Link to Spry Tabbed Panels Tab?

Is it possible to link to a specific Spy Tabbed Panels tab from another page?
Thanks.

It is possible to link to a specific tabbed panel from another page, may I suggest you use the following link to visit a post in the spry forum were you will find all the steps needed to do this.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/48312
Richard

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IE6 displays AutoSuggestions under Tabbed Panel tabs

Problem: I am using the autoSuggest widget on the same page
as tabbed panels. In FireFox, it works GREAT! In IE6, I have a
problem with the suggestions being under the tabbed panels tabs
(possibly under the tabbed panel tab group)... I found a suggestion
which stated to set the autosuggest to z-index: 2002, and set it to
absolute positioning, both of which I've done.
When I look at the source using the IE Dev Toolbar, I see the
following:
<DIV class="predictiveSuggestionDiv hideSuggestClass"
id="destinationSuggestionsDiv">
<DIV class="fieldText" spry:hover="highlight"
spry:suggest="Oak Harbor, WA">Oak Harbor, WA</DIV>
</DIV>
<IFRAME class="iframeSuggest" style="DISPLAY: none; LEFT:
0px; WIDTH: 245px; TOP: 20px; HEIGHT: 18px" src='javascript:"";'
frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></IFRAME>
Which leads me to believe that the autosuggest is not
actually inside the iFrame. While I found the styles for the
iframe, and set them, I did not find a way to tell spry to use the
iFrame. I was thinking that this might be the missing link, but I'm
not sure.
I've tried setting the TabbedPanelTab &
TabbedPanelTabGroup to z-index: 1, however the tabbed panels seem
to really want to be above everything else anyway. I do have the
iFrameSuggest class and I set it as suggested in another forum
entry to:
.iframeSuggest
position: absolute;
z-index: 2002;
filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
However, that does not seem to solve my problem in IE 6.
Any thoughts?

Problem: I am using the autoSuggest widget on the same page
as tabbed panels. In FireFox, it works GREAT! In IE6, I have a
problem with the suggestions being under the tabbed panels tabs
(possibly under the tabbed panel tab group)... I found a suggestion
which stated to set the autosuggest to z-index: 2002, and set it to
absolute positioning, both of which I've done.
When I look at the source using the IE Dev Toolbar, I see the
following:
<DIV class="predictiveSuggestionDiv hideSuggestClass"
id="destinationSuggestionsDiv">
<DIV class="fieldText" spry:hover="highlight"
spry:suggest="Oak Harbor, WA">Oak Harbor, WA</DIV>
</DIV>
<IFRAME class="iframeSuggest" style="DISPLAY: none; LEFT:
0px; WIDTH: 245px; TOP: 20px; HEIGHT: 18px" src='javascript:"";'
frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></IFRAME>
Which leads me to believe that the autosuggest is not
actually inside the iFrame. While I found the styles for the
iframe, and set them, I did not find a way to tell spry to use the
iFrame. I was thinking that this might be the missing link, but I'm
not sure.
I've tried setting the TabbedPanelTab &
TabbedPanelTabGroup to z-index: 1, however the tabbed panels seem
to really want to be above everything else anyway. I do have the
iFrameSuggest class and I set it as suggested in another forum
entry to:
.iframeSuggest
position: absolute;
z-index: 2002;
filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
However, that does not seem to solve my problem in IE 6.
Any thoughts?

Color of selected tab panel tab

Hello all,
I'd like to know the orange like color of the upper part of a selected tab panel tab, see the picture below.
Actually, these are two colors, orange and a darker, 'shaded' orange. I don't mind which color value I can obtain, but I'd like to use the same color for other controls (LED, decoration frame) as well.
Does this color depend on the Windows theme? If so, I'd be happy about a possibility of obtaining this property programmatically.
If this color is always the same, I can obtain it myself using Photoshop...
Thanks a lot,
Wolfgang
Solved!
Go to Solution.

When the panel has ATTR_CONFORM_TO_SYSTEM_THEME set, CVI lets Windows draw the tabs by calling DrawThemeBackground with partIDs such as TABP_TABITEM, etc. The picture that you posted is the XP theme. The Windows 7 theme is different and it looks like this...
I checked out the Windows function GetSysColor, but didn't see a way to get that color. Anyway, since the tabs draw differently on XP and Vista/Windows 7, you may not want to use that color in different controls.

Putting an icon in a Spry Tabbed Panels tab...

