links

[lostyboy]

alright guys been thinking about using tabbed panels for a website just testing a few things and is there a way to link to a tab as it all runs off the index. I have put the wording contact in the home tab and want it to be a link to open up the contact tab is there a way of doing this?

Here is an example of what i mean.

Also if i was to have a completely seperate page away from the tabs how could i link something from that page to open up the tabs and go to a specific tab is this even possible or can i only go back to the index each time.

[Aso]

I'm not sure, but I think your requirements will need javascript knowledge. A normal link can link to a tab using the same 'onclick' command that the tab is set to in your tabber javascript.

A similar javascript tabber can be found at dynamicdrive. This script has documentation - scroll the page and read 'dynamically select a tab anywhere on your page'.

This would sort your first requirement. Your second I'm not too sure, but it might be possible. It might need some javascript that dynamically sets the default tab based on the page / link you arrived from?? Perhaps move this thread to Javascript section.

[rapwaydown]

yea you will need to know about javescript, which is not hard you can get the basic in like a month or so.

[Stuart]

JavaScript is required for this sort of thing, but it's not difficult to do. The code that was used in the example page you posted is this:

Code: Select all

/* SpryTabbedPanels.js - Revision: Spry Preview Release 1.4 */

// Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated.
// All rights reserved.
//
// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
//
//   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
//   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
//     and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
//   * Neither the name of Adobe Systems Incorporated nor the names of its
//     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
//     software without specific prior written permission.
//
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
// AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
// ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
// LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
// CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
// SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
// INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
// CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
// POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

var Spry;
if (!Spry) Spry = {};
if (!Spry.Widget) Spry.Widget = {};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels = function(element, opts)
{
    this.element = this.getElement(element);
    this.defaultTab = 0; // Show the first panel by default.
    this.bindings = [];
    this.tabSelectedClass = "TabbedPanelsTabSelected";
    this.tabHoverClass = "TabbedPanelsTabHover";
    this.tabFocusedClass = "TabbedPanelsTabFocused";
    this.panelVisibleClass = "TabbedPanelsContentVisible";
    this.focusElement = null;
    this.hasFocus = false;
    this.currentTabIndex = 0;
    this.enableKeyboardNavigation = true;

    Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.setOptions(this, opts);

    // If the defaultTab is expressed as a number/index, convert
    // it to an element.

    if (typeof (this.defaultTab) == "number")
    {
        if (this.defaultTab < 0)
            this.defaultTab = 0;
        else
        {
            var count = this.getTabbedPanelCount();
            if (this.defaultTab >= count)
                this.defaultTab = (count > 1) ? (count - 1) : 0;
        }

        this.defaultTab = this.getTabs()[this.defaultTab];
    }

    // The defaultTab property is supposed to be the tab element for the tab content
    // to show by default. The caller is allowed to pass in the element itself or the
    // element's id, so we need to convert the current value to an element if necessary.

    if (this.defaultTab)
        this.defaultTab = this.getElement(this.defaultTab);

    this.attachBehaviors();
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
{
    if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
        return document.getElementById(ele);
    return ele;
}

