Sliding panels active link

Hi
So yeah. When using the sliding panels widget, I want to be
able to hightlight in the menu eg Prev 1 2 3 Next, which sliding
panel is currenly being viewed. This must work when either pressing
the page number or my clicking through using the Prev and Next
buttons.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jen

Did you check out the source code for that those panels?
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/slidingpanels/sp_withTabs.js
Als you see, they use a separate function to set active classes to the tabs. You can use the same functionality for your active link class.

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Hi,
I'm trying to change the appearance of the link, depending on the display panel. Panels change automatically after a certain period of time. I do not know: for example, how to recognize the current panel, and using an if statement to change the appearance of the link. I have such code:
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sp1.forward = true;
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        } else {
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I tried this::
var data = sp1.getCurrentPanel();
if(data.id == "panel_id")
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but it does not work...

Take a look at this topic: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2174795#2174795

Spry Sliding Panels - Next Link

I was hoping that someone might be able to give me a hand in
modifying the sample code for the Spry SlidingPanels from a
dataset.
I'm able to display 4 panels but the "Next" link in the
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{ds_RowCount}"><a href="#"
onclick="sp1.showPanel('p{nextStartIndex}'); return false;">Next
>></a></div>
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I need to rework that sample. The way I would make this a bit
easier for folks to adjust would be to make numberOfPanelsPerView
global. So in that example, modify the code that looks like this:
ds1.addObserver({ onPostLoad: function() {
var numberOfPanelsPerView = 2;
So that it looks like this:
var numberOfPanelsPerView = 2;
ds1.addObserver({ onPostLoad: function() {
And then change the markup that looks like this:
spry:if="{ds_RowNumber} % 2 == 0 &&
{prevStartIndex} >= 0"
spry:if="{ds_RowNumber} % 2 != 0 &&
{nextStartIndex} < {ds_RowCount}"
To look like this:
spry:if="{ds_RowNumber} % numberOfPanelsPerView == 0
&& {prevStartIndex} >= 0"
spry:if="{ds_RowNumber} % numberOfPanelsPerView != 0
&& {nextStartIndex} < {ds_RowCount}"
Then it would just be a matter of someone changing
numberOfPanelsPerView to 4:
var numberOfPanelsPerView = 4;
--== Kin ==--

Show Active Link with Spry Sliding Panels

Hi,
Whilst googling to a solution to my problem I came accross this sample:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/slidingpanels/SlidingPanels_withTabs.html
Is there anyway that simple HTML links that can be used instead of tabs? I have a navigation menu that contains links which link to specific panels using the ShowPanel() function, but once a panel is selected via one of these links, I want that link to become 'active' and display in a different colour.
So far I have this:
<a href="#" class="active" onclick="sp1.showPanel('p1'); return false;">Home</a><br />
<a href="#" onclick="sp1.showPanel('p2'); return false;">Latest News</a><br />
<a href="#" onclick="sp1.showPanel('p3'); return false;">FAQ's </a></div>
The 'active' class represents the link that is currently active, but I don't know how to dynamically switch the active link when another panel is selected.
Does anybody know how this could be achieved?
Thanks

Did you check out the source code for that those panels?
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/slidingpanels/sp_withTabs.js
Als you see, they use a separate function to set active classes to the tabs. You can use the same functionality for your active link class.

Sliding Panels: displaying active panel number, total panel count, etc.

I have an XML-generated Sliding Panels widget. How do I fetch the active panel number, total panel count, and disable Previous/Next buttons based on panel's place in the sequence?
In other words:
Panel 1 of 3 | < Previous (disabled) | Next >
Panel 1 (active)
Panel 2
Panel 3

I've not seen an example of exactly what you're trying to do, but take a look at the code for this page:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/slidingpanels/SlidingPanelsFromData.html
It dynamically builds up the sliding panel from data and dynamically creates the list of numbered links based upon the number of panels.
In a quick look, there isn't a method of the Sliding panel object which tells you the index of the current panel, but you can get that by calling getCurrentPanel() and then loop over the panels which you can obtain by getContentPanels() and checking against each panel to see if it is the current panel and then that's the index of your current panel. From there you can set the "(active)" label and enable and disable the previous and next buttons, if you're at index 0, then disable previous and if your at getContentPanelsCount()-1 then you're at the end.

Linking to a specific SLIDING panel remotely

I'm trying to link to a specific SLIDING panel (not a tabbed
panel) from a remote link. I'm sure this can be done using
SpryURLUtils.js as I've successfully achieved the result with
tabbed panels. There's not as much online information on doing this
with sliding panels, though, and I've had no luck experimenting on
my own.
Can anyone help?
Here are two example pages of the pages in question:
http://www.studiohyperset.com/sandbox/aafd/impressionist.php
http://www.studiohyperset.com/sandbox/aafd/fullsizepgs/impressionist/stillLifeFlowers.htm
The user launches the second page from the first and should
be able to get back to the second sliding panel on the first page
by clicking "RETURN." Right now, when the user clicks "RETURN,"
s/he returns to the first slide in the sequence.
Thanks in advance for any help.

http://foundationphp.com/blog/2008/02/09/spry-tutorial-linking-to-a-non-default-panel/comm ent-page-1/
Comment 29: David Powers

