Universal Navigator - How To??

Classic Servoy
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Hi Folks. I’ve been using a set of nav buttons on my forms and simply copying them from form to form - so far.

I’m ready to create a universal nav bar now with the usual (Next Prev Edit New Delete etc). I cant seem to get the principles of how this would work clear in my head!

I figured that since this works:
var curr_cont = forms.frm_component_detail_detail.controller.getSelectedIndex();
controller.setSelectedIndex(curr_cont+1); (for my ‘next’ button)

That this would too:
var curr_cont=currentcontroller.getSelectedIndex();
currentcontroller.setSelectedIndex(curr_cont+1);

sadly not? I’ve obviously got the wrong concept of what currentcontroller does?

I have also been investigating getMethodTriggerFormName as a means to making these buttons universal ala:

var form_name = application.getMethodTriggerFormName();
var curr_cont = forms[form_name].controller.getSelectedIndex();
forms[form_name].controller.setSelectedIndex(curr_cont+1);

and this works on the form where the buttons are currently pasted, but I’m concerned how this works when they are on a form on a tabpanel and then pasted into another form.

In the above circumstance (form with nav buttons in a tab, pasted onto another form), which is the controller and if I use application.getMethodTriggerFormName(); which form name will I get?

Am I ‘barking up the wrong tree’ here?

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but I’m concerned how this works when they are on a form on a tabpanel

Yep and that is what happens when you work with currentcontroller as well.
It is the controller or the master form and not the form in a tabpanel (plenty of forum topics on it here).

I am sure you will find a lot of solutions as well. One of them is to set a global with the name of a form onShow.