Re-arrange Tabs within a Tab Set Component

Re-arrange Tabs within a Tab Set Component

Written by: Ryan Goodman
Published: February 14th, 2009
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Here is a simple trick for re-arranging tabs within an Xcelsius Tab Set component. The issue is once you add tabs, there is not a built in component property to chage tab order. However, if you open the object browser window, you can see that the tabs are organized in as sub-groups.

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Changing the order of these groups will affect the tab ording in the component. With a canvas selected, you can hit the "-" or "+" key on your keyboard to move the tab forward or backward. Otherwise you can leverage the built in down and up arrows within the object browser. I advise aganist clicking and dragging the canvas within the object browser, since it can break the component if you drag it incorrectly.

After:

I heavily advise that you name the canvases to match the tab names to avoid confusion. Hopefully this will help you avoid re-building your container component just to modify tab order.

8 comments

Comment from: Pushpa [Visitor]
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Excellent ...It is so simple yet took some time to get this work.


Thank you for the good work..Looking for more upodates from you.
12/10/09 @ 15:06
Comment from: mbg [Visitor]
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Can you have a tab set within a tab set?
02/01/10 @ 08:40
Comment from: Ryan Goodman [Member] Email · http://ryangoodman.net/blog
You can have a tab within a tab set, but it is something that I do not advise for performance and sanity for trying to manage and organize tabs.
03/14/10 @ 03:41
Comment from: Vince [Visitor]
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Is there a way to rename the tabs?
06/01/10 @ 13:11
Comment from: runescape gold [Visitor] · http://www.runescape2u.comc
very nice post.
i ahve accepted you post informations.
06/28/10 @ 22:22
Comment from: Rebeckah [Visitor] Email
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I have an issue where I have arranged tabs in a tab set to be in a particular order. When I am in design mode, the tabs appear correctly. When I switch to preview mode or export as SWF, the order changes and looks random. I cannot figure out why this is happening. Any ideas?
06/29/10 @ 14:36
Comment from: Writing Articles [Visitor] · http://www.ambravallo.com/Category/Careers/60
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Thanks for info on Tabsets. I also need to know if I can put a tab within a tab.
06/30/10 @ 13:34
Comment from: Creative Submits [Visitor] · http://www.ambravallo.com/Category/Colon-Cancer/82
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Naming canvases to match tabs was good advice.
06/30/10 @ 15:02

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