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Class YAHOO.widget.TabView - extends YAHOO.util.Element

A widget to control tabbed views.

Constructor

YAHOO.widget.TabView ( el(optional) , attr )
Parameters:
el(optional) <HTMLElement | String | Object> The html element that represents the TabView, or the attribute object to use. An element will be created if none provided.
attr <Object> (optional) A key map of the tabView's initial attributes. Ignored if first arg is attributes object.

Properties

_contentParent - private HTMLElement

The container of the tabView's content elements.

_tabParent - private HTMLElement

The container of the tabView's label elements.

CLASSNAME - object

The className to add when building from scratch.
Default Value: "navset"

CONTENT_PARENT_CLASSNAME - object

The className of the HTMLElement containing the TabView's label elements to look for when building from existing markup, or to add when building from scratch. All childNodes of the content container are treated as content elements when building from existing markup.
Default Value: "nav-content"

TAB_PARENT_CLASSNAME - object

The className of the HTMLElement containing the TabView's tab elements to look for when building from existing markup, or to add when building from scratch. All childNodes of the tab container are treated as Tabs when building from existing markup.
Default Value: "nav"

Properties inherited from YAHOO.util.Element:

DOM_EVENTS

Properties inherited from YAHOO.util.AttributeProvider:

_configs

Methods

_initTabs

private _initTabs ( )
Creates Tab instances from a collection of HTMLElements.

addTab

addTab ( tab , index )
Adds a Tab to the TabView instance. If no index is specified, the tab is added to the end of the tab list.
Parameters:
tab <YAHOO.widget.Tab> A Tab instance to add.
index <Integer> The position to add the tab.

contentTransition

void contentTransition ( )
The transiton to use when switching between tabs.
Returns: void

deselectTab

void deselectTab ( index )
Removes selected state from the given tab if it is the activeTab
Parameters:
index <Int> The tab index to deselect
Returns: void

DOMEventHandler

DOMEventHandler ( e )
Routes childNode events.
Parameters:
e <event> The Dom event that is being handled.

getTab

getTab ( index )
Returns the Tab instance at the specified index.
Parameters:
index <Integer> The position of the Tab.

getTabIndex

getTabIndex ( tab )
Returns the index of given tab.
Parameters:
tab <YAHOO.widget.Tab> The tab whose index will be returned.

initAttributes

void initAttributes ( attr )
setAttributeConfigs TabView specific properties.
Parameters:
attr <Object> Hash of initial attributes
Returns: void

removeTab

removeTab ( item )
Removes the specified Tab from the TabView.
Parameters:
item <YAHOO.widget.Tab> The Tab instance to be removed.

selectTab

void selectTab ( index )
Makes the tab at the given index the active tab
Parameters:
index <Int> The tab index to be made active
Returns: void

toString

toString ( )
Provides a readable name for the TabView instance.

Events

activeIndexChange

activeIndexChange ( event )
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute 'activeIndex' changes.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

activeTabChange

activeTabChange ( event )
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute 'activeTab' changes.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

beforeActiveIndexChange

beforeActiveIndexChange ( event )
Fires before the value for the configuration attribute 'activeIndex' changes. Return false to cancel the attribute change.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

beforeActiveTabChange

beforeActiveTabChange ( event )
Fires before the value for the configuration attribute 'activeTab' changes. Return false to cancel the attribute change.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

beforeOrientationChange

beforeOrientationChange ( event )
Fires before the value for the configuration attribute 'orientation' changes. Return false to cancel the attribute change.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

beforeTabsChange

beforeTabsChange ( event )
Fires before the value for the configuration attribute 'tabs' changes. Return false to cancel the attribute change.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

orientationChange

orientationChange ( event )
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute 'orientation' changes.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

tabsChange

tabsChange ( event )
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute 'tabs' changes.
Parameters:
event <{oldValue: any, newValue: any}> An object containing the previous attribute value and the new value.

Configuration Attributes

activeIndex - Int

The index of the tab currently active.

activeTab - YAHOO.widget.Tab

The tab currently active.

orientation - String

How the Tabs should be oriented relative to the TabView.
Default Value: "top"

tabs - Array

The Tabs belonging to the TabView instance.

Configuration attributes inherited from YAHOO.util.Element:

element,

Configuration Attributes

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