Tab Element

Group membership: Controls

Declares that a tab should be added to the enclosing sheet.

Attributes

Name

Type

Required

Description

alignment

CDATA

Will try to set the alignment property on the layout manager. If the layout manager does not have a proper method, a parsing exception will be thrown.

Literal values

Value	Description
center	Centers controls in the container.
left	Aligns controls on the left side of the container.
right	Aligns controls on the right side of the container.

columns

CDATA

Will try to set the columns property on the layout manager. If the layout manager does not have a proper method, a parsing exception will be thrown.

hgap

CDATA

Will try to set the hgap property on the layout manager. If the layout manager does not have a proper method, a parsing exception will be thrown.

Identifies the name by which this control will be referenced by other parts of the JGB XML file or Java code.

layout

CDATA

A fully qualified class name that declares which class to instantiate and add as a layout manager.

As a shortcut, it is possible to not prefix the full package information in the attribute's value. If the class cannot be found using the fully qualified class name, JGB will prefix java.awt. to the attribute value and try again.

mnemonic

CDATA

Identifies the character that will be used as this control's mnemonic.

refaction

IDREF

More information forthcoming

rows

CDATA

Will try to set the rows property on the layout manager. If the layout manager does not have a proper method, a parsing exception will be thrown.

text

CDATA

Yes

Specifies the text that will appear on the control.

Do not add an underline (_) or ampersand (&) to the text attribute to identify the mnemonic. Use this element's mnemonic attribute for that purpose.

vgap

CDATA

Will try to set the vgap property on the layout manager. If the layout manager does not have a proper method, a parsing exception will be thrown.

Example usage

…
<sheet>
    <tab text="Basic" layout="GridLayout" columns="3">
        …
    </tab>
    <tab text="Advanced" mnemonic="d">
        …
    </tab>
</sheet>
…

Parent element(s)

sheet.

Child element(s)

border, button, check, combo, constraints, control, glue, label, layout, list, methodCall, panel, property, radio, register, sheet, strut, table, textfield.