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FrontTabs( layoutObjects; parent )

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Bruce Robertson, Concise Design
http://www.concise-design.com

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

Sample Input:

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

Sample Output:

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/* 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) ) )
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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.

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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
August 08, 2010 4:31pm

Pham Ho, Melbourne - Australia
August 08, 2010 4:33pm

Pham Ho, Melbourne - Australia
August 08, 2010 4:34pm

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

Bruce Robertson, Redmond
August 08, 2010 5:31pm

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