Comments on: The Quest for the Perfect Tab Navigator – Part 2 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/ A blog about Adobe Flex Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Frank http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-210115 Frank Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:26:01 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-210115 Dear Doug, did you know about a special feature which appears in the native TabNavigator as well as in your modified one: if you click (amost) anywhere in the area of an opened tab, then press and move the arrow keys, you are able to switch to a different tab by hitting again. Seems like a hidden feature to me, and it could turn out that you have an editable textfield in your tab, enter something, insert blank, use arrow keys, enter blank again and... yes, you are in a different tab instead of having changed your text entry. Just wanted to let you know... Dear Doug,

did you know about a special feature which appears in the native TabNavigator as well as in your modified one: if you click (amost) anywhere in the area of an opened tab, then press and move the arrow keys, you are able to switch to a different tab by hitting again. Seems like a hidden feature to me, and it could turn out that you have an editable textfield in your tab, enter something, insert blank, use arrow keys, enter blank again and… yes, you are in a different tab instead of having changed your text entry. Just wanted to let you know…

]]> By: Willy http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5966 Willy Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:04:48 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-5966 Hi, me again. Code and more examples can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/ Thanks doug ! Hi, me again.

Code and more examples can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/

Thanks doug !

]]> By: Willy http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5965 Willy Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:57:18 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-5965 Please post the code for this ! Please post the code for this !

]]> By: Jim Bischoff http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Jim Bischoff Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:29:15 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-1520 Did you ever post the source code for this? It looks great and would really save me a lot of time. Did you ever post the source code for this? It looks great and would really save me a lot of time.

]]> By: Alexander http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Alexander Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:02:34 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-395 I also would like what Chris requested. If the tab is dragged outside of the panel to become something like a floating panel or titlewindow... I also would like what Chris requested. If the tab is dragged outside of the panel to become something like a floating panel or titlewindow…

]]> By: Chris http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Chris Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:42:47 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-144 Man this is awesome! Great work. I've got a feature request but it may fall outside the scope of this component. When a tab is dragged outside of the tab navigator, turn it into a floating window. Sorta like the way the Photoshop CS3 UI works, with docking panels that can also be windows and such. Man this is awesome! Great work.

I’ve got a feature request but it may fall outside the scope of this component. When a tab is dragged outside of the tab navigator, turn it into a floating window. Sorta like the way the Photoshop CS3 UI works, with docking panels that can also be windows and such.

]]> By: Barry http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Barry Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:00:15 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-89 Fantastic work Doug, this is going to save me a ton of time... One feature request, though, that you could probably answer a LOT faster: Is there a way to only display the closing icon on some tabs, but not all? I have the need for a tab navigator that can open arbitrary new tabs, but there will always been some core tabs (e.g. 'home') that need to remain open and not let the user close them. It would be fantastic if displaying the close button was an optional attribute of each tab. Fantastic work Doug, this is going to save me a ton of time…

One feature request, though, that you could probably answer a LOT faster: Is there a way to only display the closing icon on some tabs, but not all? I have the need for a tab navigator that can open arbitrary new tabs, but there will always been some core tabs (e.g. ‘home’) that need to remain open and not let the user close them. It would be fantastic if displaying the close button was an optional attribute of each tab.

]]> By: Nick http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Nick Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:41:53 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-53 This is looking good! Personally, what I'd most like to see in a tabnavigator is the option to have the tabs vertically down the left (or right?!) side rather than having to have them horizontally at the top. How much effort do you think would be required to do this? I'm fairly new to Flex and haven't really looked at creating/extending components so far. Do you think this could be achieved in a similar way to your new HAccordian component? This is looking good!

Personally, what I’d most like to see in a tabnavigator is the option to have the tabs vertically down the left (or right?!) side rather than having to have them horizontally at the top. How much effort do you think would be required to do this? I’m fairly new to Flex and haven’t really looked at creating/extending components so far. Do you think this could be achieved in a similar way to your new HAccordian component?

]]> By: Doug http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Doug Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:31:36 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-27 Ha, well actually Apollo will have a HTML control, so once that's incorporated making this TabNavigator control tabbed webpages would be a snap. So I guess we'll wait until Apollo is released, then a tabbed web browser in Flex will become a reality. Ha, well actually Apollo will have a HTML control, so once that’s incorporated making this TabNavigator control tabbed webpages would be a snap. So I guess we’ll wait until Apollo is released, then a tabbed web browser in Flex will become a reality.

]]> By: schlatah http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26 schlatah Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:27:16 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/01/25/the-quest-for-the-perfect-tab-navigator-part-2/#comment-26 Are you trying to make FlexFox or FireFlex? 'cause, that'd be pretty cool. Are you trying to make FlexFox or FireFlex? ’cause, that’d be pretty cool.

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