Hey everyone. I'm a beginner web designer working with Dreamweaver CS4 and having some issues with my spry tabbed panels. I am trying to place a small icon next to the label/title on one of the tabs. Unfortunately when I put the image in, it shows up below my tab's title as if there were a line break. I can't seem to get it on the same line as all of my tabs.
Here's a link to my test page: http://www.northpointindustries.com/Test/droppacker.htm
I'm using Cufon for the titles, in case that affects it...
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks so much.

Try
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style>
ul.TabbedPanelsTabGroup li:nth-child(2) {
background: url(http://www.northpointindustries.com/Test/images/vidcam.png) left top no-repeat;
padding-left: 30px;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="TabbedPanels1" class="TabbedPanels">
<ul class="TabbedPanelsTabGroup">
    <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="0">Tab 1</li>
    <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="0">Tab 2</li>
</ul>
<div class="TabbedPanelsContentGroup">
    <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 1</div>
    <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 2</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var TabbedPanels1 = new Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("TabbedPanels1");
</script>
</body>
</html>.
Change the value for each respective tab
Gramps

How do I put an image in a spry tabbed panels tab

Hello All,
I am currently working on a site with Spry Tabbed Panels.
One thing I'm not sure how to do is to put an image in each of the selecting tabs. I've done it before and I've forgot. I also have a site with an example of what I would like to do.
http://emilymagnuson.com
The tabs on this site were created with images inside of them. And I would like to know how to do it. I would like to make it work so the image changes when you click, hover, and deselect.
Thank you.

To put an image in the foreground, add it to your HTML code:
<li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="0">
<div style="margin-top:9px;"><img src="your_image_here.jpg">Contact</div>
</li>
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.js update of spry accordion panel tab data for countdown functionality

Hi,
First off I must say I really love the work done on CS3 and
the Spry Framework - loads of examples and nicely implemented!
Questions in a nutshell:
Can I change spry generated data on the fly so I can run a
.js counter function to dynamically update accordion panel data?
What event do I look for to fire a .js init function to see my new
spry widget (onPostLoad isn't working for me, but I'm a newbie!)?
* spry accordion
* {expire} dataset data is SQL DATETIME
* js countdown function CD_Init() searches DOM for specific
element IDs 'countdownN' and uses innerHTML to update counter at
specific interval
* observer onPostLoad seems to be calling CD_Init before
accordion DOM is loaded.
Verbose questions:
I am trying to tweek the output of a Spry Acoordion and
wanted to add a third party js counter to my accordion panel tab
and am having a bit of difficulty. The js code uses an innerHTML
statement to keep the counter going and supports multiple counters
(which I need to use one counter per tab). I build the multiple
counter id from the ds_RowID field which is where the parent div
element where the js changes the innerHTML. Can I do this? The .js
searches for elements w/ an ID of "countdownN", N = instance # and
a date format of '2007-09-08 00:00:00 GMT+00:00' and updates the
div's text with the countdown time. My {expire} record below is an
SQL DATETIME which is the correct format for this countdown.js
function (with the GMT-05:00 appended).
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<h3>Click on a special below from our <em>LIVE
FEED</em> to see all the up-to-the-moment
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<div class="AccordionPanelTab"
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spry:hover="AccordionPanelLabelHover"><?php echo '<div
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loading data..."></span></div> 
<div id="details" spry:state="ready"
spry:content="{detail}"></div> 
</div> 
</div> 
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</div> 
</div> 
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http://andrewu.co.uk/clj/countdown/
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spry ds_RowID.
I have added an observer to run the countdown's
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element instances) under my dataset declarations:
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Also tried to add the observer to a div surrounding the
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loaded (i.e. I used FF's webdeveloper and set a break on the
CD_Init function and it's breaking before the actual accordion is
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accordion. When I continue, the accordion is generated, but my
countdown isn't working because it looks to be firing before the
DOM is updated w/ the accordion elements.
Sorry for the long speil; I'm really a .js neophyte and just
starting w/ spry - so I'm not even sure if I can/should change the
HTML generated from spry. If not, is there anyway that I can have a
countdown timer for each accordion's tab panel's associated
{expire} data field? Any ideas and suggestions are greatly
appreciated!!
Thank you also for this forum - some great gems for
development here!

Sorry - the previous post is way too long.
Is it possible to tie in a javascript update function (a
counter update) to an element generated by a spry widget (a dataset
value that generates spry accordion tab text) so that the accordion
tab gets updated by the javascript function running under a
setinterval?
I've tried firing the javascript init function with an
observer on the accordion's onPostUpdate event, but it's getting
fired before the spry data is loaded. Is this something that's
possible? Sorry for my lack of javascript expertise! Relying on the
real experts here!
Thanks for any advice/pointers.

