Tab Set Control : represents the entire tabbed set; most configuration properties are configured on this control.
Tab Control : represents a single tab plus the contents of that tab.

The user can switch to any tab by clicking the appropriate tab header. The displayed tab can also be changed programmatically at any time. A tab header can contain a text and/or a single image; if an image is displayed as part of the tab, its location can be to the right or left of the text. Tab header images are configured using the Tab Control properties.

A tabbed set is created by first adding a Tab Set Control – this will create a tabbed set with a single tab represented by a Tab Control. Additional tabs (Tab Controls) can then be added to the Tab Set Control as required.

Tab Set Control

A Tab Set Control represents the entire tabbed set. Its main properties are illustrated in the diagram below:

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When a tab is selected, a border specified by the border color property is drawn around both the selected tab header and its associated content panel; the background specified by the selected background color property is also applied. When a tab is unselected, the unselected background color is applied as a background color just to the tab header.

Properties

Style Tab – Styling Assistant

Property	Description		Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Tab Set:	The following properties apply to the entire Tab Set Control
Width	Sets the width to one of the following: · A specific value e.g. 300px · The minimum value: this results in the Tab Set Control being just as wide as it needs to be to accommodate its content. · The maximum value: the width is taken from the parent container control. This width will then include the Tab Set Control plus any configured padding, border or margins. Note that this setting will be ignored if the parent container layout specifies a horizontal cell alignment of fill (this applies to Horizontal Box, Vertical Box and Column layouts). This is equivalent to specifying maximum above. *Warning: when a specific value is set, any padding, border or margins will be in addition* to the specified value and can cause the Panel Control to “break out” of its parent space. In particular, try and avoid specifying a width of 100%; use maximum instead. See also: understanding width.		Width	Character	Yes	Yes	As per CSS width property.
Text	Sets the text properties for the entire Tab Set Control, including both tab headers and the content panels. See text properties.
Border Color	The border color applied to both the tabs and the content panel. See description above.		tabBorderColor	Character	Yes	Yes	As CSS color property
Margin	Margin is the space between the control and its neighbours. See margin properties.			Character	Yes	Yes	As CSS color property
Gap Between Tabs	The space between adjacent tab headers. See description above.		spaceBetweenTabs	Character	Yes	Yes	As CSS font-size property
Tabs:	The following properties apply to the tab headers
Width	Specifies the width of all tab headers. If not specified, the width is determined by the tab header content.		tabWidth	Character	Yes	Yes	As per CSS width property.
Padding	Padding is the space between the tab header text and its border. See padding and margin properties.		allState .xxx
Alignment	Specifies the horizontal alignment for the text within each tab header. This is only effective if a tab width has been specified.		allState .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Corners	The style of corner applied to the top left and top right corners of all tab headers. Options are: · Rounded – corners are drawn with a rounded image · Square – corners are square · Slash – corners are a straight diagonal line The border color is applied to the corners.		tabCornerType	Character	Yes	Yes	Rounded Square Slash
The following properties apply just to the named tab state: · *All* – act as default unless specified in one of the other states · *Unselected* – apply only when the tab is not selected · *Selected* – apply only when the tab is selected · *Hover* – apply when the mouse is moved over the tab header
Text	Sets the text properties for the tab header for the appropriate state. See text properties.		allState.xxx unselectedState.xxx selectedState.xxx hoverState.xxx
Background Color	The background color applied to both tab header and its content panel for the appropriate state (the background color is only applied to the content panel in the selected state). See description above.		tabAllColor tabColor tabSelectedColor tabHoverColor	Character	Yes	Yes	As CSS background-color property
Tabs’ Content:	The following properties apply to the tab panel displayed when a tab is selected
Height	The height of the tab content panel.		Height	Character	Yes	Yes	As per CSS height property
Padding	Padding is the space between the tab content panel and its border. See padding and margin properties.		contentPanel
Advanced Properties:
Style	CSS class and inline style applied to the entire tab set.		cssClass style	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Header Style	CSS class and inline style applied to all tab headers.		tabHeaderClass tabHeaderStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Unselected style	CSS inline style applied to all unselected tab headers.		unselectedTextStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML style parameter
Selected Style	CSS inline style applied to both the tab header and the tab content panel when a tab has been selected.		selectedTextStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML style parameter
Hover Style	CSS inline style applied to all tab headers when the mouse is hovered over the tab header.		hoverTextStyle				As per HTML style parameter
Contents’ Style	CSS class and inline style applied to the tab content panels.		panelClass panelStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Use the following properties to override the automatically generated images used for the top left and top right corners of the tab headers e.g. if larger corners are required.
Left Tab Image		Unselected state left image	leftTabImage	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties
Right Tab Image		Unselected state right image	rightTabImage	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties
Left Selected Tab Image		Selected state left image	leftSelectedTabImage	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties
Right Selected Tab Image		Selected state right image	rightSelectedTabImage	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties
Left Hover Tab Image		Hover state left image	leftHoverTabImage	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties
Right Hover Tab Image		Hover state right image	rightHoverTabImage	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties

Html Element Properties Tab

This allows you to add element properties to the root element of the Control – see Html Element Properties for more information.

Events tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
On tab click	Configure scripts to run at the tab on click event. This event is fired when the user clicks on any unselected tab header. The new tab will automatically be displayed as the selected tab; this event can perform any required processing prior to displaying the new tab or can change the default behaviour. Validation events for all controls included in the current tab content panel will be run prior to running this event. See Events for more information.		Character	No	No
Skip validation	Specifies that the system will omit all validation prior to executing the on tab click event. See skip validation for details.	skipValidation	Boolean	Yes	Yes

Runtime only properties

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Selected tab	Contains the item name of the currently selected tab.	selected	Character	Yes	Yes	See tab set programming.

