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Re: Tab Widgets? [message #24677] Wed, 18 April 2001 07:45
Dave Greenwood is currently offline  Dave Greenwood
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Rikagaku <t_launey@brain.riken.go.jp> wrote:
> In article <3AD4F212.DAC2CBF@home.com>, t.fulton@home.com says...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Is there a WIDGET_TAB or some such function
>> that creates a tab widget? By tab widget,
>> I'm referring to a GUI that where you switch
>> between different windows by clicking on
>> file folder-like tabs (Much like the way one
>> can switch between "Groups" and "Build Order"
>> in the IDL 5.4 DE)
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> PS If responding by e-mail, please send
>> messages to fulton@dansas.usask.ca
>>
>>
>
> Hello,
> I guess there is a better way to do it but this might be a start:
> if all the child of your "Tab Widget" base are of the same size, you
> could use the /Map keyword of widget_control to make bring a given widget
> "to the front". All you need is a row (or column) of button, one for each
> page of your Tab Widget, that call widget_control, page_n, /map
> This has the disadvantage of using explicit size definition to make sure
> that the front widget hides the others or calling widget_control,
> all_other_pages, map=0.

I think you can resolve the size problem in a general way. Once you've
built each of the overlaid widgets (with map=0), call
Widget_Info( widget_base, /geometry) for each widget. Determine the
largest xsize and ysize and then use Widget_Control on each widget to
set its xsize and ysize to the largest value. I happened to try this
just yesterday for a similar problem and it seems to be working okay
(at least so far ;-).

Dave
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Re: Tab Widgets? [message #24681 is a reply to message #24677] Wed, 18 April 2001 00:22 Go to previous message
Thomas Launey is currently offline  Thomas Launey
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Registered: September 1999
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In article <3AD4F212.DAC2CBF@home.com>, t.fulton@home.com says...
> Hi All,
>
> Is there a WIDGET_TAB or some such function
> that creates a tab widget? By tab widget,
> I'm referring to a GUI that where you switch
> between different windows by clicking on
> file folder-like tabs (Much like the way one
> can switch between "Groups" and "Build Order"
> in the IDL 5.4 DE)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> PS If responding by e-mail, please send
> messages to fulton@dansas.usask.ca
>
>

Hello,
I guess there is a better way to do it but this might be a start:
if all the child of your "Tab Widget" base are of the same size, you
could use the /Map keyword of widget_control to make bring a given widget
"to the front". All you need is a row (or column) of button, one for each
page of your Tab Widget, that call widget_control, page_n, /map
This has the disadvantage of using explicit size definition to make sure
that the front widget hides the others or calling widget_control,
all_other_pages, map=0.
I hope this helps
cheers
Thomas
--
Thomas Launey
Lab. for Memory and Learning
Brain Science Institute, RIKEN
Saitama, Japan
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