[Xurde]

Hi there,

I'm writing a program with tabs. In some cases, after an user action I'd want to show a different tab from which the user made that action. I'm able to show the body of that tab, but I can't get the desired "tab title" selected.

I'll try to explain it with a simple example, just in case:

I've got 2 tabs: "Name" (which body is a query to enter your name")
and "Menu" (which body offers you some information or whatever).
If you enter a user name = "Paco" the program should show switch to the second tab, showing the information. As I said before, I can show the body (information) but the selected tab keeps on being the first one.

Thanks!

[gaba88]

hi Xurde
i thing you can do that without having a problem have a look at this.
Moreover it will be better if you post a little bit of code at the dibo if you dont mind that.

Enjoy Pythoning
Gaba88

[gaba88]

hi Xurde
i just clicked one more thing that only you can change or navigate from one tab to another using the navigation keys so it will be good if don t use the tabs in this kind of a design.

Hope you got this
Gaba88

[Xurde]

Hi gaba88,

the example I wrote was just a simple example. My program is kind of complex and I designed it for tab navigation (and it should be like this, because otherwise it wouldn't be easy-to-use). So, my question is, if you just can navigate with navigation keys, could I force it by simulating that key pressing?

Thanks

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Yes, you can simulate pressing the arrow keys to navigate through the tabs.

[jethro.fn]

Originally Posted by bogdan.galiceanu

Yes, you can simulate pressing the arrow keys to navigate through the tabs.

From PyS60 v1.4.2 documentation (page 18):

Instances of Application type have the following methods:

activate tab(index)

Activates the tab index counting from zero.

Is this not working?

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Is there something wrong with what I said? I tried simulating the right arrow and it switched to the next tab.

Oh and "activate tab(index)" should be "activate_tab(index)".

[jethro.fn]

Originally Posted by bogdan.galiceanu

Is there something wrong with what I said?

Not at all, I just find simulating keypresses a little "hackish".

Originally Posted by bogdan.galiceanu

Oh and "activate tab(index)" should be "activate_tab(index)".

Looks like copying from a PDF loses the underscore.

[JOM]

Originally Posted by jethro.fn

Not at all, I just find simulating keypresses a little "hackish".

I agree, appuifw.app.activate_tab(index) works just fine. No need to simulate any keypress, even if that does work. Simple is better.

Btw I have one problem with tabs. When I exit the script, tabs remain visible in python shell! Bug maybe? I solved that by removing tabs at my exit routine..

Cheers,

--jouni

[gaba88]

hi Jouni
yes you are correct i also observed that and is it a bug???

Enjoy Pythoning
Gaba88