I am trying to design a security script that will prevent users from switching to a tab that they do not have permission to use.  I am using the OnTabSwitch script trigger to capture the value of the tab that they are on but I am having trouble capturing the value of the tab that the user has switched to.  Other than setting transparent buttons over each tab, what's the best way to capture this value?

OnObjectModify trigger fires when a tab becomes active and this calculation can be used to test which tab is active:

GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( "tabName" ; "isFrontTabPanel" )

To clarify, the OnTabSwitch trigger fires when the user initiates a tab switch, before the tab switch is actually performed. Just as the name of the starting tab panel is given by the Get ( TriggerCurrentTabPanel ), the tab the user is trying to switch to is given by Get ( TriggerTargetTabPanel ).

Thanks for clarifying Jeremy, my reply was based on pre FileMaker 12 features.

 

I actually haven't used the new OnTabSwitch trigger yet - it sounds handy!

I am using the OnTabSwitch script trigger to capture the value of the tab

 

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There are two or three how-to videos on this, here is one link you might like to view. Matt Petrowsky video

Is there a way to go to a tab by index rather than by name?