FrontTabs ( layoutObjects ; parent )

Provides a list of frontmost tab(s) and any enclosed selected tabs

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Bruce Robertson - Show more from this author

Sample input:

let( objectList = LayoutObjectNames ( Get( FileName) ; Get ( LayoutName ) ) ;
frontTabs ( objectList ; "" ))

Sample output:

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Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*
frontTabs( layoutObjects; parent)
example:
frontTabs ( LayoutObjectNames ( Get ( FileName ) ; Get ( LayoutName ) ) ; "" )
*/  

Let( [

thisValue = GetValue ( layoutObjects; 1 );

isFront = GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( thisValue ; "isFrontTabPanel" );

isTop =  IsEmpty( GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( thisValue ; "EnclosingObject"));

myParent = GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( thisValue ; "EnclosingObject");

myobjects = GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( thisValue ; "ContainedObjects");

parent = Case( isFront and isTop; thisValue; GetValue(parent; 1))


];

Case ( ValueCount ( layoutObjects ) > 0;

Case (
isFront and isTop ;   thisValue & "¶" ;
isFront and (myParent = parent ) ;   thisValue & "¶" & FrontTabs ( myobjects ; thisvalue) 
) & 

FrontTabs ( RightValues ( layoutObjects; ValueCount ( layoutObjects ) - 1) ; parent)

)
)

Provides a return delimited list of the frontmost (selected) tab panel object(s) and any selected tab panels within these tabs. Requires 8.5+. Requires tab panels to be named.

5/1/2007
Revised to allow for "parallel" tabs. Prior version only identified a single topmost tab.

Comments

		Pham Ho, Melbourne - Australia Aug 8, 2010
Hi Brian, Your custom function in the front_tabs example is brilliant. Using your custom function, the return to the selected tab works with the first FIVE of my SEVEN tabs. I could not see any limit to number of tabs. Please advice Thank you Pham

		Pham Ho, Melbourne - Australia Aug 8, 2010
Hi Brian, Your custom function in the front_tabs example is brilliant. Using your custom function, the return to the selected tab works with the first FIVE of my SEVEN tabs. I could not see any limit to number of tabs. Please advice Thank you Pham

		Pham Ho, Melbourne - Australia Aug 8, 2010
Hi Brian, Your custom function in the front_tabs example is brilliant. Using your custom function, the return to the selected tab works with the first FIVE of my SEVEN tabs. I could not see any limit to number of tabs. Please advice Thank you Pham

		Bruce Robertson Aug 8, 2010
First of all it's Bruce not Brian. Can you post a link to an example of your problem file?

		J Fedor, Cleveland, OH May 14, 2014
This is an excellent function. It's working beautifully in my solution. Thanks and major cheers!

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FrontTabs ( layoutObjects ; parent )

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