Hide/Show navigation controller

Classic Servoy
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Could we have method access to the ‘controller’ property of a table?

The immediate use to me would be that I could use a main UI form, which normally has a controller, in a formAsDialog, without showing the navigation buttons that are on the controller.

(Scenario: the user is choosing records from form b to relate to form a. Desired record hasn’t been entered yet in form b. User clicks button to add a record to form b, and gets a new formAsDialog. When the record is created, it is added to the selections in the first formAsDialog.)

This would have other uses, though: a user could hide/show the navigation bar (the way one would hide/show status area in FMP) to gain some screen real estate. Also, a user (or client) could choose a controller as a preference, and via methods we could load the desired controller as each form displayed.

In any case, I doubt this would be high on the wishlist, but since I came across it I thought I’d share. Anyone else find this prospect interesting?

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Chris,

You can do this already - by using a “tabless tabpanel” (a tabpanel with the tabs hidden). You can show/hide it, switch to different forms with different forms (controller-like forms).

I use this rather than using the “controller” (it’s set to NONE).

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Bob,

I like that idea!

Do you already have a handy method that will shift all the other elements left or right when the tab panel is shown/hidden? It seems doable…

Maybe it would be easier to just anchor it to the right side of the screen?

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I don’t move all the items on the form - I just show a “blank” form in the area.

However, if you NAME all the elements on your form - you should be able to step through them in a loop - get their location and then add (or subtract) the width of the tabpanel, then set their location.