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17 Oct 2013 08:40 #39989 by DaOne
Nested Tabs Imposable? was created by DaOne
Here is my code...
<tabs>
<names> ["Diagnostics","tab 2"]</names>

   <vbox>
      <tabs>
         <names> ["Inputs","Outputs"]</names>

         <vbox>
            <label>
               <text>"(this is the inputs tab)"</text>
            </label>
         </vbox>

         <vbox>
            <label>
               <text>"(this is the outputs tab)"</text>
            </label>
         </vbox>

      </tabs>
   </vbox>

   <vbox>
      <label>
         <text>"(this tab has nothing on it yet)"</text>
      </label>
   </vbox>

</tabs>
This is what I get...


What am I doing wrong as to why the contents of the nested tab is not showing?
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17 Oct 2013 14:50 #39995 by ArcEye
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HI

I don't have time to test it now, but looking at what little documentation there is that covers tabs
www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/hal_pyvcp.html

I think you need to close the xml block after the initial declaration of names with </tab> and then open another block

regards

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17 Oct 2013 17:44 #39999 by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Nested Tabs Imposable?

What am I doing wrong?


Using PyVCP rather than GladeVCP?

GladeVCP is a little more trouble for simple things, but it doesn't look like you are doing a simple thing.
I wanted a big display that I could see across the room last night, so I used PyVCP.
I was working on a tool-data interface tab for my Touchy installatoon too, I used GladeVCP.

At the basic level you can use GladeVCP just like PyVCP, except you can design it with a graphical editor. But you also have the option of embedding code to perform actions (and as the code can see "inside" linuxcnc with the linuxcnc.stat structure, this allows all sorts of fun things.). There are some rather more interesting widgets in GladeVCP.

The trick is to only use the items at the bottom of the widget list, as they are the ones that have HAL pins. Also the editor is rather strange.
It does actually create XML, so there is the option of hand-editing too.

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17 Oct 2013 18:59 #40002 by BigJohnT
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HI

I don't have time to test it now, but looking at what little documentation there is that covers tabs
www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/hal_pyvcp.html

I think you need to close the xml block after the initial declaration of names with </tab> and then open another block

regards


The example code seems to be incorrect, you can only have one tabs block it seems.

JT

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17 Oct 2013 20:28 - 17 Oct 2013 20:31 #40005 by ArcEye
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OK just done some tests

Your code is fine, but because you did not specify sizes or expand the widgets with the mouse, the contents of the nested tabs are hidden

I used this called tab.xml
<pyvcp>
<tabs>
<names> ["Tab1","Tab2"]</names>

   <vbox>
      <tabs>
         <names> ["Nested1A","Nested1B"]</names>

         <vbox>
            <label>
               <text>"(Nested 1A)"</text>
            </label>
         </vbox>

         <vbox>
            <label>
               <text>"(Nested 1B)"</text>
            </label>
         </vbox>

      </tabs>
   </vbox>

   <vbox>
      <tabs>
         <names> ["Nested2A","Nested2B"]</names>

         <vbox>
            <label>
               <text>"(Nested 2A)"</text>
            </label>
         </vbox>

         <vbox>
            <label>
               <text>"(Nested 2B)"</text>
            </label>
         </vbox>

      </tabs>
   </vbox>

</tabs>
</pyvcp>

and called it with

halcmd: loadusr -Wn tab pyvcp -c tab tab.xml

having stretched the widget a bit with the mouse to reveal the nestings, the results are






Using the pyvcp -g switch would have displayed the widgets at preset sizes and hopefully ensured the nestings were visible

"-g <WxH><+X+Y> specifies the geometry to be used when constructing the panel. The syntax is "Width"x"Height"+"X Anchor"+"Y Anchor". You can set the size or position or both. The anchor point is the upper left corner of the panel. An example is -g 250x500+800+0 This sets the panel at 250 pixels wide, 500 pixels tall, and anchors it at X800 Y0".

regards
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17 Oct 2013 21:29 #40011 by DaOne
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ArcEye,

Would you mind showing me where in the xml code I would be defining its size?

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17 Oct 2013 22:00 #40012 by DaOne
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Also I am not using this as a stand alone widget but as a axis sidebar.

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17 Oct 2013 22:13 #40013 by BigJohnT
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This is what I get in Axis with your code ArcEye.



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17 Oct 2013 22:18 #40014 by BigJohnT
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This is what I get if I add something to make the panel wider.



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17 Oct 2013 22:21 #40015 by DaOne
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JT,

Thats exactly what I get. I see nothing in the nested tabs.

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