Description

Get the index of the specified tab for further manipulation.

Functional area

User Window

Command syntax

Syntax

findTabItem userControlID "itemString"[-start integer]

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`itemString`	string	no	The name of the tab to be added
`userControlId`	int	yes	ID of user window to place the control on.

Flags

Name	Flag arguments	Argument type	Exclusive to	Comments
`start`	1	integer	—	Offset the index from which the command starts

Return value

integer

Examples

// Create a Tab and add and additional tab to the Main Tab.
int $windowId;
int $mainTab;
 
// First create a User Window to place the Control on
$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`;
 
//create a main tab controller then add a second tab the main tab
$mainTab = `createTab $windowId "Main" "Second" "Third"`;
int $secondTab = `addTab $mainTab "Fourth"`;
int $ThirdTab = `findTabItem $mainTab "Third"`;
print $ThirdTab;

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