Create a Set of Tabs for a Pane

You can use the Tab Bar Genie to create a set of tabs for a pane, just like those displayed in the Information Zone on the Situational Awareness dashboard.

If the available space cannot accommodate the configured tabs, you can access those that are not displayed via the drop-down menu to the right of the tabs. You can also enable "pinning", which allows an operator to specify that a particular tab remains displayed.

To configure a set of tabs, you need to perform the tasks described below.

Create a menu

The Tab Bar Genie calls a menu defined in a project's Menu Configuration database. You will need to create an appropriate menu in Plant SCADA Studio's Visualization activity (see Menu Configuration).

In the case of a menu created for a set of tabs, use the following fields:

• The Page property is used to give the tabbed menu a name.

• The Level 1 entries define the tabs that appear.

• The Target Page property determines what will be displayed in the content pane when a tab is selected.

You can also customize the tabs using the following properties:

• The Symbol property allows you to you to display a lock icon on the tab. Enter any value if you want the lock to display. You can use the Custom 2 property (see below) to hide the icon if required.

• The Checked property allows you to specify if a tab is pinned by default. Leaving the field blank will mean the tab is not pinned by default. Any other value will mean the tab is pinned by default. This setting will only work if pinning is enabled for the tab bar. This is determined by the Can Tabs Be Pinned? parameter in the Tab Bar Genie (see Configure the tab bar genie below).

• The Menu Command property can be used to specify a Cicode expression that is executed when the associated tab is selected.

• The Custom 1 property determines if the Close button will appear on the tab. If you leave this field blank, the Close button will appear. Any other value will hide the Close button.

• The Custom 2 property determines if the icon identified in the Symbol field will appear on the tab. If you leave this field blank, the icon will appear. Any other value will hide the icon.

• The Custom 3 property determines if a label will appear on the tab. If you leave this field blank, the label will appear. Any other value will hide the label.

  Note: The Custom 4 – Custom 8 fields are reserved for system use.

Create the host panes

Two adjacent panes are required to support a set of tabs:

• Header pane - hosts a page with the Tab Bar Genie on it

• Content pane - displays the target page that is associated with a selected tab.

The two are linked with each other via the Pane Properties for the content pane. The following Tabbed Pane Properties are used:

• Header Pane Name — identifies the associated header pane

• Tab Control Name — identifies the Tab Bar Genie in the header pane that determines what the content pane will display.

Create the required pages

You need to create the following pages:

• Header page — you need an appropriately sized page that will occupy the header pane and host the Tab Bar Genie.

• Content pages — you need appropriately sized pages for each item specified in the menu you created. The page names need to match those defined in the Target Page field for each menu entry.

Configure the Tab Bar Genie

Lastly, you need to configure the Tab Bar Genie parameters. To display the Genie Parameters dialog box, double-click on the Genie, or select Genie Parameters from the right-click menu. Make the required adjustments to the following fields.

See Also

Key Components of a Situational Awareness Project