Basic Stack/Card Question

[David Burgun]

Hi,

This is probably a very silly question, but as I'm a relative newbie 
and am trying to get my head around some of the RR concepts I thought 
I'd just ask this basic question here:

I have a Stack (window) that is setup so that there are some controls 
that are constant within the window, and some that are on "Tabs" 
within the window. When the user selects a tab, I want the constant 
controls to remain where they are BUT the controls for that Tab to be 
displayed. I had thought that I could use a seperate Card for each 
"Tab", but it seems that a card covers the whole area of the Stack 
(window). Is this correct?

If so, what is the best way to acheive what I want? Here is a simple 
diagram of what I want:


+-------------------------------------------+
|               Stack X                     |
+-------------------------------------------+
|  ConstCtrl1   ConstCtrl2   ConstCtrl3     |
|                                           |
|    Tab1   Tab2   Tab3   Tab4              |
|                                           |
|  Tab1Ctrl1    Tab1Ctrt2       Tab1Ctrl3   |
|                                           |
|                                           |
+-------------------------------------------+

With the "Tab1" Tab selected.



+-------------------------------------------+
|               Stack X                     |
+-------------------------------------------+
|  ConstCtrl1   ConstCtrl2   ConstCtrl3     |
|                                           |
|    Tab1   Tab2   Tab3   Tab4              |
|                                           |
|  Tab2Ctrl1    Tab2Ctrt2       Tab2Ctrl3   |
|                                           |
|                                           |
+-------------------------------------------+

With the "Tab2" Tab selected.

Can this be done with RR?

Another way I was shown was to create a Group of Controls and then 
either Show or Hide them depending on which tab the user presses. I 
can see that this would work, but I'm confused as to how I would 
actually create them within the RR IDE, e.g. Controls from Tab1 would 
overlap on Tab2 and it wouldn't be at all easy to edit or control?

Any suggestions/ideas more then welcome.

Thanks a lot  to all that helped with my Tabbed Button Question, I 
see how to handle it now, but still a bit shakey on how to actually 
implement it in practice!!

All the Best
Dave