How to make Multi Row tabs?
lazarus / 1-Linux

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papafreebird · 2009-04-05 18:05

I'm using
version 9.27 beta,
fpc 2.2.5
svn revision 19201
i386 linux gtk 2 (beta)
Converted from an rpm to a deb for Ubuntu Hardy.

My question is probably pretty simple but I can't seem to find the
answer.  I have an app that will have multiple tabs.  I want to have
two rows of tabs and not one row that scrolls left and right.

Basically this is what I want
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9390/screenshothcbatchguiv14.png)

The above was created in borland C++ in windows.  I want to make the
same thing with lazarus for a linux binary. 

I have noticed that tnotebook and ttabcontrol both have multiline
options and I have set them both to true but it doesn't seem to make a
difference.  The tabs are still only in one row and you have to scroll
left and right to see them all.

Could anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can accomplish this? 
Many thanks for your time!

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papafreebird · 2009-04-07 14:42

Bump!

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LazaruX · 2009-04-09 14:28

It's a very interesting question, I didn't even know how to reproduce
that on Windows. So if anybody could help, then thanks..

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papafreebird · 2009-04-09 19:55

Will I know that the option nboMultiLine has absolutely no effect
either way.  Set it to true or false and it doesn't work at all.  The
tabs still just scroll from left to right.  I don't know if I'm just
missing a setting or if it is a bug.

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papafreebird · 2009-04-10 12:18

Just for the heck of it I installed windows through wine and compiled
a simple form and I'll be danged if it actually worked but it would
only create a win32 binary.  It gave the multiline tabs like I want
but only in win32.  I just can't get it to work in the native linux
ide.

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LazaruX · 2009-08-13 11:39

...this was an interesting post, any answers maybe? Is it possible in
Linux to have multirow tabs?

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papafreebird · 2009-08-13 12:22

Nope.  Never found a way to make a multi row tab in linux.  Too bad
also because it's very useful to use them that way.