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Tabbed Panels/Tabs via Resource Strings

Sep 2, 2012 1:43 PM

Is it not possible to create Tabbed Panels and Tabs using a resource string?

 

On both CS5 and CS6 this works:

 

 

var win = new Window ("dialog","Tab Test");

win.matchtabs=win.add("tabbedpanel");

win.matchtabs.taba=win.matchtabs.add("tab",undefined,"Match #1");
win.matchtabs.tabb=win.matchtabs.add("tab",undefined,"Match #2");

win.show();

 

but this:

 

var res= "dialog { matchtabs: TabbedPanel { taba: Tab { text: 'Match #1' }, tabb: Tab { text: 'Match #2' } } }";

var win = new Window (res,"Tab Test");

win.show();

 

fails with "Error 19: ... TabbedPanel is not an object" , again both on CS5 and CS6.

 

Thanks for any insight.

667 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: DBarranca, Sep 11, 2012 3:13 AM
 
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  • Ichabodcole
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    1. Ichabodcole,
    Sep 7, 2012 12:53 AM   in reply to badeshazer
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    You can do this:

    "res = myTabbedPanel: Panel{type:'tabbedpanel' \
                                       myTab: Panel{type: 'tab', text: 'Tab Title'},  \
                                   }";

     

    FYI, I'm about one more script from righting an angry post about the terrible documentation and lack of instruction when it comes to scripting.

     
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  • badeshazer
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    2. badeshazer,
    Sep 7, 2012 9:00 AM   in reply to Ichabodcole
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    Thanks very much Ichabodcole, very helpful and certainly not clear from the JS Tools Guide (as of CS6 version).

     

    I ended up just using a couple of radio buttons to switch between panels set up as a stack and that worked for the particular script I was writing, but I will definitely use the method you outlined for future work.

     

    I started to use the add/assign method to create the tabbed panel that way, but I am so accustomed to resource strings that I find the alternate way of creating dialog windows slow and difficult to implement. Additionally, this would have been my only script that didn't use the resource string method so I went the radiobutton route for consistency and maintainability, even if it didn't have exactly the UI I wanted.

     

    I'm right there with you on the documentation issues, it makes this forum and the one over at ps-scripts all the more valuable.

     
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  • DBarranca
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    3. DBarranca,
    Sep 11, 2012 3:13 AM   in reply to badeshazer
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    Hi,

    for those who don't know it, there's a (unofficial but very informative) pdf called ScriptUI for Dummies - I've discovered it recently and it may be considered a nice add-on to the JS Tools Guide for building interfaces.

    Davide

     
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