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Selection tab protos 7 – Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) User Manual

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C H A P T E R 7

Controls and Other Protos

Selection Tab Protos

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Selection Tab Protos

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You can use the protos described in this section to display alphabetic selection tabs
on the screen. There are two tab protos that you can use:

The

protoAZTabs

displays alphabetical tabs arranged horizontally in a view.

For more information about the slots and methods for this proto, see
“protoAZTabs” (page 6-28) in Newton Programmer’s Reference. Figure 7-15
shows an example of a

protoAZTabs

view.

Figure 7-15

A

protoAZTabs

view

The

protoAZVertTabs

displays alphabetical tabs arranged vertically in a

view. For more information about the slots and methods for this proto, see
“protoAZVertTabs” (page 6-29) in Newton Programmer’s Reference.
Figure 7-16 shows an example of a

protoAZVertTabs

view.

Figure 7-16

A

protoAZVertTabs

view

When the user taps in either of the tab protos, the proto calls the

PickLetterScript

method, passing in the letter that was tapped. The tabs

protos and the

PickLetterScript

method are described in “Selection Tab

Protos” (page 6-28) in Newton Programmer’s Reference.