¹ See accessing control properties from scripts

Examples of setting properties via API based language:

controls.TABSET1.width = "300px";

controls.TABSET1.tabWidth = "80px";

controls.TABSET1.textColor = "#FFFFCC";

controls.TABSET1.allState.allPadding = "5px";

controls.TABSET1.tabSelectedColor = "#FF9999"; // selected state background color

controls.TABSET1.selectedState.textColor = "#000000"; // selected state text color

controls.TABSET1.panelClass = "myclass1";

Examples of setting properties via FPL:

set TABSET1.width = '300px';

set TABSET1.tabWidth = '80px';

set TABSET1.textColor = '#FFFFCC';

set TABSET1.allState.allPadding = '5px';

set TABSET1.tabSelectedColor = '#FF9999'; // selected state background color

set TABSET1.selectedState.textColor = '#000000'; // selected state text color

set TABSET1.panelClass = 'myclass1';

Right Click Menu Actions

Click here for right-click menu actions available to all controls.

There are no specific right click actions for this control.

Appearance in Outline View

A Tab Set Control is shown with the control name in brackets:

Tab Control

A Tab Control represents a single tab within a Tab Set Control. Each tab header can contain a text and/or a single image; if an image is displayed as part of the tab, its location can be to the right or left of the text. Each Tab Control acts as a container for any content added to the tab.

Properties

Style Tab – Styling Assistant

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Tab Header:	The following properties apply to the tab header	textImageGap
Text & Image Gap	The gap between the text and any configured image.	width	Character	Yes	Yes	As per CSS font-size property
Image	Width, height and border properties for tab header image. See image properties.	imageProperties	Character	Yes	Yes
Image Position	Specifies the position of the image relative to the text. Options are Left and Right.	imagePosition	Character	Yes	Yes	Left Right
The remaining properties override the same properties specified on the parent Tab Set Control and apply just to the named tab state: · *All* – act as default unless specified in one of the other states · *Unselected* – apply only when the tab is not selected · *Selected* – apply only when the tab is selected *Hover* – apply when the mouse is moved over the tab header
Text	See Tab Set Control	allState.xxx unselectedState.xxx selectedState.xxx hoverState.xxx
Background Color	See Tab Set Control	allState.color unselectedState.color selectedState.color hoverState.color
Advanced Properties:
Style	CSS class and inline style applied to the tab header image	imageClass imageStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter

Html Element Properties Tab

This allows you to add element properties to the root element of the Control – see Html Element Properties for more information.

Layout tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Layout type	Defines the layout used to lay out all child controls	layout	Character	Yes	No

Tab Control tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Item name	This name uniquely identifies each tab item within a tab set. It can be used to set the item as selected. See Programming. This name cannot be changed dynamically.	itemName	Character	Yes	No
Text	Optional text to be displayed on the tab header.	text	Character	Yes	Yes
Image URL	URL of the optional image to be displayed on the tab header. See URL properties for more information.	imageURL	Character	Yes	Yes	See URL properties for more information.
Image alternate text	Alternate text applied to the image.	imageAltText	Character	Yes	Yes
Image mouse over text	Mouse over text applied to the image.	imageMouseOverText	Character	Yes	Yes

¹ See accessing control properties from scripts

Examples of setting properties via API based language:

controls.TAB1.text = "Select me";

controls.TAB1.imageProperties.imageWidth = "20px";

controls.TAB1.imageProperties.imageHeight = "20px";

controls.TAB1.imagePosition = "Right";

controls.TAB1.selectedState.color = "#FF9999"; // selected state background color

controls.TAB1.selectedState.textColor = "#000000"; // selected state text color

controls.TAB1.imageClass = "myclass1";

Examples of setting properties via FPL:

set TAB1.text = 'Select me';

set TAB1.imageProperties.imageWidth = '20px';

set TAB1.imageProperties.imageHeight = '20px';

set TAB1.imagePosition = 'Right';

set TAB1.selectedState.color = '#FF9999'; // selected state background color

set TAB1.selectedState.textColor = '#000000'; // selected state text color

set TAB1.imageClass = 'myclass1';

Right Click Menu Actions

Click here for right-click menu actions available to all controls.

There are no specific right click actions for this control.

Appearance in Outline View

A Tab Control is shown with the control name in brackets:

Hints and Tips

Tab headers overflow onto a second line

On some occasions, the tab headers can overflow onto second or subsequent lines as shown below.

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This occurs when the width specification for the Tab Set Control is not large enough to accommodate its contents. Normally adjusting the width property of the Tab Set Control will resolve the problem.

Control overflows to the right

The Tab Set Control seems to break out of the parent control space. This problem typically occurs when a left margin has been configured for the Tab Set Control. Click here for solutions to this problem.

Tab Set Programming

The On Tab Click event, if specified, is executed when a user clicks on any tab header other than the current selected tab.

The selected tab of a Tab Set Control can be read or changed via its selected property. This property contains the item name of the currently selected tab and can be used to get or set the currently displayed tab e.g.

set TABSET1.selected = 'TAX';

if [TABSET1.selected = 'XYZ']

If the selected tab has not been set programmatically, the first tab is displayed.

Input Data Validation

Validation is only ever performed on input fields that are visible to the user; validation is not performed on data behind undisplayed tabs. This includes both system validation (mandatory check, input type check, validators) and customer supplied validation (validation events). In general, placing mandatory fields behind a tab (other than the first displayed tab) should be avoided; if this is required, it is the responsibility of the application to check that all required tabs have been visited by the user – this could be achieved by adding a script to the On tab click event.