TabGroup

The TabGroup object represents a folder tab groupor a folder into which other tab groups can be organized. Individual TabGroup objects can be accessed or enumerated from the TabGroups object.

Property Name	Return Type	Description
closeexisting	bool	True if the Close existing folder tabs when opening this group option is turned on for this group. Only present when the folder property is False.
desc	string	The description of this tab group, if any. Only present when the folder property is False.
dual	bool	True if the Define tabs on specific sides of a dual-display Lister option is turned on for this group. Only present when the folder property is False.
folder	bool	True if this object represents a folder within the tab group list, False if it's an actual tab group.
hidden	bool	True if this tab group or folder should be hidden from menus which list tab groups. The group will still always be visible in Preferences.
lefttabs	object:TabGroupTabList	Returns a TabGroupTabList object representing the tabs in this group that open in the left/top side of a dual-display Lister. Only present when the folder property is False and the dual property is True.
name	string	The name of this group or folder.
righttabs	object:TabGroupTabList	Returns a TabGroupTabList object representing the tabs in this group that open in the right/bottom side of a dual-display Lister. Only present when the folder property is False and the dual property is True.
tabs	object:TabGroupTabList	Returns a TabGroupTabList object representing the tabs in this group. Only present when both the folder and dual properties are False.

Method Name	Arguments	Return Type	Description
AddChildFolder	*<object:*TabGroup> or <string:name>	object:TabGroup	Adds a new sub-folder to this tab group folder. Only available when the folder property is True. You can either provide a TabGroup object (which itself has the folder property set to True) or the name for the new folder. If the operation succeeds a TabGroup object is returned which represents the new folder. If the operation fails False is returned.
AddChildGroup	*<object:*TabGroup> or <string:name>	object:TabGroup	Adds a new tab group to this tab group folder. Only available when the folder property is True. You can either provide a TabGroup object or the name for the new group. If the operation succeeds a TabGroup object is returned which represents the new tab group. If the operation fails False is returned.
DeleteChild	*<object:*TabGroup>	none	Deletes the child item (folder or tab group).
Duplicate	none	object:TabGroup	Returns a duplicate of this tab group or folder. When it's returned the duplicate has not yet been added to a tab list.
Link	<object:TabGroupTabEntry> <object:TabGroupTabEntry> <string:type>	none	In a tab group that has specific left and right tabs specified, this method links together a tab from the left side and a tab from the right side. Only available if the dual property is set to True. You can provide **TabGroupTabEntry**objects or the index numbers of the tabs you want to link. The optional type parameter can be set to "slave" to specify that the tabs should be slaved to each other.
Unlink	<object:TabGroupTabEntry>* *	none	Unlinks the specified tab from its partner. Only available if the dual property is set to True.