Tab controls

About tab controls

A tab control creates a tabbed form, as in the following example:

Adding tab controls

1 Choose Fields > Tab Controls > Add Tab Control.

2 Add this field to the form.

By default, the field has one tab.

3 Update the following fields on the Contents tab of the Field Attributes form as required:

Tab ID	The tab ID. This can be used to map code to a specific tab. If you specify a tab ID, it must be 1000 or higher.
Tab title	The name of the tab.
Icon ID	The resource ID of an icon, if you want to add an icon to the left of the tab's title.
Send tab focus to server	Used with database extensions, to tell an extension which tab has the focus.

4 Add fields to the tab as required.

Working with tabs

To select a tab and view its contents, click it.

To work with the tabs in a tab control, choose Fields > Tab Controls, then one of the following:

Add Tab	Adds a tab to the end of the row of tabs.
Insert Tab	Adds a tab in front of the selected tab.
Remove Tab	Removes the selected tab.
Move Tab Right	Moves the selected tab one position to the right.
Move Tab Left	Moves the selected tab one position to the left.