Flex Applications > Using Navigator Containers > TabNavigator container
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Building User Interfaces for Flex Applications > Using Navigator Containers > TabNavigator container |
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A TabNavigator container creates and manages a set of tabs, which you use to navigate among its children. The children of a TabNavigator container are other containers. The TabNavigator container creates one tab for each child. When the user selects a tab, the TabNavigator container displays the associated child, as the following image shows:
The TabNavigator container is a child class of the ViewStack container and inherits much of its functionality. A TabNavigator container has the following default sizing characteristics:
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Default value |
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Default size |
The default or explicit width and height of the first active child plus the tabs, at their default or explicit heights and widths. The default tab height is determined by the font, style, and skin applied to the TabNavigator container. |
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Container resizing rules |
By default, TabNavigator containers are only sized once to fit the size of the first child container by default. They do not resize when you navigate to other child containers by default. To force TabNavigator containers to resize when you navigate to a different child container, set the |
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Child layout rules |
The child is clipped if it is larger than the TabNavigator container. If the child is smaller than the TabNavigator container, it is aligned to the upper-left corner of the TabNavigator container. |
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Default padding |
0 pixels for the |
For complete reference information, see TabNavigator in Adobe Flex 2 Language Reference.
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