The TabControl component is a control that contains several elements using the same workspace.
The component is implemented by the TabControl class.
The TabControl component has a child component TabItem: that is, a tab.
The component can contain several tabs. New tabs are added on clicking the tab with the + sign. The AfterAddItem and BeforeAddItem events occur when new tabs are being added.
The tab opens on clicking the heading. The ItemSelected and ItemDeselected events are related to tab opening and closing.
Using the TabControl.EnableDelete property, you can show the icon in the tabs. Clicking the icon deletes the tab.
Using the TabControl.EnableEdit property, the user can make tab titles editable.
Depending on value of the DragDropEnabled property, the tabs can be dragged using the Drag&Drop method:
ItemMoved: tab movement event.
Example of Creating the TabControl Component
Constructor name | Brief description | |
TabControl | The TabControl constructor creates an instance of the TabControl component. |
Property name | Brief description | |
AddTabButtonTemplate | The AddTabButtonTemplate property determines a tab template on adding it to the panel. | |
Background | The Background property sets background for the component panel. that houses tabs' headings. | |
BlockUpdateSize | The BlockUpdateSize property determines whether locking of component resizing is enabled. | |
Buttons | The Buttons property contains an object with arrays of buttons for each side of the control. | |
ContentAutoFit | The ContentAutoFit property determines autofit of the control contents to the parent element. | |
DragDropEnabled | The DragDropEnabled property determines whether tabs can be moved using the Drag&Drop mechanism. | |
EnableDelete | The EnableDelete property determines whether tabs can be deleted. | |
EnableDragOutside | The EnableDragOutside property determines whether a tab can be dragged out from the control. | |
EnableDropFromOutside | The EnableDropFromOutside property determines whether a tab can be inserted from another control. | |
EnableEdit | The EnableEdit property determines whether tab headers can be edited. | |
EnableGroupSeparator | The EnableGroupSeparator property determines whether there is a separator between groups of tabs. | |
ImagePath | The ImagePath property sets the path to the folder with component images. | |
IsAddTabButtonVisible | The IsAddTabButtonVisible property determines whether a tab for adding new tabs is displayed. | |
Items | The Items property contains an array of control tabs. | |
MenuAddItems | The MenuAddItems property determines the menu for adding tabs. | |
PaddingLeft | The PaddingLeft property determines value of the left padding of control tabs panel. | |
SelectedIndex | The SelectedIndex property sets index of the selected tab. | |
SelectedItem | The SelectedItem property sets, which of the tabs is selected. | |
SelectOnStartEditing | The SelectOnStartEditing property determines whether tab header is selected on double-click. | |
TabsHeight | The TabsHeight property determines height of control tabs. | |
UseToolBarSwitch | The UseToolBarSwitch property determines the same style of tabs as the toolbar has. |
Method name | Brief description | |
addButton | The addButton method adds a button to the TabControl component. | |
addItem | The addItem method adds a tab to the component. | |
beginUpdate | The beginUpdate method disables rerendering of control until the endUpdate method is called. | |
clear | The clear method removes all tabs of a component. | |
endUpdate | The endUpdate method enables rerendering of control and refreshes it. | |
getActiveItem | The getActiveItem method returns the selected control tab. | |
getContentPanel | The getContentPanel method returns the DOM node that stores tabs contents. | |
getItemByPoint | The getItemByPoint method returns control tab by the specified coordinates. | |
getItemsList | The getItemsList method returns the list of tabs in the drop-down component panel. | |
getLayoutItems | The getLayoutItems method returns an array of control tabs. | |
getPanel | The getPanel method returns the panel of control tabs. | |
getToolBarButtonByTabItem | The getToolBarButtonByTabItem method returns a button of control tab toolbar. | |
getToolBarButtonTemplate | The getToolBarButtonTemplate method returns a template of toolbar buttons. | |
getVisibleTabItemsAtPanel | The getVisibleTabItemsAtPanel method returns array of visible tabs of control toolbar. | |
hideContent | The hideContent method hides tabs contents. | |
insertButton | The insertButton inserts a button to the TabControl component. | |
insertItem | The insertItem method inserts a tab to the specified position. | |
isElementVisible | The isElementVisible method returns whether the element is visible. | |
removeItem | The removeItem method removes a tab from the component by its index. | |
removeItemByIndex | The removeItemByIndex method removes a tab by its index. | |
scrollToItem | The scrollToItem method scrolls the tabs panel up to the specified tab. | |
showContent | The showContent method displays tabs contents. |
Event name | Brief description | |
AddButton | The AddButton event occurs on adding a button to the tab control. | |
AddingItemFromMenu | The AddingItemFromMenu event occurs on adding a tab from tab adding menu. | |
AddMenuShowing | The AddMenuShowing event occurs on opening the tab adding menu. | |
AfterAddItem | The AfterAddItem event occurs after a new tab is added to the component. | |
BeforeAddItem | The BeforeAddItem event occurs before adding a new tab. | |
BeforeShowGroupSeparator | The BeforeShowGroupSeparator event occurs before showing a separator between groups of tabs. | |
DropedAfterGroupSeparator | The DropedAfterGroupSeparator event occurs after showing a separator between groups of tabs. | |
ItemDeselected | The ItemDeselected event occurs on closing a tab. | |
ItemMoved | The ItemMoved event occurs after moving a tab. | |
ItemSelected | The ItemSelected event occurs on selecting a tab. | |
SelectableSelected | The SelectableSelected event occurs on the mouse click on the element. | |
TabDeleted | The TabDeleted event occurs after deleting a tab. | |
TabDragIn | The TabDragIn event occurs on dragging a tab to the control area. | |
TabDragOut | The TabDragOut event occurs on dragging a tab out of the control area. | |
TabEdited | The TabEdited event occurs after exiting the edit mode. | |
TabEditing | The TabEditing event occurs on switching to edit mode. | |
TabMenuShowing | The TabMenuShowing event occurs on opening the tab menu. | |