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getElementChildren = function(element)
{
    var children = [];
    var child = element.firstChild;
    while (child)
    {
        if (child.nodeType == 1 /* Node.ELEMENT_NODE */)
            children.push(child);
        child = child.nextSibling;
    }
    return children;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.addClassName = function(ele, className)
{
    if (!ele || !className || (ele.className && ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) != -1))
        return;
    ele.className += (ele.className ? " " : "") + className;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.removeClassName = function(ele, className)
{
    if (!ele || !className || (ele.className && ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) == -1))
        return;
    ele.className = ele.className.replace(new RegExp("\\s*\\b" + className + "\\b", "g"), "");
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.setOptions = function(obj, optionsObj, ignoreUndefinedProps)
{
    if (!optionsObj)
        return;
    for (var optionName in optionsObj)
    {
        if (ignoreUndefinedProps && optionsObj[optionName] == undefined)
            continue;
        obj[optionName] = optionsObj[optionName];
    }
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabGroup = function()
{
    if (this.element)
    {
        var children = this.getElementChildren(this.element);
        if (children.length)
            return children[0];
    }
    return null;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabs = function()
{
    var tabs = [];
    var tg = this.getTabGroup();
    if (tg)
        tabs = this.getElementChildren(tg);
    return tabs;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getContentPanelGroup = function()
{
    if (this.element)
    {
        var children = this.getElementChildren(this.element);
        if (children.length > 1)
            return children[1];
    }
    return null;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getContentPanels = function()
{
    var panels = [];
    var pg = this.getContentPanelGroup();
    if (pg)
        panels = this.getElementChildren(pg);
    return panels;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getIndex = function(ele, arr)
{
    ele = this.getElement(ele);
    if (ele && arr && arr.length)
    {
        for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
        {
            if (ele == arr[i])
                return i;
        }
    }
    return -1;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabIndex = function(ele)
{
    var i = this.getIndex(ele, this.getTabs());
    if (i < 0)
        i = this.getIndex(ele, this.getContentPanels());
    return i;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getCurrentTabIndex = function()
{
    return this.currentTabIndex;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabbedPanelCount = function(ele)
{
    return Math.min(this.getTabs().length, this.getContentPanels().length);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener = function(element, eventType, handler, capture)
{
    try
    {
        if (element.addEventListener)
            element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, capture);
        else if (element.attachEvent)
            element.attachEvent("on" + eventType, handler);
    }
    catch (e) {}
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabClick = function(e, tab)
{
    this.showPanel(tab);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabMouseOver = function(e, tab)
{
    this.addClassName(tab, this.tabHoverClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabMouseOut = function(e, tab)
{
    this.removeClassName(tab, this.tabHoverClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabFocus = function(e, tab)
{
    this.hasFocus = true;
    this.addClassName(this.element, this.tabFocusedClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabBlur = function(e, tab)
{
    this.hasFocus = false;
    this.removeClassName(this.element, this.tabFocusedClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.ENTER_KEY = 13;
Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.SPACE_KEY = 32;

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabKeyDown = function(e, tab)
{
    var key = e.keyCode;
    if (!this.hasFocus || (key != Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.ENTER_KEY && key != Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.SPACE_KEY))
        return true;

    this.showPanel(tab);

    if (e.stopPropagation)
        e.stopPropagation();
    if (e.preventDefault)
        e.preventDefault();

    return false;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.preorderTraversal = function(root, func)
{
    var stopTraversal = false;
    if (root)
    {
        stopTraversal = func(root);
        if (root.hasChildNodes())
        {
            var child = root.firstChild;
            while (!stopTraversal && child)
            {
                stopTraversal = this.preorderTraversal(child, func);
                try { child = child.nextSibling; } catch (e) { child = null; }
            }
        }
    }
    return stopTraversal;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.addPanelEventListeners = function(tab, panel)
{
    var self = this;
    Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(tab, "click", function(e) { return self.onTabClick(e, tab); }, false);
    Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(tab, "mouseover", function(e) { return self.onTabMouseOver(e, tab); }, false);
    Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(tab, "mouseout", function(e) { return self.onTabMouseOut(e, tab); }, false);

    if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
    {
        // XXX: IE doesn't allow the setting of tabindex dynamically. This means we can't
        // rely on adding the tabindex attribute if it is missing to enable keyboard navigation
        // by default.

        // Find the first element within the tab container that has a tabindex or the first
        // anchor tag.
        
        var tabIndexEle = null;
        var tabAnchorEle = null;

        this.preorderTraversal(tab, function(node) {
            if (node.nodeType == 1 /* NODE.ELEMENT_NODE */)
            {
                var tabIndexAttr = tab.attributes.getNamedItem("tabindex");
                if (tabIndexAttr)
                {
                    tabIndexEle = node;
                    return true;
                }
                if (!tabAnchorEle && node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "a")
                    tabAnchorEle = node;
            }
            return false;
        });

        if (tabIndexEle)
            this.focusElement = tabIndexEle;
        else if (tabAnchorEle)
            this.focusElement = tabAnchorEle;

