When this processing completes I need to set focus on a different tab in the PageMultiPage and that new tab needs to requery the database and refresh its dislayed contents ... in essence a postback to query the database and display current values in a RadGrid.
Is there a way to trigger this navigation and postback on the the new tab? Is there a way to cause a postback when the user changes tabs?
If so, please list code example on how to do this.
Thanks.
5 Answers, 1 is accepted
By default when you set the AutoPostBack property of the RadTabStrip to "True" a post-back occurs when you click on a tab. Also you could use the server-side TabClick event which is fired when you click on a tab.
Greetings,
Dimitar Terziev
the Telerik team
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using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace WebWithTelerik
{
public partial class MultiTab2 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void RadButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Session["CategoryID"] = TextBox1.Text;
}
}
}
Is there some way to have a server-side event in a tab cause navigation to a different tab? The tabs are 2 seperate aspx pages.
For example, a button click in tab2 should cause focus to go to tab1.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="MultiPage.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebWithTelerik.MultiPage" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<
html
xmlns
=
"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>
<
head
runat
=
"server"
>
<
title
></
title
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
form
id
=
"form1"
runat
=
"server"
>
<
div
>
<
telerik:RadScriptManager
ID
=
"RadScriptManager1"
runat
=
"server"
>
</
telerik:RadScriptManager
>
<
telerik:RadTabStrip
ID
=
"RadTabStrip1"
runat
=
"server"
MultiPageID
=
"RadMultiPage1"
SelectedIndex
=
"0"
AutoPostBack
=
"True"
>
<
Tabs
>
<
telerik:RadTab
runat
=
"server"
Text
=
"Tab # 1"
Owner
=
"RadTabStrip1"
Selected
=
"True"
>
</
telerik:RadTab
>
<
telerik:RadTab
runat
=
"server"
Text
=
"Tab # 2"
>
</
telerik:RadTab
>
</
Tabs
>
</
telerik:RadTabStrip
>
<
telerik:RadMultiPage
ID
=
"RadMultiPage1"
runat
=
"server"
SelectedIndex
=
"0"
Height
=
"800px"
EnableEmbeddedScripts
=
"true"
Width
=
"402px"
>
<
telerik:RadPageView
ID
=
"Tab1"
runat
=
"server"
ContentUrl
=
"~/MultiTab1.aspx"
Height
=
"800px"
Width
=
"948px"
>
</
telerik:RadPageView
>
<
telerik:RadPageView
ID
=
"Tab2"
runat
=
"server"
ContentUrl
=
"~/MultiTab2.aspx"
>
</
telerik:RadPageView
>
</
telerik:RadMultiPage
>
</
div
>
</
form
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="MultiTab1.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebWithTelerik.MultiTab1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<
html
xmlns
=
"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>
<
head
runat
=
"server"
>
<
title
></
title
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
form
id
=
"form1"
runat
=
"server"
>
<
telerik:RadScriptManager
ID
=
"RadScriptManager1"
runat
=
"server"
>
</
telerik:RadScriptManager
>
<
div
>
<
telerik:RadGrid
ID
=
"RadGrid1"
runat
=
"server"
CellSpacing
=
"0"
DataSourceID
=
"SqlDataSource1"
GridLines
=
"None"
OnItemCommand
=
"RadGrid1_ItemCommand"
Skin
=
"Forest"
>
<
MasterTableView
AllowPaging
=
"True"
AllowSorting
=
"True"
AutoGenerateColumns
=
"False"
DataSourceID
=
"SqlDataSource1"
>
<
CommandItemSettings
ExportToPdfText
=
"Export to PDF"
></
CommandItemSettings
>
<
RowIndicatorColumn
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter RowIndicator column"
>
<
HeaderStyle
Width
=
"20px"
></
HeaderStyle
>
</
RowIndicatorColumn
>
<
ExpandCollapseColumn
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter ExpandColumn column"
>
<
HeaderStyle
Width
=
"20px"
></
HeaderStyle
>
</
ExpandCollapseColumn
>
<
Columns
>
<
telerik:GridBoundColumn
DataField
=
"CategoryName"
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter CategoryName column"
HeaderText
=
"CategoryName"
SortExpression
=
"CategoryName"
UniqueName
=
"CategoryName"
>
</
telerik:GridBoundColumn
>
<
telerik:GridBoundColumn
DataField
=
"ProductName"
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter ProductName column"
HeaderText
=
"ProductName"
SortExpression
=
"ProductName"
UniqueName
=
"ProductName"
>
</
telerik:GridBoundColumn
>
<
telerik:GridBoundColumn
DataField
=
"UnitPrice"
DataType
=
"System.Decimal"
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter UnitPrice column"
HeaderText
=
"UnitPrice"
SortExpression
=
"UnitPrice"
UniqueName
