Selected tabs and Image Urls

[Kevin Neumann]

I have two issues with current release of the RibbonBar.

Is there a way to set the selected tab programmatically?  For instance, say the ribbonbar has 3 tabs, Home, Issues, and Setup.  A button on the setup ribbon, has a button that causes a postback.  Upon postback, there doesn't appear to be a way to programmatically set a tab as selected.  It would be nice if there was a .Selected property that was accessible.

The second issue is with the image urls.  It appears that the current property doesn't observe the virtual path ("~/"). I can workaround this with the following, but it is pretty ugly:

For Each t As RibbonBarTab In Me.RibbonBar.Tabs
    If t.Text = "Issue Tracker" Then
        For Each g As RibbonBarGroup In t.Groups
            If g.ID = "rbgIssueTracker" Then
                For Each b As RibbonBarButton In g.Items
                    Select Case b.ID
                        Case "btnIssueTracker_MyIssues"
                            Me.btnIssueTracker_MyIssues.ImageUrlLarge = ResolveUrl("~/img/toolbar/myissues.png")
                        Case "btnIssueTracker_AddIssue"
                            Me.btnIssueTracker_AddIssue.ImageUrlLarge = ResolveUrl("~/img/toolbar/addnew.png")
                        Case "btnIssueTracker_ProjectSummary"
                            Me.btnIssueTracker_ProjectSummary.ImageUrlLarge = ResolveUrl("~/img/toolbar/projectsummary.png")
                        Case "btnIssueTracker_Roadmap"
                            Me.btnIssueTracker_Roadmap.ImageUrlLarge = ResolveUrl("~/img/toolbar/roadmap.png")
                        Case "btnIssueTracker_ChangeLog"
                            Me.btnIssueTracker_ChangeLog.ImageUrlLarge = ResolveUrl("~/img/toolbar/changelog.png")
                    End Select
                Next
            ElseIf g.ID = "rbgIssueTrackerAdministration" Then
                For Each b As RibbonBarButton In g.Items
                    Select Case b.ID
                        Case "btnIssueTracker_Administration"
                            Me.btnIssueTracker_Administration.ImageUrlLarge = ResolveUrl("~/img/toolbar/administration.png")
                    End Select
                Next
            End If
        Next
    End If
Next

This works, but as you can see, it isn't very straightforward because there doesn't appear to be any FindButtonById/FindButtonByText property.

I am missing something in the current release?  Or are these feature planned for the future?

[Simon]

Hi Kevin Neumann,

Currently there is no way to set the selected Tab and we will implement this for the Service Pack. We are aware of the ImageUrl issue and will fix it in the next few weeks. Finally the Find- method are also coming with the SP.

I updated your Telerik points for your suggestion.

Kind regards,
Simon
the Telerik team

[Siingh]

Hi Telerik
I checked PITS and so far no info regarding Selected Tab Method in RadRibbonbar. are you going to add this method where i can specify selectedTab in RibbonBar from serverside?

i want to use this ribbonbar but so far i cant use it as this feature is really important to me.


Kind Regards:

[Simon]

Hello Siingh,

Yes, we will be adding the SelectedTabIndex property to RadRibbonBar for the upcoming Service Pack. The feature is also added in PITS. I hope this helps.

Regards,
Simon
the Telerik team

[Arnaud]

Hello Telerik,

I've installed SP1 version (2011/04/13) and I don't see any SelectedTabIndex property for Tabs. When do you think you will add this functionality ? It's really a need.
Thanks

[Jason]

I need the same functionality as well. If it is in the service pack, please tell me how to set it.

[Siingh]

Hi Telerik
please reply, you said SelectedTabIndex will be in SP1 why still not available after upgrade to SP1?

reply to us its urgent, i really need to use ribbon asap



Kind Regards:

[Simon]

Hello Siingh,

We implemented the property shortly after the release as we were fixing some critical bugs in the control. Fortunately, tomorrow's internal build will contain the feature, so please upgrade when it is out.

I hope this helps.

All the best,
Simon
the Telerik team

[Jen]

I just referenced the new dll in the latest internal build (hoping to get the tab selected option) and I get a bunch of javascript errors, first one saying that Telerik is not defined.

[Simon]

Hello Jen,

I just verified the internal build from April 18 and it worked fine.

It is possible that the requests for the web resources are failing on your side for some reason. Can you capture the requests of your page with FiddlerCap and provide a link to the logs here or attach a screenshot of the Net tab of FireBug?

Greetings,
Simon
the Telerik team

[Arnaud]

Hello The "SelectedTabIndex" property has appeared with the new 2011.1.510.40 hotfix. It works well.
Thanks.