Tab – PB Docs 2017

To create a new tab page within a Tab control

1. Select the Tab control by clicking on the tab of the tab
   page or in the area to its right.

   The handles that indicate that the Tab control is selected
   display at the corners of the Tab control. If you selected the tab
   page, the handles display at the corners of the area under the
   tab.

2. Choose Insert TabPage from the pop-up menu.

   

3. Add controls to the new tab page.

To define a tab page that is independent of a Tab
control

1. Click the New button on the PowerBar and use the Custom
   Visual icon on the Object tab page to create a custom visual user
   object.

2. Size the user object to match the size of the Tab controls
   in which you will use it.

3. Add the controls that you want to have appear on the tab
   page to the user object.

4. Select the user object (not one of the controls you added)
   and specify the information to be used by the tab page on the
   TabPage page in the Properties view:

   • Text—the text to be displayed on the tab

   • PictureName—a picture to appear on the tab with or
     instead of the text

   • PowerTipText—text for a pop-up message that displays
     when the user moves the cursor to the tab

   • Colors for the tab and the text on the tab

5. Save and close the user object.

To add a tab page that exists as an independent user object
to a Tab control

1. In the Window painter, right-click the Tab control.

2. Choose Insert User Object from the pop-up menu.

3. Select a user object that you have set up as a tab page and
   click OK.

   A tab page, inherited from the user object you selected, is
   inserted. You can select the tab page, set its tab page
   properties, and write scripts for the inherited user object just
   as you do for tab pages defined within the Tab control, but you
   cannot edit the content of the user object within the Tab control.
   If you want to edit the controls, close the Window painter and go
   back to the User Object painter to make changes.

To change the name and properties of the Tab control

1. Click any of the tabs in the Tab control to display the Tab
   control properties in the Properties view.

2. Edit the properties.

   For more information, right-click in the Properties view and
   select Help from the pop-up menu.

To change the scripts of the Tab control

1. With the mouse pointer on one of the tabs, double-click the
   Tab control, or display the pop-up menu and select Script.

2. Select a script and edit it.

To resize a Tab control

• Grab a border of the control and drag it to the new
  size.

  The Tab control and all tab pages are sized as a
  group.

To move a Tab control

• With the mouse pointer on one of the tabs, hold down the
  left mouse button and drag to move the control to the new
  position.

  The Tab control and all tab pages are moved as a
  group.

To delete a Tab control

• With the mouse pointer on one of the tabs, select Cut or
  Delete from the pop-up menu.

To view a different tab page

• Click on the page’s tab.

  The selected tab page is brought to the front. The tabs are
  rearranged according to the TabPosition setting you have
  chosen.

To change the name and properties of a tab page

1. Select the tab.

   It might move to the position for a selected tab based on
   the TabPosition setting. For example, if TabPosition is set to
   tabsonbottomandtop! and a tab displays at the top, it moves to the
   bottom when you select it.

2. Click anywhere on the tab page except the tab.

3. Edit the properties.

To change the scripts of the tab page

1. Select the tab.

   It may move to the position for a selected tab based on the
   Tab Position setting.

2. Click anywhere on the tab page except the tab.

3. Select Script from the tab page’s pop-up menu.

4. Select a script and edit it.

To delete a tab page from a Tab control

• With the mouse pointer anywhere on the tab page except the
  tab, select Cut or Delete from the pop-up menu.

To add a control to a tab page

• Choose a control from the toolbar or the Control menu and
  click on the tab page, just as you would add a control to a
  window.

To move a control from one tab page to another

• Cut or copy the control and paste it on the destination tab
  page.

  The source and destination tab pages must be embedded tab
  pages, not independent ones created in the User Object
  painter.

To move a control between a tab page and the window
containing the Tab control

• Cut or copy the control and paste it on the destination
  window or tab page.

  Moving the control between a tab page and the window changes
  the control’s parent, which affects scripts that refer to the
  control.