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Auto Resize TabContainer

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25 Apr 2008CPOL1 min read 63.1K   42   7
Automatically resize a TabContainer or TabPanel.

Introduction

While dynamically loading TabPanels into a TabContainer, I noticed that the border on the TabContainer wouldn't automatically resize itself. I also couldn't find anything on the web about it. Eventually, I set it to a certain height and hoped that no one would notice, but they did. The content ran on down the page, and the TabContainer border height was stuck at 400. I used this code to fix that problem.

Hope it works for you!

After creating this write-up, I also found that creating a panel (the equivalent of a div tag, not a tab panel), setting the height to 100%, and wrapping all the controls in the tab with the panel works just as well - no JavaScript is needed when using this method.

I will leave this up in case someone needs to figure out how to resize a tab in JavaScript for some reason.

Using the code

Use the OnClientActiveTabChanged property to call some JavaScript.

XML
<ajaxToolkit:TabContainer ID="tabContainer" runat="server" 
                          OnClientActiveTabChanged="doSizeUp" />

Then use this JavaScript function to resize:

JavaScript
function doSizeUp(){
    //get the tabContainer for later reference
    var tc = document.getElementById("<%=tabContainer.ClientId%>");
    
    //get the index of the tab you just clicked.
    var tabIndex = 
     parseInt($find("<%=tabContainer.ClientId%>").get_activeTabIndex(), 10);
    
    //set the tabcontainer height to the tab panel height.
    tc.childNodes[1].style.height = 
     tc.childNodes[1].childNodes[tabIndex].clientHeight;
}

Don't forget to call doSizeUp when the page loads. Here's something that does that:

JavaScript
var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
prm.add_pageLoaded(PageLoadedHandler);
function PageLoadedHandler(sender, args) {
    setTimeout('doSizeUp()', 1);
}

Points of Interest

Please be aware that I only checked this in IE6 and IE7, as that's all that's required when working on our intranet, but I believe it will work in most major browsers.

History

  • Submitted - 4/25/08.
  • Revised - 4/25/08 - found out another way to do it... probably easier - explained in the introduction.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
lourencosjr7-Apr-11 2:38
lourencosjr7-Apr-11 2:38 
AnswerThe Panel suggestion works great! Thanks! Pin
Bill Kuhn10-Mar-10 6:07
Bill Kuhn10-Mar-10 6:07 
GeneralWorks a treat! Pin
Paul Russo5-Feb-10 3:50
Paul Russo5-Feb-10 3:50 
GeneralRe: Works a treat! Pin
PopeDarren21-Dec-11 4:23
PopeDarren21-Dec-11 4:23 
GeneralYour updated solution Pin
ek452718-Nov-09 13:26
ek452718-Nov-09 13:26 
GeneralRe: Your updated solution Pin
PopeDarren21-Dec-11 4:20
PopeDarren21-Dec-11 4:20 
GeneralRe: Your updated solution Pin
RockFarmer16-Jan-12 8:43
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