Setting/getting ID of Tabs

[improwise]

Maybe I'm blind but I can't seem to find how to set and get ID of Tabs, thus making it much easier and more secure to control selection etc. via code, since using Indexes would most likely break if you reorder the tabs. Surely, there must be such an option? Currently, we are using the PageViewID as a substitute for this (as well as controlling the RadMultiView) but this requires the use of foreach() everywhere...

[Cori]

Hello Patrik,

According to Telerik documentation, the ID property for the RadTab is for internal use only.

You can use the RadTab's value property. It's better than the PageViewID, since you can select a tab by its value, FindTabByValue. You can then hold the PageViewID for the control you want and use the RadMultiPage's FindPageViewByID method, to get the corresponding PageView control and select it.

I hope that helps.

[improwise]

Thanks for your answer.

What we did was actually something like this:

if (theTab.PageViewID == "radPageViewCustomerService")

so we still used the PageViewID to feed the RadMultiView, but using the Value seems a much better choice if there is a FindTabByValue which I have to be honest and admit I was not aware of. 

[Kate]

Hello Patrik Johansson,

Please take a look at the following help article: RadTabStrip:FindTabByValue Method

Greetings,
Kate
the Telerik team

[improwise]

Thanks, we have already change to using the FindTabByID method, but it's good help for others who might be reading this.