How to create tabs in a region

Question

Can you tell me if it is possible to create a multi tab region. I wish to use the functionality available for tabs at page level but on a region within a page.

Answer 1

Hi,
That is actually something that I had to do not very long ago - the form page got so long that users wanted it divided into logical groupings of page items and then have a row of tabs along the top that allowed them to display these grouped items one group at a time.
What you need is a hidden page item called, as P1_REGION. Then, on your page, create a computation for this item that runs Before Header and sets this to a Static Assignment value of 1 - this computation should be conditional on P1_REGION being null (this just sets it to a default value of 1 when the page is first loaded).
Then, for each region on your page, you determine a region number that it will use. Make each region conditional on P1_REGION being this number - use the "Value of Item in Expression 1 equals Expression 2" condition - put P1_REGION in Expression 1 and your selected region number in Expression 2.
Now, on your list's defintion, you set "Set these Items" to P1_REGION and "With these values" to the appropriate region number for each list item.
Finally, to highlight which region is currently selected, on the list item, in the Current List Entry section, set "List Entry Current for Pages Type" to "Exists SQL Query" and the Condition to:
SELECT 1 FROM DUAL WHERE :P1_REGION = 1(adjust the value at the end as appropriate for each list item).
Andy