple of PopUp menus and some check
> boxes. When "Tab 2" is selected, I want the PopUps and Check Boxes in
> "Tab 1" to disapear and the controls defined for "Tab 2" to be
> displayed (maybe some Raidio Buttons and Text Fields").
>
> Then as a purely visual thing, within each "Tab" I want to group
> together (just visually) certain controls. I'd like to be able to
> display a rectangle around each group with the title for that grouped
> displayed in the top line, like this:
>
>
> +---Tab1 Group1--------------------------+
> |                                        |
> |    PopUp1 CheckBox  CheckBox           |
> |                                        |
> +----------------------------------------+
>
> +---Tab1 Group2--------------------------+
> |                                        |
> |    Radio1 Radio2  Text CheckBox        |
> |                                        |
> +----------------------------------------+
>
> Then the same for Tab2, Tab3, Tab4 etc.
>
> The kind of action I am looking for is like the Project Inspector
> Window in the CodeWarrior IDE. When you click the "Arrributes" Tab
> you see the controls for that Tab and the screen is visually split
> into three groups, when you click the "Targets" tab the display
> switches to the controls for that Tab.
>
> Maybe this isn't the right control for doing this??
>
> Thanks for you help, I am playing around with your code now.
>
> All the Best
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> >Hi David,
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I have created a "Tabbed Button" and I'm now trying to figure out
> >>how to use it!
> >
> >:-)
> >
> >>I can't seem to find any information on this anywhere, could
> >>someone point me in the right direction please?
> >
> >It is somewhere in the dox, but i did not find it yet ;-)
> >
> >>I just want a number of tabs running across the top of the window
> >>with a number of controls in each Tab.
> >>When the user presses a Tab, I want those controls to become active.
> >>
> >>Also how can I draw a "Group Box", I would like something like this:
> >
> >What do you mean with "group box"?
> >Probably not "the showborder" of groups?!
> >
> >>+--Group1 Name------------------------------------+
> >>...
> >>All in the same "Tab".
> >
> >Sorry, don't get this one...
> >
> >
> >Anyway, the basic message for dealing with tabbed buttons is:
> >
> >on menuPick newTab,oldTab
> >     -- do something
> >   end menuPick
> >
> >Tabbed buttons receive these 2 arguments with the "menupick" message...
> >(...and ONLY tabbed buttons!)
> >
> >So if i understand you right, your TABS are supposed to enable/disable
> >the appropriate groups?
> >
> >Then you should name your groups after your tabs (or vice versa :-)
> >and script your button:
> >
> >on menupick newTab, oldTAb
> >    lock screen
> >    ## just in case you have LOTS of controls in your groups ;-)
> >    disable group oldTab
> >    enable grp newTab
> >    unlock screen
> >end menupick
> >
> >That will do the trick...
> >
> >Drop a line in case i misunderstood you completely ;-)
> >
> >Hope that helps...
> >
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