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guiGetSelectedTab

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Pair: guiSetSelectedTab

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This function returns the currently selected tab in the specified tab panel.

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  • Method: guitabpanel:getSelectedTab(...)
  • Variable: .selectedTab

Syntax

element guiGetSelectedTab ( element tabPanel )
Required Arguments
  • tabPanel: The tab panel which current tab you want to retrieve.

Returns

  • element: value

Returns an element of the tab if a tab was selected or nil if no tab was selected. If passed arguments were invalid or something went wrong, the function will return false .

Code Examples

shared

This example gets the current selected tab and sets the selected tab to the next available tab.

local tabPanel = guiCreateTabPanel ( 0, 0.1, 1, 1, true) --create a tab panel which fills the whole window
local tab1 = guiCreateTab("Welcome",tabPanel) --create a tab for the tab panel above
local tab2 = guiCreateTab("Info",tabPanel)--create another tab for the tab panel at the top


function check()
   if(guiGetSelectedTab(tabPanel)==tab1)then --Check what tab is currently shown
      guiSetSelectedTab(tabPanel,tab2) --if the "Welcome" tab is selected, change it to tab2("Info" tab)
   else
      guiSetSelectedTab(tabPanel,tab1) --if the "Info" tab is selected, change it to tab1("Welcome" tab)
   end
end

See Also

GUI Functions
GUI Elements
Reference