Changing currently selected tab programatically

[Jack]

Hello -

I thought this would be easy enough, and am still sure it must be, but .....

Can anyone post a snippet of:

1) How I would change the currently selected tab in a radribbonbar programatically?
2) Tell me which event gets fired when the selected tab changes?

My situation is that I have a standard windows tab control nested under the radribbonbar control. When the user changes the selected tab on the radribbonbar, I need to change the selected tab on the standard windows tab control as well.

Thanks much -
Jack

[Richard Slade]

Hello Jack,

this should answer both your questions. It shows how to select a tab, and also registering an event handler to show when the tab has changed.

Private Sub RadRibbonForm1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    AddHandler Me.RibbonTab1.PropertyChanged, AddressOf RibbonTab1_PropertyChanged
    Me.RibbonTab1.IsSelected = True
End Sub
Private Sub RibbonTab1_PropertyChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PropertyChangedEventArgs)
    If e.PropertyName = "IsSelected" Then
        MessageBox.Show("RibbonTab1 Selected")
    End If
End Sub

Let me know if you have any questions
Richard

[Richard Slade]

Hello,

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Thanks
Richard

[Jack]

Richard -

This doesn't seem to work; (maybe I lost something in the VB to C# conversion)

public Form1()
{
      InitializeComponent();
      this.radRibbonBar1.PropertyChanged += new PropertyChangedEventHandler(radRibbonBar1_PropertyChanged);
      this.ribbonTab1.IsSelected = true;
}

private void radRibbonBar1_PropertyChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
            // Never fires
}

However, the following event does fire, which achieves my goal:

 

private void radRibbonBar1_CommandTabSelected(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.CommandTabEventArgs args)
{
    if (args.CommandTab.Text == "foo1")
    {
    }
}

 

 

But I'm left wondering ..

Did I miss something in the translation, or is the CommandTabSelected event the one I should trap?

Thanks
Jack

[Richard Slade]

Hi Jack,

Yes, the problem in your code was that you were handling the event for the RadRibonBar, not the RibbonTab. The event is for each RibbonTab that you have in your RadRibbonBar, but I'm glad you have another solution which seems also to be fine.
regards,
Richard

[Jack]

Thanks Richard,

I went back and tested and your original solution works as well... sorry, havn't had my morning pot of coffee yet.

Thanks
Jack

[Richard Slade]

We all need our morning coffee Jack. Glad it helped. Your solution is fine too.
Thanks
Richard