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ColdFusion.Layout.showTab

Last update:
May 18, 2026

Description

Shows a tab that was hidden by using the inithide attribute of the cflayoutarea tag or the hideTab() JavaScript function.

Function syntax

ColdFusion.Layout.showTab(layout, layoutArea)

See also

cflayout, cflayoutarea, ColdFusion.Layout.createTab, ColdFusion.Layout.disableTab, ColdFusion.Layout.enableTab, 
ColdFusion.Layout.hideTab, ColdFusion.Layout.selectTab, Using layouts in Controlling Ajax user interface layout 
the Developing ColdFusion Applications

History

ColdFusion 8: Added this function

Parameters

Parameter
Description
layout
The name attribute of the tabbed layout that contains the tab to show.
layoutArea
The name attribute of the tab layout area whose tab you want to show.

Returns

This function does not return a value.

Usage

This function shows only the tab of a layout area; it does not show the display area. To show the display area of a hidden tab, call this function, followed by ColdFusion.Layout.selectTab.This function does not show a tab that a user closed by clicking the x icon on the tab.

Example

See ColdFusion.Layout.hideTab.

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