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Tab Control

Tab controls are now prevalent everywhere in software; for example, when you open Microsoft Word and click the File/Properties menu items, you will see a tab control displaying different property elements related to a file, as shown in Figure 19-1.

Figure 19-1. Example of a tab control in Microsoft Word.

The key features of a tab control include the following: it is presented on a modal window; it has a controller element that ensures that only one page is displayed at a time; it ensures that when buttons are clicked, the event is routed to the appropriate page being displayed; and finally, the controller provides the ability to display ...