Images in Spry Tabbed Panels Tabs

I am completely new to the Spry options in Dreamweaver and
need help customizing the Tabs in the Spry Tabbed Panel.
I would like to substitute the text in each tab for a
different image in each tab, and have each image change by using
behaviors, depending on the user actions (hover, select, etc.).
If you can provide samples of this, it will truly be
appreciated. Thanks

First add an ID to the tab as follows or similar
<h2 id="second">Tab 2</h2>
Then add a style rule to add a background image as follows or similar
.TabbedPanelsTab#second {
background:url(myImage.gif);
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One small note before your Ben's advice;
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As you see in this link
Tab
Problem i have a problem the tabbed panel widget. The tab seems
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Hi,
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Thanks

Did you check out the source code for that those panels?
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/slidingpanels/sp_withTabs.js
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How to disable a tabbed panel tab?

Hi,
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Thanks for your help!

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
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<hr>
<div id="TabbedPanels1" class="TabbedPanels">
<ul class="TabbedPanelsTabGroup">
    <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="0">Tab 1</li>
    <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="1">Tab 2</li>
</ul>
<div class="TabbedPanelsContentGroup">
    <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 1</div>
    <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 2</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.js"></script>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryDOMUtils.js"></script>
<script>
function hideTab2() {
    Spry.$$('li[tabindex="1"]').setStyle("visibility: hidden;")
function showTab2() {
    Spry.$$('li[tabindex="1"]').setStyle("visibility: visible;")
var TabbedPanels1 = new Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("TabbedPanels1");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Gramps

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Thanks folks from an l-plater but I've totally confused myself trying to work this out and I'm hoping some fresh eyes will see the answer clear as day. I've created a spry accordion menu with links in the actual panel tabs. Menu and links all working fine - problem is in css styling, particularly panel tab link open and hover states which should be blue text over green background, same as non-link panel tabs. You'll see from code that I've tried a few styles but can't get this to work. I'm thinking I've totally overdone it and some styles are overriding others and solution is a simple deletion of some unnecessary or conflicting styles.
Thanks so much in advance for your help - I just can't see for looking any more though I'm sure it can't be hard.
<div id="sidebar1">
<div id="Accordion1" class="Accordion">
<div class="AccordionPanel">
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<div class="AccordionPanel">
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    <div class="AccordionPanelContent">
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    <li><a href="PhotoGallery.html">Gallery 1</a></li>
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</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
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    <div class="AccordionPanelContent">
    <ul>
    <li><a href="Newsletter.html">February 2010</a></li>
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</div>
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</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
    <div class="AccordionPanelTab"><a href="Merchandise.html" onclick="window.location = this.href">Merchandise</a></div>
</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
    <div class="AccordionPanelTab"><a href="Links.html" onclick="window.location = this.href">Links</a></div>
</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
    <div class="AccordionPanelTab"><a href="Events.html" onclick="window.location = this.href">Events</a></div>
</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
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    <ul>
    <li><a href="">Joining Instructions</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Enrolment</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Next of Kin</a></li>
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    </div>
</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
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</div>
<div class="AccordionPanel">
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    </div>
    </div>
</div>
</div>
.AccordionPanel {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
.AccordionPanelTab {
background-color: #036;
border-bottom: 1px #93b747 solid;
margin: 0px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
font-size: 12px;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionPanelTabOpen {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionPanelTabHover {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #036;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a {
color: #93b747;
margin: 0px;
font-size: 12px;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a.open {
font-color: #036;
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a.active {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionPanelTab a.hover {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a.close {
color: #93b747;
background-color: #036;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelContent {
margin: 0px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 12px;
background: #fff;
font-size: 12px;
color: #036;
font-weight: 500;
.AccordionPanelContent ul li {
margin-left: -40px;
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
background: #fff;
font-size: 12px;
color: #036;
font-weight: 500;
text-decoration: none;
list-style-type:none;
list-style:none;
.AccordionPanelContent ul li a:link {
color: #036;
text-decoration: none;
list-style-type:none;
list-style:none;
.AccordionPanelContent ul li a:hover {
color: #036;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionPanelContent ul li a:visited {
color: #036;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
background: #93b747;
border-bottom: 1px solid #036;
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab.a {
color: #036;
background: #93b747;
border-bottom: 1px solid #036;
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTabHover {
color: #036;
font-weight: bold;
.AccordionPanelOpen.a .AccordionPanelTabHover.a {
color: #036;
font-weight: 600;
.AccordionFocused .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
font-weight: 600;
a.AccordionFocused .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
font-weight: 600;
.AccordionFocused .AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
font-weight: 600;
a.AccordionFocused .AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
font-weight: 600;

