[jQuery] UI TABS - Best Practices
I've implemented an admin console that has about 5 ajax-enabled tabs
on a JSP. Each tab displays info from different areas of the system.
Authorized users see an edit button. Some edits can be multiple pages.
Fully integrating multi-page UI tabs requires a lot of considerations.
I'm interested in best practices that I should consider.
My question is where can I find a robust UI TAB example that includes
multiple page swaps? I just finished writing the editing features, and
for now I leave the tabs and use separate edit pages. I see that my
first task will be to "hijax" the tab links to load my edit pages in
place. Next, I need to switch my submit buttons to do a submit in the
background. I'll also need to switch to client side validation. I
suppose I should also disable the other tabs while any one tab is in
edit mode. I also wonder if I should track the currently selected tab
server side so that if I do anything that does require the user to
navigate away from the tab page they can return with the previously
selected tab open.
Suggestions?
Steve Mitchell
http://www.ByteworksInc.com