UbuntuUI.Tab

One of the navigation pattern that can be used within an Ubuntu App is the flat navigation. Tabs are the standard way to provide such a navigation pattern from within your application.

A Tab represents the UI element that hosts your tab content. This UI element is being activated by the user selecting it as part of the Header element.

UbuntuUI.Tab( )

Example
 </body>
<div data-role="mainview">
<header data-role="header" id="headerID">
<ul data-role="tabs">
<li data-role="tabitem" data-page="tabID">
Main
</li>
<li data-role="tabitem" data-page="page2">
Two
</li>
</ul>
</header>
<div data-role="content">
<div data-role="tab" id="tabID">
[...]
</div>
<div data-role="tab" id="page2">
[...]
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
JavaScript access:
var tab = UI.tab("tabID");
  • Methods
activate( )

Activates the current tab.

deactivate( )

Deactivates the current tab.

DOMElement element( )

Returns the DOM element associated with the selector this widget is bind to.


Returns: <DOMElement>
Example
  var mytab = UI.tab("tabid").element();
Boolean isTab( )

Validates that a given DOM node element is a Ubuntu UI Tab.


Returns: <Boolean>

if the DOM element is a tab