Yes Beth, you're right and I've corrected my css - I think - problem with AccordionPanelTab link open and hover states still happening so css still wrong. I've uploaded site so you can see what's happening (www.11acu.org). All tab states should be as per Photo Gallery, Newsletters and Forms. Hover state in tab links seem okay until mouse moves away from "a href" block - rest of tab area not working so its like the two styles, ie "AccordionPanelTab" and "AccordionPanelTab a:hover" are both working at the same time but I only want the latter to work. Now I've probably got you confused as well! lol Apologies! Recreated css for tab links below. Html same as in original post. Any help much appreciated.
.AccordionPanelTab {
color: #93b747;
background-color: #036;
border-bottom: solid 1px #93b747;
margin: 0px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
.AccordionPanelTab a {
color: #93b747;
background-color: #036;
margin: 0px;
padding-left: -10px;
padding-top: -2px;
padding-bottom: -2px;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a:link {
color: #93b747;
background-color: #036;
margin: 0px;
padding-left: -10px;
padding-top: -2px;
padding-bottom: -2px;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a:hover {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
margin: 0px;
padding-left: -10px;
padding-top: -2px;
padding-bottom: -2px;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelTab a:active {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
margin: 0px;
padding-left: -10px;
padding-top: -2px;
padding-bottom: -2px;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
display: block;
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
border-bottom: solid 1px #036;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionPanelTabHover {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: solid 1px #036;
.AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTabHover {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
.AccordionFocused .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #93b747;
background-color: #036;
text-decoration: none;
.AccordionFocused .AccordionPanelOpen .AccordionPanelTab {
color: #036;
background-color: #93b747;
border-bottom: solid 1px #036;
text-decoration: none;

Spry Menus on Spry Tabbed Panels?

Hi,
I'm designing a site that has major tabs at the top, each of which takes the visitor to an appropriate section of the site... each with a default section overview page and a horizontal nav menu that's appropriate for that section. (This design is similar to going to a site like AT&T and clicking on top tabs for Home, Small Business or Enterprise. Once you've done so, the menu below then presents links appropriate to the Home, Small Business or Enterprise products.) I've been trying to implement this by putting instances of Spry Menus in Spry Tabbed Panels within the TabbedPanelsContentGroup div. Specifically, I have the MenuBarHorizontal class is each TabbedPanelsContent div/class.
I have the basic layout working, but the wiring is mystifying me. Clicking the various tabs indeed presents the correct corresponding menus. But I also need to figure out how to make clicking a section tab go to the section overview page (which happens to also correspond the first menu item, "Overview", in each section). There's no real <a href> kind of option that's apparent in conjunction with the TabbedPanelTabs in the TabbedPanelsGroup. Is there a way to force a particular page to display when switching tabs? Or am I trying to use the wrong tool for the job and there's a better technical approach to implementing this design?
I've tried David Powers' blog entry re "Opening Specific Tabs and Panels from Another Page" (http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/spry_url_utils.php), but it describes exactly what the title implies.
Thanks!
Jeffrey

Hi, Jeffrey,
I think I'm going to need to diagram this out!
Let's see...when you say "major tabs at the top" are you referring to a separate MenuBar or are you speaking of Spry Tabbed Panels?
You of course realize that if you are speaking of Spry Tabbed Panels, that EVERYTHING on the panels is on one page. If that is your main organization, yeah, it's a little hairy.
Now, if you have a "normal" one-level set of nav buttons that each takes you to a page that contains a set of Tabbed Panels for that "department," that will get you where you need to be without quite as much mind-blowing follow-the-wire through the wall hijinks, if you know what I mean.
Here is a site that I put together using Spry Tabbed Panels: http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/index.html Although the top "tabs" nav looks like Tabbed Panels tabs, the Tabbed Panels don't start until you get inside the site, and there I use Vertical tabs (on the left side) and on the Panels have put lots of Spry Accordions.
By using this technique, you have an effective "landing page" on each "department" linked to with the top navigation buttons.
Best of luck, and watch out for short-circuits!
Beth

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