TextEdited | The TextEdited event occurs on exiting the edit mode if the header text has been changed. | |
TextEditing | The TextEditing event occurs on exiting the tab header edit mode, even if the header has not been changed. |
Property name | Brief description | |
Anchors | The Anchors property determines position of the component placed within container. | |
Animation | The Animation property sets animation parameters for component. | |
Bottom | The Bottom property sets bottom offset on placing the component within the LayoutPanel. | |
Content | The Content property sets the component contents. | |
ContextMenu | The ContextMenu property sets the context menu for the component. | |
Data | The Data property is used to store any custom data. | |
DataContext | The DataContext property contains an object with data. | |
Enabled | The Enabled property sets whether the component is enabled. | |
Height | The Height property determines the component height. | |
IsResizable | The IsResizable property determines whether the component can be resized. | |
IsRTL | The lsRTL property sets right to left text direction. | |
IsVisible | The IsVisible property determines whether the component is displayed. | |
Left | The Left property sets left offset on placing the component within the GridPanel. | |
Offset | The Offset property determines coordinates of root DOM node of a control. | |
Opacity | The Opacity property determines component transparency. | |
Parent | The Parent property determines a parent component of a control. | |
ParentNode | The ParentNode property sets parent DOM node. | |
ResourceKey | The ResourceKey property sets the resource key for the component. | |
Right | The Right property sets right offset on placing the component within the LayoutPanel. | |
Rotate | The Rotate property sets component rotation angle. | |
ShowToolTip | The ShowToolTip property determines whether the tooltip of the component can be displayed. | |
Style | The Style property sets component style. | |
TabIndex | The TabIndex property sets the order of the control element passing inside the container. | |
Tag | The Tag property sets JSON object associated with the component. | |
ToolTip | The ToolTip property determines text of component tooltip. | |
Top | The Top property sets top offset on placing the component within the GridPanel. | |
Value | The Value property sets the value to the component. | |
Width | The Width property sets the component width. |
Method name | Brief description | |
The addClass method adds a CSS class to the component. | ||
addEvent | The addEvent method adds an event handler to a DOM node. | |
addEventHandler | The addEventHandler method adds an event handler to a DOM node. | |
addEvents | The addEvents method adds an array of event handlers to a DOM node. | |
The addStateClass method adds a CSS class to the component and removes the previous CSS class. | ||
addStyleBySelector | The addStyleBySelector method creates a block that contains a style with the specified CSS selector. | |
The addToNode method adds a component to the specified node. | ||
bindEvents | The bindEvents method subscribes an element to all available events. | |
The clearStylesCache method clears cache of component styles. | ||
The getAnchorFlags method returns JSON object that contains settings of the current component's position. | ||
The getClass method returns the current CSS classes of the component. | ||
The getCssStyle method returns style for the specified node. | ||
The getDomNode method returns main DOM node of the component. | ||
The getFocused method determines whether the component is focused. | ||
getFunctionByName | The getFunctionByName method returns function by name. | |
getIsBinded | The getIsBinded method returns whether an element is subscribed to all DOM node events. | |
The hasClass method determines whether the specified CSS class is set for root DOM node of the control. | ||
The hide method hides a control. | ||
The hideToolTip method clears tooltip timeout and hides the tooltip if it is displayed. | ||
The isResingNow method determines whether the component is being resized. | ||
refreshBindingProperty | The refreshBindingProperty method refreshes the bound property by name. | |
refreshItemsStyle | The refreshItemsStyle method refreshes CSS styles of child elements. | |
refreshStyle | The refreshStyle method refreshes element CSS styles. | |
The removeClass method removes CSS class from the component. | ||
The removeEvent method removes event handler from DOM node. | ||
removeEventHandler | The removeEventHandler method removes event handler from DOM node. | |
removeFromDOM | The removeFromDOM method removes node from the DOM structure. | |
The removeStateClasses method removes CSS classes of the component. | ||
The setDraggable method determines whether it is possible to drag component on the HTML page. | ||
The setFocus method sets the component focus. | ||
The setIsHovered method displays the component as on hover. | ||
The setIsPressed method displays the component as if clicked upon. | ||
The setOpacityIE8 method sets component transparency value in Internet Explorer 8. | ||
The setSize method establishes the sizes of the component. | ||
The show method displays a control. | ||
unBindEvents | The unBindEvents method unsubscribes an element from all standard events. | |
The updatePosition method updates size and position when absolute positioning based on the current parameters is used. | ||
The updateSize method updates the component size on changing the size of the container that contains the component. |
Event name | Brief description | |
Drag | The Drag event occurs on clicking and holding the left mouse button. | |
DragEnd | The DragEnd event occurs when dragging the component finishes. | |
DragStart | The DragStart event occurs when dragging the component starts. | |
OnContextMenu | The OnContextMenu event occurs on calling context menu of the component. | |
SizeChanged | The SizeChanged event occurs after the component is resized. | |
SizeChanging | The SizeChanging event occurs during component resize. |
Property name | Brief description | |
Data | The Data property associates a random object with this component. | |
Id | The Id property sets component identifier. | |
Settings | The Settings property sets the component parameters. |
Method name | Brief description | |
clone | The clone method creates a copy of object. It is not implemented in PP.Ui.Control. | |
dispose | The dispose method deletes the component. | |
getTypeName | The getTypeName method returns the name of the object type without the namespace, to which it belongs. |
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