=
"UnitPrice"
>
</
telerik:GridBoundColumn
>
<
telerik:GridBoundColumn
DataField
=
"UnitsInStock"
DataType
=
"System.Int16"
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter UnitsInStock column"
HeaderText
=
"UnitsInStock"
SortExpression
=
"UnitsInStock"
UniqueName
=
"UnitsInStock"
>
</
telerik:GridBoundColumn
>
<
telerik:GridBoundColumn
DataField
=
"UnitsOnOrder"
DataType
=
"System.Int16"
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter UnitsOnOrder column"
HeaderText
=
"UnitsOnOrder"
SortExpression
=
"UnitsOnOrder"
UniqueName
=
"UnitsOnOrder"
>
</
telerik:GridBoundColumn
>
</
Columns
>
<
EditFormSettings
>
<
EditColumn
FilterControlAltText
=
"Filter EditCommandColumn column"
>
</
EditColumn
>
</
EditFormSettings
>
</
MasterTableView
>
<
FilterMenu
EnableImageSprites
=
"False"
>
</
FilterMenu
>
<
HeaderContextMenu
CssClass
=
"GridContextMenu GridContextMenu_Default"
>
</
HeaderContextMenu
>
</
telerik:RadGrid
>
<
asp:SqlDataSource
ID
=
"SqlDataSource1"
runat
=
"server"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Alphabetical list of products] WHERE ([CategoryID] = @CategoryID)">
<
SelectParameters
>
<
asp:SessionParameter
DefaultValue
=
"1"
Name
=
"CategoryID"
SessionField
=
"CategoryID"
Type
=
"Int32"
/>
</
SelectParameters
>
</
asp:SqlDataSource
>
<
asp:TextBox
ID
=
"TextBox1"
runat
=
"server"
></
asp:TextBox
>
<
br
/>
<
br
/>
</
div
>
</
form
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="MultiTab2.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebWithTelerik.MultiTab2" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<
html
xmlns
=
"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>
<
head
runat
=
"server"
>
<
title
></
title
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
form
id
=
"form1"
runat
=
"server"
>
<
telerik:RadScriptManager
ID
=
"RadScriptManager1"
runat
=
"server"
>
</
telerik:RadScriptManager
>
<
div
>
<
asp:Label
ID
=
"Label1"
runat
=
"server"
Text
=
"Category Number:"
></
asp:Label
>
<
asp:TextBox
ID
=
"TextBox1"
runat
=
"server"
>1</
asp:TextBox
>
<
telerik:RadButton
ID
=
"RadButton1"
runat
=
"server"
OnClick
=
"RadButton1_Click"
Text
=
"Click here"
>
</
telerik:RadButton
>
</
div
>
</
form
>
</
body
>
</
html
>

<telerik:RadTabStrip ID="smid" runat="server" MultiPageID="RadMultiPage1" Orientation="VerticalLeft"
EnableEmbeddedSkins="False" Width="175px" Skin="smSkin" ReorderTabsOnSelect="true"
OnTabClick="rtbstMain_TabClick" >
<Tabs>
<telerik:RadTab runat="server" Text="tab1" Value="tab1" >
</telerik:RadTab>
...
</tabs></radtab>
i am selecting in code behind of page(which has this usercontrol and many other user controls) using
radtabstrip.tabs[smtabindex].selected=true.
it shows it is selected but it is not highlighted in UI. Please help.
You can try a client side solution.
MultiTab2.aspx:
<script type=
"text/javascript"
>
function
OnClientClicked(sender) {
top.selectFirstTab();
}
</script>
<div>
<asp:Label ID=
"Label1"
runat=
"server"
Text=
"Category Number:"
></asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox ID=
"TextBox1"
runat=
"server"
>1</asp:TextBox>
<telerik:RadButton ID=
"RadButton1"
runat=
"server"
Text=
"Click here"
AutoPostBack=
"true"
OnClick=
"RadButton1_Click"
OnClientClicked=
"OnClientClicked"
>
</telerik:RadButton>
</div>
Default.aspx
<script type=
"text/javascript"
>
function
selectFirstTab() {
var
tabstrip = $find(
'<%=RadTabStrip1.ClientID %>'
);
tabstrip.get_allTabs()[0].set_selected(
true
);
}
</script>
<telerik:RadTabStrip ID=
"RadTabStrip1"
runat=
"server"
MultiPageID=
"RadMultiPage1"
SelectedIndex=
"0"
AutoPostBack=
"True"
>
<Tabs>
<telerik:RadTab runat=
"server"
Text=
"Tab # 1"
Owner=
"RadTabStrip1"
Selected=
"True"
>
</telerik:RadTab>
<telerik:RadTab runat=
"server"
Text=
"Tab # 2"
>
</telerik:RadTab>
</Tabs>
</telerik:RadTabStrip>
<telerik:RadMultiPage ID=
"RadMultiPage1"
runat=
"server"
SelectedIndex=
"0"
Height=
"800px"
EnableEmbeddedScripts=
"true"
Width=
"402px"
>
<telerik:RadPageView ID=
"Tab1"
runat=
"server"
ContentUrl=
"MultiTab1.aspx"
Height=
"800px"
Width=
"948px"
>
</telerik:RadPageView>
<telerik:RadPageView ID=
"Tab2"
runat=
"server"
ContentUrl=
"MultiTab2.aspx"
>
</telerik:RadPageView>
</telerik:RadMultiPage>
Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team
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<telerik:RadCodeBlock>
<script type="text/javascript">
function selectFirstTab() {
var tabstrip = $find('<%=RadTabStrip1.ClientID %>');
tabstrip.get_allTabs()[0].set_selected(true);
}
</script>
</telerik:RadCodeBlock>