Need help with TabControl

[jheld]

Hello everyone,

I'm having trouble getting a basic tabcontrol working....for some reason, only one tab shows up, while the rest remain hidden. I've looked through the tutorials, API, an swam through other posts on this forum. All other CEGUI elements are working fine, and since I can't get *any* tab sample code to work properly, clearly I'm missing something fundamental. Can someone please help?

What I've done:

1/ Created a layout using scriptkid's editor (ver ~0.7). Per instructions in the wiki, tabs are done as default windows, which are "unattached" in the editor
2/ Tabs are attached in code, using "addTab"

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GUILayout >
    <Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Settings" >
        <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0,0},{0,0},{1,0},{1,0}}" />
        <Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Settings/GraphicsTab" >
            <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.05,0},{0.069633,0},{0.8,0},{0.635079,0}}" />
            <Window Type="TaharezLook/StaticText" Name="Settings/graphics/" >
                <Property Name="Text" Value="Graphics" />
                <Property Name="HorzExtent" Value="41" />
                <Property Name="VertExtent" Value="11.7287" />
                <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0,0},{-0.00231481,0},{0.3,0},{0.117685,0}}" />
            </Window>
        </Window>
        <Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Settings/SoundTab" >
            <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.05,0},{0.119633,0},{0.8,0},{0.685078,0}}" />
            <Window Type="TaharezLook/StaticText" Name="Settings/Sound/text" >
                <Property Name="Text" Value="Sound" />
                <Property Name="HorzExtent" Value="28" />
                <Property Name="VertExtent" Value="11.7287" />
                <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.296296,0},{-0.00462963,0},{0.596296,0},{0.11537,0}}" />
            </Window>
        </Window>
        <Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Settings/GameplayTab" >
            <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.05,0},{0.169633,0},{0.8,0},{0.735078,0}}" />
            <Window Type="TaharezLook/StaticText" Name="Settings/Gameplay/text" >
                <Property Name="Text" Value="Gameplay" />
                <Property Name="HorzExtent" Value="46" />
                <Property Name="VertExtent" Value="11.7287" />
                <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.595082,0},{-0.00231482,0},{0.895082,0},{0.117685,0}}" />
            </Window>
        </Window>
        <Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Settings/HelpTab" >
            <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.05,0},{0.219633,0},{0.8,0},{0.785078,0}}" />
            <Window Type="TaharezLook/StaticText" Name="Settings/Help/text" >
                <Property Name="Text" Value="Help" />
                <Property Name="HorzExtent" Value="20" />
                <Property Name="VertExtent" Value="11.7287" />
                <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.896359,0},{0,0},{1.19636,0},{0.12,0}}" />
            </Window>
        </Window>
        <Window Type="TaharezLook/TabControl" Name="Settings/TabControl" >
            <Property Name="TabHeight" Value="{0,19.7287}" />
            <Property Name="TabPanePosition" Value="Top" />
            <Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0.0505859,0},{0.304712,0},{0.94707,0},{0.850524,0}}" />
        </Window>
    </Window>
</GUILayout>


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SettingsWindow::SettingsWindow(CEGUI::WindowManager * wmgrIn)
{
   wmgr = wmgrIn;

   myTabs = (CEGUI::TabControl*)wmgr->getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Settings/TabControl");
   myTabs->setTabHeight((CEGUI::UDim(15, 27)));

   GraphicsTab = (CEGUI::Window*)wmgr->getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Settings/GraphicsTab");
   SoundTab = (CEGUI::Window*)wmgr->getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Settings/SoundTab");
   GameplayTab = (CEGUI::Window*)wmgr->getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Settings/GameplayTab");
   HelpTab = (CEGUI::Window*)wmgr->getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Settings/HelpTab");

   GraphicsTab->setSize(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f), CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f)));
   SoundTab->setSize(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f), CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f)));
   GameplayTab->setSize(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f), CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f)));
   HelpTab->setSize(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f), CEGUI::UDim(1.0f, 0.0f)));

   GraphicsTab->setPosition(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.0f), CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.0f)));
   SoundTab->setPosition(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.25f), CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.0f)));
   GameplayTab->setPosition(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.5f), CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.0f)));
   HelpTab->setPosition(CEGUI::UVector2(CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.75f), CEGUI::UDim(0.0f, 0.0f)));

   myTabs->addTab(GraphicsTab);
   myTabs->addTab(SoundTab);
   myTabs->addTab(GameplayTab);
   myTabs->addTab(HelpTab);
   myTabs->setSelectedTabAtIndex(0);


Not quite sure what's missing, but I'm hoping it's something obvious to the rest of you. Thanks in advance,
Jason

[scriptkid]

Hi,

To me it's not entirely clear what the problem is. Does the tabcontrol show up? If so, does it not respond to any events?

[Jamarr]

I'm not too familiar with the TabControl, however I have used it in v0.6.2. I don't understand why you need to have the pre-exisiting tabs "unattached". This doesn't make any sense to me. Just add them as child-windows of the TabControl in your layout, and CEGUI should automatically add/set up these tabs for you when you load the layout. This is precisely how I did it in my layout.

Aside from this, I cannot really see anything wrong with your code. The only other thing that stands out to me is that CEGUI has to re-parent the tab-windows when you call addTab, since they are initially immediate children of the Settings window. Perhaps there is some conflict there? I am only guessing, as I've never actually used addTab().

When you say that you cannot get any "sample code" to work, are you referring to code on this "wiki" page you talked about, or are you referring to the actual sample projects supplied with the SDK, or both?

[jheld]

Thanks guys, for the quick reply!

Jamarr- I was following the method in the wiki and another forum post suggesting to have the tabs as unattached first. I've also tried just using the default tabcontrols in the editor, but have the same problem as this post: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4498&hilit=tabcontrol
this way, I don't see *any* tabs and the top part of the tabcontrol is missing. From reading the wiki and other posts, it's a bit unclear as to the "proper" way of setting up the tabcontrol. I'm also unclear as to what's automatically generated and what requires manual setup. Apologies for my own lack of understanding here....especially knowing that others have managed to set them up in the past.

Scriptkid- When setting up myself (via "Addtab"), I can at least see the first tab....but not the others. The tabcontrol doesn't seem to respond to clicks but that may be because I don't understand basic issues of what should overlap what. I've spent hours experimenting with the sizes and dimensions, but it's feeling like stumbling in the dark....

BTW....the new layout editor is working great. WOuld much prefer to set up the tabcontrol using the editor, if possible..

Jason.