formContext.ui.tabs (Client API reference)

A tab is a group of sections on a page. It contains properties and methods to manipulate tabs as well as access to sections within the tab through the sections collection.

You can retrieve a tab object (say tabObj) by using the following example code:

var tabObj = formContext.ui.tabs.get(arg);

Properties

sections: The sections collection provides access to sections within the tab. See Collections (Client API reference) for information about methods to access the sections in the collection. See formContext.ui.tabs section for information about the properties and methods of the section objects in the collection.

Methods

Name Description
addTabStateChange Adds a function to be called when the TabStateChange event occurs.
getContentType Returns the content type.
getDisplayState Gets display state of the tab.
getLabel Returns the label for the tab.
getName Returns the name of the tab.
getParent Returns the formContext.ui object containing the tab.
getVisible Returns a value that indicates whether the tab is currently visible.
removeTabStateChange Removes a function to be called when the TabStateChange event occurs.
setContentType Sets the content type.
setDisplayState Sets display state of the tab.
setFocus Sets the focus on the tab.
setLabel Sets the label of the tab.
setVisible Sets a value that indicates whether the tab is visible.

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