        if (this.focusElement)
        {
            Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(this.focusElement, "focus", function(e) { return self.onTabFocus(e, tab); }, false);
            Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(this.focusElement, "blur", function(e) { return self.onTabBlur(e, tab); }, false);
            Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(this.focusElement, "keydown", function(e) { return self.onTabKeyDown(e, tab); }, false);
        }
    }
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.showPanel = function(elementOrIndex)
{
    var tpIndex = -1;
    
    if (typeof elementOrIndex == "number")
        tpIndex = elementOrIndex;
    else // Must be the element for the tab or content panel.
        tpIndex = this.getTabIndex(elementOrIndex);
    
    if (!tpIndex < 0 || tpIndex >= this.getTabbedPanelCount())
        return;

    var tabs = this.getTabs();
    var panels = this.getContentPanels();

    var numTabbedPanels = Math.max(tabs.length, panels.length);

    for (var i = 0; i < numTabbedPanels; i++)
    {
        if (i != tpIndex)
        {
            if (tabs[i])
                this.removeClassName(tabs[i], this.tabSelectedClass);
            if (panels[i])
            {
                this.removeClassName(panels[i], this.panelVisibleClass);
                panels[i].style.display = "none";
            }
        }
    }

    this.addClassName(tabs[tpIndex], this.tabSelectedClass);
    this.addClassName(panels[tpIndex], this.panelVisibleClass);
    panels[tpIndex].style.display = "block";

    this.currentTabIndex = tpIndex;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.attachBehaviors = function(element)
{
    var tabs = this.getTabs();
    var panels = this.getContentPanels();
    var panelCount = this.getTabbedPanelCount();

    for (var i = 0; i < panelCount; i++)
        this.addPanelEventListeners(tabs[i], panels[i]);

    this.showPanel(this.defaultTab); 
};

As you can see, it's not very hard, but it is quite a handful for someone who has never seen this sort of code before

Cheers

[Monie]

Javascript?
We got CSS, remember guys..?

Why don't CSS? Here

[Stuart]

Hmm... Monie, I think you misunderstood. lostyboy asked for tabs that can dynamically update content inside a container. Like this...

[Monie]

No, I don't! CSS could do that! Why go for JavaScript?

Here is the same Example that you can do it via CSS!
What is the different?

[Stuart]

But each tab is a different page:
tab1.html, tab2.html, tab3.html

The idea is to use only one page. That only works with javascript...

[Monie]

Ohh, my mistake! Pardon me Stu
but I am sure there is a way for you to do this via CSS! I hope karinne will come to the rescue

[Stuart]

Actually, there is! I must give you that credit. It's just very tricky... I haven't done this before, so I don't know the details.
KARINNE, WHERE ARE YOU?

[Monie]

Yeah, I think is has to do with {display: hidden} and other stuff tho.. complicated?

Ohh, at the moment, Karinne is "Viewing Index Webforumz.com (Web Design Forums)" - from the Who's Online page

[Stuart]

And she hasn't been active since 22:07...

[Monie]

Her last activity was on 11:07

[Stuart]

Oh, right. Our time zones are different! 22:07 in EST (GMT -5)...

[Monie]

Enough Stu..!!!! We will be scolded by karinne and banned for the rest of out life lol

[lostyboy]

hey guys thanks for the response think it went a lil off topic . However I have managed to make a link in the tabs to open a different tab. here.

Just stuck on tryin to open up a different tab from a different subpage im guessing its all java script. Any ideas on how to do this. What i want do is have a page on something random and i have a link on that page to open the contact tab on my index. thats a bit of a head f**k for me so any help would be appreciated. cheers

[Stuart]

Isn't that what the 'Next' button does?

[lostyboy]

No sorry probably didnt explain it very well. If i was to have a completley seprate website away from the tabs. what i want is to have a link that will open the index page with the tabs on and then to open a particular tab. I can obvioulsy make a link to the index page but it will only ever open tab 1 by default.


Hope that explains it a bit better.

[AdRock]

Surely you could this using css like monie said and by using Jans artcile in the November newletter
$_GET['ting'] Pages (Safely) With PHP

[lostyboy]

Im not to hot on php. and im not sure if thats the same thing as i am trying to achieve. Is there no other way of doing this?