TabItem.remove() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

TabItem:remove() method

Removes the TabItem from the List it belongs to.

TabItems are ephemeral objects that are instantiated by their owner objects, with the List.items property. It is not recommended to use a TabItem that have been previously removed.

Return value

This method returns no value.

Example


local ui = require "ui"

-- create a simple Window
local win = ui.Window("TabItem:remove() sample", 316, 246)
local tab = ui.Tab(win, {"autoexec.bat", "config.sys"}, 10, 10)

function win.CtrlW()
    if tab.count > 0 then
        tab.selected:remove()
    end
end

win:shortcut("w", win.CtrlW, true)
win:status("Press CTRL+W to remove a TabItem")

-- shows the Window
win:show()

-- update user interface
repeat
    ui.update()
until not win.visible