hi,

I'm trying to give a tabpanel a scrolling effect. where by I have seven tabs, the left and right most tabs trigger a js function that renames the middle five tabs out of an array. only problem is that i can't do the renaming part :(

Has anybody accoplished a similar control? 

to change the header text of the 2nd tab to 'new text' in javascript:

$find('<%=TabContainer1.ClientID%>).tabs[1].set_headerText('new text');

Oops, I meant: 

$find('<%=TabContainer1.ClientID%>).get_tabs()[1].set_headerText('new text');

Yeah, I thought that would do it as well, but no. For some reason that throws a Tabs.1 is null or not an object.

In the end I had to go routing around for all the spans with an id whos ending substring(length-9, length-1)  contained 'TabPanel'.

I'm having a similar problem hiding the first tab on load to be shown when needed latter.

 
$find('<%=Tabs.ClientID%>').get_tabs()[0].set_enabled(false);

Works fine if wrapped in a function and called from a control. but if I try to lay it on the page to be called while loading :/ no success.

p.s. you missed your closing single quote ;) but I'll forgive you. 

veloearl:

Try adding a handler to the Sys.Application.Load event, and invoking your function there.  Application.Load occurs later in the client page lifecycle, e.g., after the client-side components are instantiated.  This will probably fix your problem with the tab panel reference = null as well.

Sorry,

 
could you be a bit more expicit as I'm not sure where to access the Application.Load event from.

Cheers for your help 

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