About Tab Widgets

Tab widgets create a "tabbed" interface that allows the user to select one of a list of rectangular display areas to be displayed in a single space (the tab set). The displayed interface elements are contained in base widgets — that is, selecting a tab displays the contents of a specified base widget within the tabbed interface. See "WIDGET_TAB" (IDL Reference Guide) for a complete description of the function used to create tab widgets.

Figure 8-1: A tab widget displaying a tab set with three tabs.

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