Customize the Tabbed Panels widget
Although the Property inspector enables you to make simple edits to a Tabbed Panels widget, it does not support customized styling tasks. You can alter the CSS rules for the Tabbed Panels widget and create a widget that is styled to your liking. For a more advanced list of styling tasks, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_dw_sprytabbedpanels_custom.
All CSS rules in the topics below refer to the default rules located in the SpryTabbedPanels.css file. Dreamweaver saves the SpryTabbedPanels.css file in the SpryAssets folder of your site whenever you create a Spry Tabbed Panels widget. This file also contains useful commented information about various styles that apply to the widget.
Although you can easily
edit rules for the Tabbed Panels widget directly in the accompanying
CSS file, you can also use the CSS Styles panel to edit the widget’s
CSS. The CSS Styles panel is helpful for locating the CSS classes
assigned to different parts of the widget, especially if you use
the panel’s Current mode.
Style Tabbed Panels widget text
You can style the text of a Tabbed Panels widget by setting properties for the entire Tabbed Panels widget container, or by setting properties for the components of the widget individually.
To change the text styling of a Tabbed Panels
widget, use the following table to locate the appropriate CSS rule,
and then add your own text styling properties and values:
|
Text to change |
Relevant CSS rule |
Example of properties and values to add |
|---|---|---|
|
Text in the entire widget |
.TabbedPanels |
font: Arial; font-size:medium; |
|
Text in panel tabs only |
.TabbedPanelsTabGroup or .TabbedPanelsTab |
font: Arial; font-size:medium; |
|
Text in content panels only |
.TabbedPanelsContentGroup or .TabbedPanelsContent |
font: Arial; font-size:medium; |
Change Tabbed Panels widget background colors
To change the background colors
of different parts of a Tabbed Panels widget, use the following
table to locate the appropriate CSS rule, and then add or change
background color properties and values to your liking:
|
Color to change |
Relevant CSS rule |
Example of property and value to add or change |
|---|---|---|
|
Background color of panel tabs |
.TabbedPanelsTabGroup or .TabbedPanelsTab |
background-color: #DDD; (This is the default value.) |
|
Background color of content panels |
.Tabbed PanelsContentGroup or .TabbedPanelsContent |
background-color: #EEE; (This is the default value.) |
|
Background color of selected tab |
.TabbedPanelsTabSelected |
background-color: #EEE; (This is the default value.) |
|
Background color of panel tabs when the mouse pointer moves over them |
.TabbedPanelsTabHover |
background-color: #CCC; (This is the default value.) |
Constrain the width of tabbed panels
By default, the Tabbed Panels widget expands to fill available space. You can constrain the width of a Tabbed Panels widget, however, by setting a width property for the accordion container.
- Locate the .TabbedPanels CSS rule by opening the
SpryTabbedPanels.css file. This rule defines properties for the
main container element of the Tabbed Panels widget.
You can also locate the rule by selecting
the Tabbed Panels widget, and looking in the CSS Styles panel (Window
> CSS Styles). Make sure the panel is set to Current mode.