NAME

CGI::Widget::Tabs::Heading - Create OO tab headings for CGI::Widget::Tabs objects

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SYNOPSIS

None.

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DESCRIPTION

This module is designed to work with CGI::Widget::Tabs. You can not use this module in a standalone fashion. Look at the CGI::Widget::Tabs documentation for more info.

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PUBLIC INTERFACE

Public Class Interface

new

  new($proto)

Public Object Interface

These methods define the properties and behaviour of the object oriented headings. Each OO heading can be tailored to specific requirements. Fresh new OO headings are created by using the heading() method on a CGI::Widget::Tabs object. Existing OO headings are returned by the headings() method. In the tabs-demo.pl file OO headings are used as well. So look at that demo for a real life example. Example:

    # create, append and return a new heading
    my $h = $tab->heading();

    # focus on the third heading
    my $h = ($tab->headings)[2];

The properties and behaviour of an OO heading can be set with the following methods:

class

 class(STRING)

Overrides the widget's CSS class for this heading. This is useful if you have a specific heading (e.g. "Maintenance") which always needs it's own private mark up. If the optional argument STRING is given, the class for this heading is set. Otherwise it is retrieved.

key

 key(STRING)

Sets/returns the value to use for this heading in the CGI query param list. This is similar to the use of keys in key/value pairs in the headings() method. The goal is to simplify programming logic and shorten the URL's. (See the headings() method elsewhere in this document for further explanation). Example:

    # display the full heading...
    # ...but use a small key as query param value
    $h->text("Remote Configurations");
    $h->key("rc");

In contrast to the use of key/value pairs, CGI::Widget::Tabs knows that this is a key and not a value. After all, you are using the key() method, right? Consequently you don't need the prepend the key with a hyphen ("-"). You may consider using a hyphen for your keys nevertheless. It will lead to more transparent code. Observe how the snippet from above with a prepended "-" will later on result in the following check:

    if ( $tab->active eq "-rc" ) {  # clearly we are using keys ....

Consider this a mild suggestion.

raw

 raw(BOOLEAN)

The heading text will normally be HTML encoded. If you wish you can use hard coded HTML. To avoid escaping this HTML, you need to set raw() to a logical TRUE. This is usually a 1 (one). Setting it to FALSE (usually a 0) will re-enable HTML encoding. The optional argument BOOLEAN can be any argument evaluating to a logical value. Setting raw() will not take effect until the widget is rendered. So it does not matter when you set it, as long as you haven't rendered the widget. Examples:

    # HTML encoded
    $h1->text("Names A > L");
    $h2->text("Names M < Z");

    # Raw
    $h1->text("Names A > L");
    $h1->raw(1);

    $h2->text("Names M < Z");
    $h2->raw(1);

    # get the encoding setting of the fourth element
    my $h = ($tab->headings)[3];
    my $raw = $h->raw;

text

 text(STRING)

Sets/returns the heading text. If the optional argument STRING is given, the text will be set otherwise it will be returned. The heading text will be HTML encoded unless explicitely told otherwise (see: raw()). Examples:

    # set heading text for the first two headings
    ($tab->headings)[0]->text("Names A > L");
    ($tab->headings)[1]->text("Names M < Z");

    # get the text of the 4th heading
    my $text = ($tab->headings)[3]->text;

url

 url(STRING)

Overrides the self referencing URL for this heading. If the optional argument STRING is given the URL is set. Otherwise it is returned. The URL is used exactly as given. This means that any query params and values need to be added explicitely. If a URL is not set, the heading will get a default self referencing URL. For trivial applications, you will mostly be using this one. Note that generating the self referencing URL will be delayed until the tab widget it rendered. This means it will not be returned by the url() method. Example:

      $h->url("www.someremotesite.com");  # go somewhere else

      my $url = $h->url;                  # return the URL

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