uix.TabPanel

1.4: uix.TabPanel

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

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

uix.TabPanel properties

Property	Value	Description
`BackgroundColor`	`colorspec`	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	Deletion status.
`Contents`	empty GraphicsPlaceholder array \| array of graphics objects	Children within this layout, regardless of HandleVisibility. Note that this can only be set to permutations of itself.
`DeleteFcn`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the layout is being deleted.
`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`	empty GraphicsPlaceholder array \| figure \| container	Parent of the layout.
`Position`	[x y w h]	Position (x,y) and size (w,h) within figure or container.
`Selection`	positive integer or empty	Which child is visible.
`SelectionChangedFcn`	`function_handle`	Function to call when the selected tab is changed. The event-data supplied has fields `OldValue` and `NewValue` giving the previously selected and newly selected tab indices.
`TabContextMenus`	cell array of context menus	The context menu (or []) for each tab.
`TabEnables`	cell array of on \| off	A list of the enabled state of each tab (default is all 'on').
`TabTitles`	cell array of strings	A list of the names of the tabs with one entry per tab.
`TabWidth`	positive integer	Width of each tab in pixels (default 50).
`Tag`	string	Tag to associate with layout.
`Type`	string	Type of graphics object.
`Units`	inches \| centimeters \| normalized \| points \| pixels \| characters	Position units.
`Visible`	on \| off	Visibility.

For example:

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

See also:

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