Creating a background tab

[disasm]

Is it possible to create a tab (a wxAuiMDIChildFrame derived window) in the background? i.e. not have it steal focus from the currently selected tab?

Is it also possible to remove a tab without stealing focus first?

[Ben]

Hello disasm,

Yes, as of a few hours ago .

Just create your child frame with the wxMINIMIZE style. Using this flag makes sense because an inactive tab is really the equivalent of a minimized window.

By the way, this is a good way to really reduce flicker when you create a new tab child-- first create it with wxMINIMIZE, and then call wxAuiMDICildFrame::Activate() to show it once all child windows are positioned correctly.

The other way to do the same thing without wxMINIMIZE is to call wxAuiMDIChildFrame::Show(false) before calling Create(). This is also standard in wxWidgets as of a few months ago.

Let me know if this works for you.

Best,
Ben

[disasm]

This works great when creating a new tab in the background! Thanks!

However, it does nothing for the problem of a tab stealing focus when closing. But I have found that if I call pChildFrame->DoShow(false) before calling pChildFrame->Close() then the tab does not steal the focus (and repaint itself) right before being closed.