Setting the CSS Class of Tabs
RadTab objects have a number of properties whose value is the name of a CSS class. These properties let you alter the appearance of individual tabs in the tab strip without using a custom skin.
Typically, the Skin overrides the CSS class properties. When using the CSS class properties, set the Skin property to an empty string ("").
The CSS class properties are
CssClass: controls the appearance of the tab in all states.
SelectedCssClass: controls the appearance of the tab when it is selected.
DisabledCssClass: controls the appearance of the tab when it is disabled.
HoveredCssClass: controls the appearance of the tab when the mouse is over it.
ChildGroupCssClass: controls the appearance of the set of child tabs that appear when the tab is selected.
OuterCssClass: controls the appearance of the outmost tab wrapper (<LI> element) /added in Q2 2009 SP1/
To set the CSS class properties of an item at design time, use the RadTabStrip Item Builder.
The CSS class of a tab is applied to the anchor (<a>) tag that represents the item in the rendered HTML output, except for the ChildGroupCssClass property, which is applied to an unordered list (
). For more information about the rendered output of RadTabStrip, see Understanding the Skin CSS File.
Defining the CSS Class
There are two ways you can define the CSS classes that you add using the CSS class properties:
- You can use a separate CSS file. When taking this approach, you must add a tag to the section of the ASPX file:
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<link href="App_Data/MyStyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
- You can define the styles directly in the section of the ASPX file:
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<style>
.MyTab
{
background:url(Images/TabImage.gif) no-repeat 0 100%;
padding-left:5px;
}
</style>
</head>