This is the most frequent issue reported with the Easy Tabs Web Part: the user can see the tabs when the page is in edit mode, but as soon as they switch to view mode the tabs don’t show up anymore.
‘The explanation: the Easy Tabs script builds the tabs from the Web Part titles. In edit mode, all the Web Parts and titles are displayed (even those set to hidden), so the script finds the information it needs to build the tabs. In view mode, some Web Part titles may be hidden, depending on your settings. If it is the case, the script can’t find the information to build the tabs and stops.
So, if your tabs display in edit mode but not in view mode, the first thing to check is that your Web Parts have a chrome type set to “Title” or “Title and border”.
I’ll update the Easy Tabs page, to either explain this issue or tweak the Web Part behavior.
If you participated in the online workshop you don’t see this issue, as the version given to the participants has a different behavior.
If you are interested in the Easy Tabs, note that Mark Miller has set up an additional online workshop on October 8. In this session, we review use cases and customization options for the Easy Tabs and its sister Web Parts, the accordion and the Quick Menu.
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October 13, 2009 at 5:43 pm
rickyd
Is there a way to toggle the Easy Tabs and show all of the affected web parts at once? We want to use the Easy Tabs script, but have a “print page” link that will show all of the web parts at once without the Easy Tabs, just like when you first come to the Easy Tabs page.
Thanks for any help!
October 14, 2009 at 12:29 am
Christophe
Interesting suggestion. I am going to publish some enhancements for the Easy Tabs, I’ll include this one.
October 14, 2009 at 3:16 pm
emma
If I have two calendars displayed (different views but same calendar), do I need to put CEWP with the same code? How do I do two calendars on the same page?
Thanks. It works for one calendar but not two.
October 19, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Shelley
I am really pleased with the introduction of easy tabs- Great work!
I do run into an issue- My tabs do not show any content at first until one is clicked. Basically, a user encounters a row of tabs(without content below) and must click to open something.
Is there a way to make it display the first tab’s content by default? I notice your site displays easy tabs this way…Am I missing something?
October 21, 2009 at 11:20 am
Christophe
The Easy Tabs should display the first Web Part by default. It’s hard to tell what’s going on…
October 24, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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