Switch to a new tab programatically

Dashboard
1

I'm using D2 with tab layout
Node-Red v4.0.9
D2 v1.21.0
I want to click on a table row and switch to a new tab passing the row info to a control on that tab

I used to be able to use link out and link in nodes to accomplish this on Dashboard 1 but while the data is passed to the tab on D2, I have to click on the tab to see it. Is this different behaviour on D2 or due to tab layout. Can I switch to the tab using code?

2

have you looked at the docs?

You should also use JS in a template to open a new tab

3

Can you switch to a tab (rather than a page) using the ui-control node?

4

if you read the doc it says page, that's why i mentioned js to open a new tab etc.

5

It does seem to be a bit of a deficiency in the control node that it has not been extended to cope with tabbed layout.

6

Hi
I've read the ui-control examples This is what I have
passing to ui-control just to prove I can manipulate the dashboard

msg.payload = {
    page:'Kiniska',
    groups: {
        show:['Kiniska:Testing']
    }
}

So I can show/hide the tab but I can't figure out how to switch to that tab
The example shows how to navigate to a page but not a group/tab

Just saw Colin' post so maybe tab navigation is not supported

8

Reading further down the page it looks like you can open external links with target

Have not tested but this may work for a dashboard url.

9

I'll try a few of those suggestions and see if the user experience is acceptable

Thanks for the help

10

Send a msg.payload to the ui-control with the tab/page name (page and tab are the same in D2, use them interchangeably)

msg.payload = '<Page Name>'

// Object
msg.payload = {
    page: '<Page Name>',
}```

Hint: When loading content to a widget on a different tab.page, you may need to add a delay so the data gets there after the new tab/page loads. I've run into this almost every time, especially when the group or tab I'm sending data to was hidden and then unhidden just before loading (think dialog groups)