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Hi,

actually AHK selects the first matching Tab, so if I use this:



all Texts go to Tab "NameSecond".

What about on option to exactly match the names?

Tekl

Thanks; I've made a note of this idea. In the meantime, you probably know that you can refer to a tab by its number rather than its name. There is no ambiguity then.

Hi Chris,

as I create the Tabs dynamically they won't have always the same number. Is there a way to get the Number of a tab by its name?

Till now I tried to avoid those names, but it would be nice to get such an option.

Tekl

For now, I think the best solution is to have the script track how many tabs are in the control so that it knows the tab number when it adds a tab. If the script is heavily dynamic, it might also have to track the position of each tab in the list (perhaps via an array).

Thanks,

I'll try it with an Array. But if you can say, it could be implemented in some days, I would like to wait.

Tekl

I don't think it will be soon because it doesn't score high in priority. Priority is based primarily on expected usage/benefit + difficulty.

In this case, a new syntax would have to be devised and documented. Suggestions are welcome.

Hi Chris,

ok ...

here are some suggestions:

1. SetTabMatchMode, 1|2|3 (like SetTitleMatchMode)
2. Gui, Tab, {Name}, 1|2|3 (same parameters)
3. Gui, Tab, {Name}, ExactMatch

Tekl

Those are good ideas. I've added this feature using your suggestion. Here is an example:

Gui, Tab, My Tab,, Exact ; Set it to be the tab whose name exactly matches "My Tab" (case sensitive also).

Aarrgh ...

Now I have rewritten my script using Arrays. As this had low priority how fast do you implement high-priority things?

So I remove the Arrays again to save some space ...

Thank your very much.

Tekl