The TABSEL control looks as shown in the following example:

The number of tabs is dynamically defined at runtime. There are various output options:

• With/without a horizontal line below the control.

• Normal or reverse coloring.

Like the TABSTRIP control, the TABSEL control does not provide internal containers that are switched when selecting tabs. It just represents one tab line.

The following topics are covered below:

• Example

• Properties

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Example

The XML layout of above example is:

<pagebody horizdist="false">
    <tabsel tabselprop="tabsel">
    </tabsel>
    <vdist height="10">
    </vdist>
    <tabsel tabselprop="tabsel" bottomborder="false">
    </tabsel>
    <vdist height="10">
    </vdist>
    <tabsel tabselprop="tabsel" bottomborder="true" reversecolors="true">
    </tabsel>
    <vdist height="10">
    </vdist>
    <tabsel tabselprop="tabsel" bottomborder="false" reversecolors="true">
    </tabsel>
</pagebody>

The adapter code is:

import com.softwareag.cis.server.Adapter;
import com.softwareag.cis.server.util.TABSELInfo;

// This class is a generated one.

public class TabSelAdapter
    extends Adapter
{
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // inner classes
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // class >TabselInfo<
    public class TabselInfo extends TABSELInfo
    {
        public void reactOnSelect()
        {
            outputMessage(MT_SUCCESS,"Selected: " + getSelectedItem());
        }
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // properties
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // property >tabsel<
    TabselInfo m_tabsel = new TabselInfo();
    public TabselInfo getTabsel() { return m_tabsel; }

    /** initialisation - called when creating this instance*/
    public void init()
    {
        // Fill TABSEL
        m_tabsel.exchangeItems(new String[]
                                          {
                                          "First Command",
                                          "Second",
                                          "Third",
                                          "Fourth",
                                          "Fifth",
                                          "Sixth",
                                          "Seventh"
                                          });
    }
}

On the server side, the control is associated with an instance of class MyTABSELInfo - derived from TABSELInfo. The instance is loaded with the available tabs. When the user selectes a tab, a method reactOnSelect is called inside the instance. The program can access the selected item by using getSelectedItem() - returning the index of the item selected.

Properties

Basic
tabselprop	Name of the adapter property representing the TABSEL control on server side. The property must be of type "TABSELInfo". Please find further information inside the Java API Documentation.	Obligatory
bottomborder	If set to "true" then a bottom border is rendered below the tab selection. If set to "false" then no bottom border will be drawn.	Optional	true false
reversecolors	Reverses the color scheme of the TABSEL control.	Optional	true false
leftindent	Inserts a horizontal distance left of the first "tab" and shifts the "tabs" to the right as consequence. The value you may define represents the number of pixels that are inserted.	Optional	1 2 3 int-value
comment	Comment without any effect on rendering and behaviour. The comment is shown in the layout editor's tree view.	Optional