Re: Tabs in HTML Pages

Hi Nathan,

I use extjs (www.extjs.com).

A set of JavaScript widgets that include the tabs you are looking for.

Syd


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: 30 September 2008 14:14
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: [WEB400] Tabs in HTML Pages

I seem to recall that my first experience with Tabs in HTML pages was about
5 years ago when my neighbor gave a demonstration of a rich UI toolkit that
his company was developing. During the demo of tabbed pages a business
partner turned to me and asked, "can your toolkit do that". "Uhhhh, no", I
replied. I was unprepared for that. My neighbor later sold his company to
SCO, which is better known for their lawsuits against Microsoft, IBM, and
Linux, than developing software, and the rich UI toolkit was shelved.

Since then I've used a couple different techniques to implement tabs in HTML
pages, neither of which I'm totally pleased with. I shouldn't feel too bad,
though. I can just point to the tabs in the IBM i HTTP Server *ADMIN
interface and note that even IBM didn't get it right.

Yesterday I watched the training video at www.asp.net on Microsoft's tab
implementation in their AJAX toolkit. I skimmed over a rather lengthy blog
on the subject, and the general consensus was that it was a good thing that
Microsoft's implementation was open-source, because as it stood, there were
a lot of requirements it didn't meet.

Early this morning, while in bed and partly awake but partly asleep, I
began making a mental note of a number of requirements for "tab"
implementations. I think I came up with a fairly lengthly list. I
hope I can remember it.

With that background, do members of this list have tab implementations that
they're happy with?

Thanks,

Nathan.