Docs For Class TabControlWidget

Description

This class is used for creating a tab control panel.

the tab buttons are generated with overlapping background images that grow and shrink depending on the length of text.

author: Culley Harrelson <culley@fastmail.fm>
link: http://alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors2/
link: http://alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors/
todo: figure out a way to hook in a css tab that joins the tab control. I was having trouble making it work and gave up after a few hours.

Located in /widgets/TabControlWidget.inc (line 25)

Container
   |
   --BaseWidget
      |
      --TabControlWidget

Variable Summary

mixed $_align

mixed $_tabs

mixed $_title

Method Summary

TabControlWidget TabControlWidget ([string $title = NULL], [string $align = 'left'])

void add_tab (ATag $href, [boolean $selected = FALSE])

void render ([ $indent_level = 1], [ $output_debug = 0])

Variables

mixed $_align (line 28)

mixed $_tabs = array() (line 27)

mixed $_title (line 29)

Inherited Variables

Inherited from BaseWidget

BaseWidget::$title
BaseWidget::$width
BaseWidget::$_image_prefix

Methods

Constructor TabControlWidget (line 38)

This is the constructor for the TabControlWidget object.

todo: figure out center alignment

TabControlWidget TabControlWidget ([string $title = NULL], [string $align = 'left'])

string $title: - a title string displayed on the opposite side
string $align: - right or left-- how to align the tab control

add_tab (line 51)

add a tab.

void add_tab (ATag $href, [boolean $selected = FALSE])

ATag $href: - an anchor tag object used for the tab link
boolean $selected: whether or not the tab is the selected tab

render (line 61)

render the widget

void render ([ $indent_level = 1], [ $output_debug = 0])

$indent_level
$output_debug

Redefinition of:

Container::render(): This function is compatible with the rest of the phpHtmllib API spec.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From BaseWidget

BaseWidget::get_align()
BaseWidget::get_css()
BaseWidget::get_javascript()
BaseWidget::get_title()
BaseWidget::get_width()
BaseWidget::set_align()
BaseWidget::set_image_path_prefix()
BaseWidget::set_title()
BaseWidget::set_width()

Inherited From Container

Container::Container()
Container::add()
Container::add_reference()
Container::count_content()
Container::get_element()
Container::get_indent_flag()
Container::push()
Container::push_reference()
Container::render()
Container::reset_content()
Container::set_collapse()
Container::set_indent_flag()