Tsukihime Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I am writing a GUI that performs various functions and have been adding more and more features to it (ie: more controls), so it has become unfeasible to throw everything on one window.Some solutions I have considered1: make it bigger (right now it's 200x300)2: Create pop-up windows for each group of controls3: Use tabs to group controls into different pagesI've used various GUI's and have to say the tab option looks really cool, so I want to go with that.But then I'm not sure how I would go about creating one.The design would be pretty simple: I have a set of "pages", where each "page" contains a bunch of buttons. When I switch between tabs, I would hide all the buttons on the "hidden" pages and only show the buttons on the "active" page.I want to make it so that I can maintain each "page" separately, but not sure how I would toggle visibility for a large number of controls at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepydvdr Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Koda is very easy to use and you can make tabs with it. #include <ByteMe.au3> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmet Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 If you are adding controls on tab after GUICtrlCreateTabItem then you can use GuiSwitch to switch to tabitem and continue adding controls to that TabItem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Controls on different tabs don't need to be "hidden" because they will only show what's actually assigned to the currently active tab. As you switch from one tab to another, the new tab should only show what you put in that tab's group. If you look in the help file for GUICtrlCreateTab, you'll see an example of how to use them. Everything you want on a single Tab will have to be created before creating the next tab in your script. Otherwise you'll need to have your script switch to the proper tab before adding a new control to it. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukihime Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Koda looks interesting. Gui designer definitely would make things easier to visualize than having to write down some numbers on a piece of paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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