RadTabStrip for ASP.NET AJAX implements a highly efficient semantic rendering, which uses list items and CSS instead of tables. As a result the HTML output is significantly reduced, which dramatically improves performance.

RadTabStrip for ASP.NET AJAX supports binding to all ASP.NET AJAX 2.0 declarative datasources (AccessDataSource, ObjectDataSource, SqlDataSource, SiteMapDataSource, XmlDataSource) as well as the new LinqDataSource.

RadTabStrip has a rich client-side API and comprehensive set of events guaranteeing full control over various functions performed on the client. You can easily add/delete/update items at the client side and all the changes will be persisted on the server as well. The rich client-side API provides unbeatable performance and desktop-like experience.

RadTabStrip is compliant with the XHTML 1.1 requirement. The control satisfies the requirements  of "Section 508" for software accessibility, as well as those of "Level AAA" (in accordance with the W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines). RadTabStrip also has full support for keyboard navigation with Shortcuts, Access Keys and Arrow-key navigation.

RadTabStrip completely follows the principles of Search Engine Optimization. The control's innovative rendering generates semantic lists and standard <a> tags, which are properly recognized and highly valued by search engines. As a result, all content accessible through this control will be automatically indexed and ranked with no extra effort required from the developer.

RadTabStrip provides rich design-time support functionality making customizations and configurations very easy. Some of the key capabilities are:

• Applying skins in design time and easily switching between them – the Choose Skin command in RadTabStrip Smart tag automatically detects the preset skins
• Item Builder dialog for easy inline creation
• Design-time support for declarative data sources Screenshot from VS

RadTabStrip gives you the freedom to style and customize the appearance of your tabstrip according to your scenarios. For example you can easily make tabs overlapping, insert images on your tabs, as well as define your tabs as separators.

      


Additionally RadTabStrip is shipped with a rich set of skins that allow you to easily build slick interfaces with the look-and-feel of Windows Vista, Office 2007, Outlook, etc. The skins can be easily switched using a single property.

You can achieve various tab configurations by combining the different types supported by RadTabStrip:

• Horizontal – you can set your tabstrip to be above or below the content

• Vertical – you can have your tabs rendered vertically, on the left or on the right of the content

• MultiRow – you can have your tabs arranged in several rows

• Scrolling - In case you have too many tabs, you can easily make the tabstrip scrollable by setting a single property.

• Hierarchical – you can easily build a multilevel tabstrip by defining the structure with the design-time builder.

RadMultiPage is a natively integrated control in RadTabStrip, which acts as a container for content. As the content is separated from the tabstrip labels, it can be positioned anywhere in the page. Using RadMultipage to render content independently of the tab gives developers more freedom in the authoring process.

RadTabStrip for ASP.NET AJAX provides full support for Right-to-Left languages.

You can embed any content inside a RadTabStrip or RadMultiPage template, including HTML markup and ASP.NET server controls, including the Telerik controls or other third-party controls.  Controls can be nested both in Visual Studio .NET Design mode and manually with the code.