Tabbing text box on a single web page?

**DanCarey** · 17 February 2010, 05:00 PM

Hi. I’m a newbie. I’ve been using Xara Xtreme for over a year and love it. I’m amazed at the work I see you guys producing with it. I’m not in that league – maybe one day.
I’m scratching my head over one thing I’m trying to do, and I’m not sure if I can in Xara, so I thought I would ask my more experienced peers.
I am trying to get a tabbed text panel that sits on a single web page, so that a visitor can, without moving onto the next page, simply hit a tab immediately above the text panel, (diagram_1) and the next panel opens up in situ, the tab appears to have changed, (diagram_2) without leaving that web page. I know I could do so in adobe flash but that's a whole new learning curve and I want to remain with Xtreme as much as I can. I also realise I could have 2nd and 3rd pages and give the impression that only the tab has changed but that slows everything up due to reloading.
Is what I’m trying to do with Xtreme possible? Any help would be very welcome. Thanks in anticipation. Dan

**steve.ledger** · 17 February 2010, 06:32 PM

Welcome to the Forums Dan,

Have you tried using a different layer for each tab?

**DanCarey** · 18 February 2010, 09:17 AM

Thanks for the welcome sledger, and for the tip. I never thought of that at all - good idea. I'll try that and let you know how I get on. Thanks again and have a good day.
Dan.

**Steve Mc** · 19 August 2013, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by DanCarey

Hi. I’m a newbie. I’ve been using Xara Xtreme for over a year and love it. I’m amazed at the work I see you guys producing with it. I’m not in that league – maybe one day.
I’m scratching my head over one thing I’m trying to do, and I’m not sure if I can in Xara, so I thought I would ask my more experienced peers.
I am trying to get a tabbed text panel that sits on a single web page, so that a visitor can, without moving onto the next page, simply hit a tab immediately above the text panel, (diagram_1) and the next panel opens up in situ, the tab appears to have changed, (diagram_2) without leaving that web page. I know I could do so in adobe flash but that's a whole new learning curve and I want to remain with Xtreme as much as I can. I also realise I could have 2nd and 3rd pages and give the impression that only the tab has changed but that slows everything up due to reloading.
Is what I’m trying to do with Xtreme possible? Any help would be very welcome. Thanks in anticipation. Dan

Are you still there Dan? I see it's been years since you asked this and since I am now searching for this exact same answer wonder if you ever solved this and if you still use Xara? If still using can you give me details on how to do this? The one reply about layers didn't help me any and after hours of reading Xara help I still can't figure it out.

**gwpriester** · 19 August 2013, 04:03 PM

In the Help file, Index section, search for Pop-up Layers for a detailed explanation.

In short you need to create new layers in the Page and Layout Gallery. Then you link to these layers from the MouseOff layer.