TabStrip Integration
You can use the Telerik UI Sortable component for ASP.NET MVC to reorder the items in the tabs of a TabStrip.
Prerequisites
- Overview of the Telerik UI Sortable component for ASP.NET MVC
- Overview of the Telerik UI TabStrip component for ASP.NET MVC
Reordering of Sortable Items
The Sortable reorders the HTML DOM elements. It does not automatically update the order of the items in the DataSource. This means that you have to explicitly implement the desired behavior.
Reordering of TabStrip Items
To reorder the tabs of a TabStrip, initialize the Sortable on the ul.k-tabstrip-items element of the TabStrip. Normally, the filter property selects all li.k-item elements. If required, you can restrict the hint movement within the ul.k-tabstrip-items element.
@(Html.Kendo().Sortable()
.For("#tabstrip")
.Filter("li.k-item")
.ContainerSelector("ul.k-tabstrip-items")
.HintHandler("hintHandler")
.Events(ev=>ev.Start("onStart").Change("onChange"))
)
<script>
function hintHandler(element) {
return $("<div id='hint' class='k-widget k-tabstrip'><ul class='k-tabstrip-items k-reset'><li class='k-item k-active k-tab-on-top'>" + element.html() + "</li></ul></div>");
}
function onStart(e) {
$("#tabstrip").data("kendoTabStrip").activateTab(e.item);
}
function onChange(e) {
var tabstrip = $("#tabstrip").data("kendoTabStrip"),
reference = tabstrip.tabGroup.children().eq(e.newIndex);
if(e.oldIndex < e.newIndex) {
tabstrip.insertAfter(e.item, reference);
} else {
tabstrip.insertBefore(e.item, reference);
}
}
</script>
To avoid visual glitches, activate the current tab at the start event handler of the Sortable.
function onStart(e) {
$("#tabstrip").data("kendoTabStrip").activateTab(e.item);
}
After a tab is sorted, update its order in the TabStrip.
function onChange(e) {
var tabstrip = $("#tabstrip").data("kendoTabStrip"),
reference = tabstrip.tabGroup.children().eq(e.newIndex);
if(e.oldIndex < e.newIndex) {
tabstrip.insertAfter(e.item, reference);
} else {
tabstrip.insertBefore(e.item, reference);
}
}