1. WinLib32 and tab controls
- Posted by Mike777 <anon4321 at gmail.?o?>
Jan 15, 2008
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Last edited Jan 16, 2008
What is the proper method to open a window with a tab control and 4 tabs, and
ensure that the controls for only the selected tab are visible?
I have a main window which has a menu item (Configure) which, when clicked:
setVisible(Window1,w32False)
setVisible(ConfigureWindow,w32True)
On the Configure window I have four controls:
TabControl96
cmdCancel
cmdApply
cmdSaveAndExit
When I select Configure from the main window, ConfigureWindow opens and
TabControl96 is visible. However, the controls associated with all the tab items
(tbiOne, tbiTwo, tbiThree) are *all* visible.
I have tried various combinations of making it work as one might expect, such as
setting all of the subcontrol defaults to not visible and then making them
visible when the tbiXXXX is clicked, but nothing works as I would expect.
What I'm looking for is to have the focus set to a specific page (tbiOne) and
then to have only those controls which have tbiOne as a parent to be visible.
Then, when I click on the other tab items, to have the original tab item's
controls disappear and the ones associated with the new tab show up. [Something
tells me I didn't really need to type this last paragraph.]
Again, is there an accepted way of handling the UI on such a design?
Thanks
Mike
2. Re: WinLib32 and tab controls
- Posted by CChris <christian.cuvier at ?griculture.g?uv.fr>
Jan 15, 2008
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Last edited Jan 16, 2008
Mike777 wrote:
>
> What is the proper method to open a window with a tab control and 4 tabs, and
> ensure that the controls for only the selected tab are visible?
>
> I have a main window which has a menu item (Configure) which, when clicked:
>
> setVisible(Window1,w32False)
> setVisible(ConfigureWindow,w32True)
>
> On the Configure window I have four controls:
>
> TabControl96
> cmdCancel
> cmdApply
> cmdSaveAndExit
>
> When I select Configure from the main window, ConfigureWindow opens and
> TabControl96
> is visible. However, the controls associated with all the tab items (tbiOne,
> tbiTwo, tbiThree) are *all* visible.
>
> I have tried various combinations of making it work as one might expect, such
> as setting all of the subcontrol defaults to not visible and then making them
> visible when the tbiXXXX is clicked, but nothing works as I would expect.
>
> What I'm looking for is to have the focus set to a specific page (tbiOne) and
> then to have only those controls which have tbiOne as a parent to be visible.
> Then, when I click on the other tab items, to have the original tab item's
> controls disappear and the ones associated with the new tab show up.
> [Something
> tells me I didn't really need to type this last paragraph.]
>
> Again, is there an accepted way of handling the UI on such a design?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
This had been a long standing bug in earlier versions of win32lib, but it is
corrected in v0.70.1 and later.
Normally, TabControl96 should be a child of ConfigureWindow, cmsCancel a son of
tbiOne and so forth, all of them visible. As a result, only the control on the
selected tab is visible. The tab last created is active by default. You can
change that by specifying an initial focus when you openDialog(ConfigureWindow),
or by creating last the item you want to see first (you can set the index of a
tabitem at the time you create it).
Still doesn't work?
Check the tabcontrol.exw demo, the last tab shows something which definitely
looks like yours, and on my machine I see only one button at a time.
CChris
3. Re: WinLib32 and tab controls
CChris wrote:
>
> Mike777 wrote:
> >
> > What is the proper method to open a window with a tab control and 4 tabs,
> > and
> > ensure that the controls for only the selected tab are visible?
> >
> > I have a main window which has a menu item (Configure) which, when clicked:
> >
> > setVisible(Window1,w32False)
> > setVisible(ConfigureWindow,w32True)
> >
> > On the Configure window I have four controls:
> >
> > TabControl96
> > cmdCancel
> > cmdApply
> > cmdSaveAndExit
> >
> > When I select Configure from the main window, ConfigureWindow opens and
> > TabControl96
> > is visible. However, the controls associated with all the tab items
> > (tbiOne,
> > tbiTwo, tbiThree) are *all* visible.
> >
> > I have tried various combinations of making it work as one might expect,
> > such
> > as setting all of the subcontrol defaults to not visible and then making
> > them
> > visible when the tbiXXXX is clicked, but nothing works as I would expect.
> >
> > What I'm looking for is to have the focus set to a specific page (tbiOne)
> > and
> > then to have only those controls which have tbiOne as a parent to be
> > visible.
> > Then, when I click on the other tab items, to have the original tab item's
> > controls disappear and the ones associated with the new tab show up.
> > [Something
> > tells me I didn't really need to type this last paragraph.]
> >
> > Again, is there an accepted way of handling the UI on such a design?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
>
> This had been a long standing bug in earlier versions of win32lib, but it is
> corrected in v0.70.1 and later.
Well, I *think* I'm using 70.2.
> Normally, TabControl96 should be a child of ConfigureWindow
It is.
> cmsCancel a son
> of tbiOne
No, cmdCancel, cmdApply and cmdSaveAndExit are children of ConfigureWindow as
they are the same routines on every "page" of the tab control. No sense
repeating the controls.
> and so forth, all of them visible.
I have plenty of other controls that fill the bill of being children of the
tbi's.
> As a result, only the control on
> the selected tab is visible.
I agree that is the desired affect.
> The tab last created is active by default.
That doesn't work for me.
> You
> can change that by specifying an initial focus when you
> openDialog(ConfigureWindow),
Thanks for point that out. It works as advertised. And a byproduct is that the
other issue is fixed at the same time and only the controls on the specific tab
selected are visible. I knew that the "accepted" way of doing this would make it
work. And it does.
> or by creating last the item you want to see first (you can set the index of
> a tabitem at the time you create it).
> Still doesn't work?
> Check the tabcontrol.exw demo, the last tab shows something which definitely
> looks like yours, and on my machine I see only one button at a time.
That demo works as expected on my machine. However, since I'm using the IDE to
generate the code file, I wouldn't be able to easily make changes that aren't
contemplated by the IDE. I mean, I *can* do it and occasionally I generate the
code file and reorder things so that all references are good, but I usually go
back later and figure out how to tweak the IDE so that it is not necessary to do
this on a "final".
Thanks again.
Mike
