Selected Tab Not Working

[Robert]

I have a simple scenario where I have a tab strip on a materpage. Each tab has its NavigateURL set for a specific page. When I click on a tab I would like the tab to show its selected state when the page loads. But this is not happening. Here is my code snippet.

	<telerik:RadTabStrip ID="RadTabStrip1" runat="server" MultiPageID="RadMultiPage1" AutoPostBack="false" SelectedIndex="0" CssClass="tabStrip">
	<Tabs>
	<telerik:RadTab Text="Tools" NavigateUrl="../../pages/tools.aspx">
	</telerik:RadTab>
	<telerik:RadTab Text="Washers" NavigateUrl="../../pages/washers.aspx">
	</telerik:RadTab>
	</Tabs>
	</telerik:RadTabStrip>
	</div>
	<div id="ContentContainer">
	<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderMain" Visible="true" runat="server" />
	<div class="clear"></div>
	</div>

[Paul]

Hello Robert,

Please refer to this example that shows how to achieve your goal.

Greetings,
Paul
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[Robert]

I have looked at that example before. My problem is that I do not understand how my solution will work with a multipage control when I have one content placeholder for my all my content pages. If I wrap the contentplaceholder control within one multipageview it does not work.

<telerik:RadTabStrip ID="RadTabStrip1" runat="server" MultiPageID="RadMultiPage1" AutoPostBack="false" SelectedIndex="0" CssClass="tabStrip">
                 <Tabs>
                     <telerik:RadTab Text="Tools" NavigateUrl="../../pages/tools.aspx">
                     </telerik:RadTab>
                     <telerik:RadTab Text="Washers" NavigateUrl="../../pages/washers.aspx">
                     </telerik:RadTab>
                 </Tabs>
        </telerik:RadTabStrip>
        </div>
        <div id="ContentContainer">
<telerik:RadMultiPage runat="server" ID="RadMultiPage1" SelectedIndex="0">
            <telerik:RadPageView ID="RadePageView1" runat="server">

                    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="PlaceHolderMain" Visible="true" runat="server" />
</telerik:RadPageView>
        </telerik:RadMultiPage>

            <div class="clear"></div>
        </div>

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Robert Johnson,

Since the unique content is in a separate content page you don't need a multipage control at all. Multipage is suitable in scenarios where all page views reside in the same ASPX.

Regards,
Albert
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[Robert]

Hello Albert. Thanks for the quick reply. If I remove the multipage control, then I do not get the type of behavior I am looking for. When I click on a tab and that page loads into the contentplaceholder control, I want the tab to show its selected state. It seems to be defaulting to its initial state.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Robert Johnson,

This is by design. RadTabStrip can retain its selected tabs only within the same ASPX (for example after postback). In cases when you redirect between different ASPX-es you need the workaround which we suggested earlier - http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/tabstrip/examples/applicationscenarios/sitenavigation/defaultcs.aspx

Regards,
Albert
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