Tabbed Content

Use the following macros to create tab groups of labeled HTML tabs that have comparable or alternative content. For example, you can show code snippets for different programming languages.

• \tab
• \tabcontent
• \endtabcontent

Using Tab Macros

\tab {name}{tab-id}{title}{checked}
\tabcontent {tab-id}
  content
\endtabcontent

For example, to show instructions for the CMake and qmake build systems in tabs:

\if defined(onlinedocs)
  \tab {build-qt-app}{tab-cmake}{CMake}{checked}
  \tab {build-qt-app}{tab-qmake}{qmake}{}
  \tabcontent {tab-cmake}
\else
  \section1 Using CMake
\endif
  CMake-specific instructions go here
\if defined(onlinedocs)
  \endtabcontent
  \tabcontent {tab-qmake}
\else
  \section1 Using qmake
\endif
  qmake-specific instructions go here
\if defined(onlinedocs)
  \endtabcontent
\endif

\tab

\tab {name}{tab-id}{title}{checked}

Specifies a tab in a tab group with a name, ID, title, and default state.

Use a unique name to specify which tabs belong to a tab group. That is, all tabs in a group have the same name. To separate the tabs from each other, give them each a unique tab-id within the group. Use this tab-id as the value of the \tabcontent macro to add content to the tab.

The checked argument selects the tab by default when the HTML page is loaded. For the initially hidden tabs, pass an empty argument {}.

\tabcontent

\tabcontent {tab-id}

Adds content to the tab with the tab-id you specify.

\endtabcontent

Marks the end of the tab content that you begin with \tabcontent.