Tab/Accordian Control Properties

Description

Creating a Tab Control gives you access to the Tab/Accordian Control properties. The Tab Control is located inside the 'Containers' dropdown menu on the UX Controls page. The Tab Control will also need to include a Tab Pane inside of it and the Tab Pane will also need its own control underneath it.

Name
Description
Animation

Specify if the tab/accordion panes should be animated when they are selected.

Genie style

When Genie style is turned on, the tab buttons are hidden and the user must use buttons to navigate to the 'next' and 'previous' tab panes.

Hide animation speed

Specify the animation speed. You can select a pre-defined option (slow =600 milliseconds, fast =200 milliseconds), or you can enter an explicit value in milleseconds.

Hide animation style

Select the animation method to use when the pane is shown. 'Suggested' is 'Slide' for an Accordion and 'None' for a Tab control.

Initial tab pane

Specify which tab pane should be initially selected. Use a numeric index, e.g. '3' for the third tab pane.

Pane Height

Optional. Height of the tab pane. If left blank, tab panes will automatically resize based on tab contents.

Pane Width

Optional. Width of the tab panes. If left blank, tab panes will automatically resize based on tab contents.

Panes have border/background

Specify if the panes have a border and background color. Uncheck this if you don't want any border around each tab. Be default, all panes have a border and background color defined by the component style.

Show animation speed

Specify the animation speed. You can select a pre-defined option (slow =600 milliseconds, fast =200 milliseconds), or you can enter an explicit value in milliseconds.

Show animation style

Select the animation method to use when the pane is shown. 'Suggested' is 'Slide' for an Accordion and 'Fade' for a Tab control.

Sub-theme

The Sub-theme property differs depending on whether the Tab or the Accordion option is selected Under the Tab type property. Changing the sub-theme changed the appearance of the tab or the accordion control.

Tab ID

Specify a unique ID to identify the tab control. At run-time, the actual ID will automatically include the component alias and convert to uppercase, e.g. 'CUSTOMERGRID.TAB.1'.

Tab label position

Specify the location of the tab labels. @choices.TabLabelPositions

Tab type

Specify the tab control style. The control can be formatted as a Tab or Accordion control.