Having trouble with flash and linking to Sliding panels - PLEASE help

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to a flash button I get confused. I have tried following
on (press) {
getURL("javascript:sp1.showPanel('panel1');");
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Thanks for your answer!
I have tried both sp1.ShowPanel('panel1'); and window.sp1.ShowPanel('panel1'); they both give blank window with [object]
I have found a solution that works in other browsers, but not in IE. Well basicly it works, but after a few clicks IE freezes.
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Hi, any help you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.
I'm redesigning my portfolio page, and am trying to use the sliding panels widget for the two gallery areas. Ideally, when you click the links in the Design area on the left side navigation section, a Sliding Panels Content Group containing all the design work slides should appear on the right side of the page. When you click the links in the Illustration area, a Sliding Panels Content Group containing all the illustration work slides should replace the Design group in the exact same location on the page. Similar to links appearing in an iframe, but without having to click links and upload a page in the frame for each image.
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I have two tabbed panels, tab one has a sliding panel function in it with 5 panels. I am wondering that when you are in tab 2 that you can have a button that clicks to tab 1 AND to sliding panel 3 at the same time? I can make them work independently, but can't get it to accomplish both. I don't have a site that I can post but I could dummy one up if that would help.
OK I have another scenario as well....
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Try this and adapt to your needs:
<!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>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Document sans nom</title>
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<link href="SpryAssets/SprySlidingPanels.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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   height: 200px;
   padding: 0px;
.SlidingPanelsContentGroup {
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   padding: 0px;
.SlidingPanelsContent {
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   padding: 0px;
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<ul class="TabbedPanelsTabGroup">
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    <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="0">Onglet 2</li>
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      <a href="#" onClick="sp1.showPanel(1);">Panel 2</a>
      <a href="#" onClick="sp1.showPanel(2);">Panel 3</a>
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                 <div id="content1" class="SlidingPanelsContent">The Content 1</div>
            <div id="content2" class="SlidingPanelsContent">The Content 2</div>
            <div id="content3" class="SlidingPanelsContent">The Content 3</div>
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How do i style an inactive navigation for sliding panel?

How can i style my navigation when they are not active(for example i would like to style my "previous" navigation arrow in a specific manner when there is no previous content to show)

With great difficulty. We must first determine the current panel and then, if the current panel is 0 then the previous button has to be changed and if the current panel matches the total number of panels, the next button has to be changed.
The following is a complete document that will work. Make sure you have all of the support (read JS) files in the allocated directory.
<!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">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<script src="SpryAssets/SpryDOMUtils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SprySlidingPanels.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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.disabled {color:#F00;}
</style>
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</head>
<body>
<a href="#" id="previousPanel" onclick="slidePreviousPanel();">Previous Panel</a> |
<a href="#" id="nextPanel" onclick="slideNextPanel()">Next Panel</a> |
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<div class="SlidingPanelsContentGroup">
    <div class="SlidingPanelsContent" id="p1">Panel 1</div>
    <div class="SlidingPanelsContent" id="p2">Panel 2</div>
    <div class="SlidingPanelsContent" id="p3">Panel 3</div>
    <div class="SlidingPanelsContent" id="p4">Panel 4</div>
    <div class="SlidingPanelsContent" id="p5">Panel 5</div>
    <div class="SlidingPanelsContent" id="p6">Panel 6</div>
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</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var sp1 = new Spry.Widget.SlidingPanels("panelwidget");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Gramps

Is it possible to get one sliding panel to automatically display a web site?

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Edit JS on spry sliding panels widget to fix auto panel height problem

Hi guys,
Ive been trying for a while to make the sliding panels widget
show each panel in its own height instead of the longest panel's height in the container.
I tried reading all the js file to play with it and find a solution but the truth is i dont know how to do what i want.
I do, however, have a list of things that i believe if implemented should work,
could you help me do these fixes on the js? ( any one you know how to or think will work )
1. edit so that: Panels dont have any height ( or panel content display none ) if it isnt current panel. If current panel is "id:1" the assume class 1 style properties. As soon as it looses focus/"currentpanel" class it looses its class 1 properties. And the new current panel ("id:2") assumes its own class 2 properties. And so on.
2. edit so that: PanelContainer ( the one that holds all the panels ) displays none BUT the current panel. So all panels could be display none unless they assume the "currentpanel" class and so they change to display. Maybe this way the container assumes only the height of the displayed panel and looses it once its no longer displayed assuming the next displayed one.
3. edit so that: Panel container checks for current panel's height and assumes that height instantly ( there is still a panel inside the container that would be longer than the current panel, maybe with overflow hidden this isnt a problem )
4. Using SpryDOMUtils.js I am currently playing with the code pasted below,
the idea came from Gramp's Spry Sliding Panels Group Navigation Buttons cookbook
He addresses a different problem, but since it has to do with identifying the current panel and doing something when the panel is x number, i thought there could be a height property set for each panel when each is the current one, atleast something can be done with this, my problem is i dont know how to set that something. Please check out the following code:
<script>
// The following function - setPanelNavigation() - assumes the following
// 1. Sliding Panels have a class of SlidingPanelsContent AND a unique ID
// 2. The Previous Panel button has an ID of previousPanel
// 3. The Next Panel button has an ID of nextPanel
// 4. SpryDOMUtils.js has been linked
function setPanelNavigation() {
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What am i doing wrong in that bit ? I thought i had it there, but it didnt work.
Anyone, please help. Thank you.

wait my bad, the link to my page is:
http://www.pupr.edu/department/industrial/students.asp
** no s on department

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Regarding getting the tabs to sit on top of the content panel, speaking generally here, make the containing div for both the tabs and the content panel to have a margin: 0 auto; setting.This is for horizontal alignment.
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Which sets off your "slidingpanelandtab" class div with an empty paragraph space <p></p> and then sets off the next section not only with <p></p> paragraph spacing but also with a <blockquote></blockquote>, which will by all rights indent that element.
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