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Re: Multi-line Tab control?

At 2:45 PM -0500 1/12/02, Randall Meadows wrote:
Is it possible to put the tabs of a tab control onto multiple rows of tabs, instead of them all in one (and in my case, very long) straight line?

I need to have 12 tabs, and even using the small font, it takes over 700 pixels to display them all. And since this isn't the only large-ish control in the window, it simply is just too big.

And, no, there really is no way to break up the tabs into different windows, logically.

Any ideas?

If you need that groups of items, use some other UI mechanism - please don't make multiple rows of tabs. Despite the fact that Microsoft has made these a "standard" in its apps, the "shuffling tabs" problem in multi-row tab controls results in an incredibly poor user experience.

Can you use a popup menu as a selector for different panes, or a scrolling list of icons? Both are better options if you need to select from many different panes.

- Jon
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