All,
When configuring an image control in a MashApp, you can easily set the Link properties to switch to another Tab. I can use this link to create a "Drill Down" effect because this navigation to the tab maintains state and the values of Master controls are maintained in the second tab.
I'd like to have the same navigation without having to click on the image. I'd like to show a table of customers and configure a link in the table control to navigate to another Tab showing details for that customer. Unfortunately, the external URL that uses the format of:
http://localhost:16360/mashzone/app/Viewer.html?guid=<guid>&tabidx=<num> navigates to the Tab but does not maintain state.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hello Mr. Stuart Bierig,
I am afraid this is not possible.
Switching to another tab is currently not supported by the table control and calling a MashApp from an external link will set all controls to default selection.
Therefore the use case you are describing cannot be realized using table links and tabs.
The only solution I can think of is what you have probably done already.
Create two invisible tabs (“navigation” and “details”), place the navigation control (customer table) on the master view, add the controls for detailed information on “details”, define filters for the detailed information controls depending on the selection of the navigation control (customer table), add a button or label “Show Details…” to tab “navigation” and a button or label “Hide Details…” to tab "details" to switch the views.
Regards,
Christian
Thank you. I am indeed doing it that way.
The extra click is not a major uability issue but an enhancement in this regard (which should be pretty easy IMHO) to all allow any link in any control to switch tabs while maintaining state would be a nice way of supporting dynamic drill-down behavior across multiple scenarios.
