uiextras.TabPanel

1.4: uiextras.TabPanel

Arrange elements in a panel with tabs for selecting which is visible

obj = uiextras.TabPanel( ): creates a panel with tabs along one edge to allow selection between the different child objects contained.
obj = uiextras.TabPanel( prop, value, ... ): also sets one or more property values.

uiextras.TabPanel properties

Property	Value	Description
`BackgroundColor`	`colorspec`	The color to use for exposed areas of the layout background. This can be an RGB triple (e.g. [0 0 1]) or a colour name (e.g. 'b').
`BeingDeleted`	[ on \| off ]	is the object in the process of being deleted.
`Callback`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the selected tab is changed. The event-data supplied has fields `PreviousChild` and `SelectedChild` giving the previously selected and newly selected tab indices.
`Children`	handle array	List of child objects within this layout (note that this can only be set to permutations of itself).
`DeleteFcn`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the layout is being deleted
`Enable`	[ on \| off ]	Is interaction with this layout enabled? Note that changing the enable property will cause all children contained to also be enabled/disabled, however since they can be individually re-enabled the state of this property does not reflect the state of the children. See the enable example for more details.
`FontAngle`	[ normal \| italic \| oblique ]	Title font angle.
`FontName`	string	Title font name (e.g. Arial, Helvetica etc).
`FontSize`	positive integer	Title font size.
`FontUnits`	[ inches \| centimeters \| normalized \| points \| pixels ]	Title font units for measuring size.
`FontWeight`	[ light \| normal \| demi \| bold ]	Title font weight.
`ForegroundColor`	`colorspec`	Title font color and/or color of 2-D border line.
`HighlightColor`	`colorspec`	3-D frame highlight color.
`ShadowColor`	`colorspec`	3-D frame shadow color.
`IsMinimized`	logical	Is this panel in a minimized state.
`MinimizeFcn`	function handle	Function to call when panel is minimized or maximized.
`Padding`	positive integer	Number of pixels of extra space around the outside of the layout.
`Parent`	handle	The handle of the parent figure or container.
`Position`	[x y w h]	The position (x,y) and size (w,h) of the layout.
`SelectedChild`	positive integer or empty	Which child is visible.
`TabSize`	positive integer	Size (width) of the tabs in pixels (default 50).
`TabEnable`	cell array of [ on \| off ]	A list of the enabled state of each tab (default is all 'on').
`TabNames`	cell array of strings	A list of the names of the tabs with one entry per tab.
`Tag`	string	A string that can be used to identify this object later.
`Type`	string	the object type (class).
`Units`	[ inches \| centimeters \| normalized \| points \| pixels \| characters ]	The units of measurement for position the layout within its parent.
`Visible`	[ on \| off ]	Is the object visible on screen.

For example:

f = figure();
p = uiextras.TabPanel( 'Parent', f, 'Padding', 5 );
uicontrol( 'Parent', p, 'Background', 'r' );
uicontrol( 'Parent', p, 'Background', 'b' );
uicontrol( 'Parent', p, 'Background', 'g' );
p.TabNames = {'Red', 'Blue', 'Green'};
p.SelectedChild = 2;

See also:

uiextras.Panel - for creating a more standard panel
uiextras.BoxPanel - for creating a panel with boxed title