Tab control The tab can be used to create multiple button and multiple column displays and interfaces. Cycling '74 Max U/I Messages in TEXT_HERE Item Index TEXT_HERE Item Symbol TEXT_HERE Idle Item Index TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Output current tab value bang message will retrigger the object's output. Select a tab, cause output The number specifies a tab item to be sent out, and causes tab to display that item and send the index out the first outlet and the tab text out the second outlet. The items are numbered starting at 0. A tab can also be chosen with the mouse. Select a tab, cause output Converted to int. Select a tab, cause output Clicking on a tab button will highlight and set the selection and send the index out the first outlet and the tab text out the second outlet. Select the next tab, cause output Selects the next index to the tab object and causes tab to display that item and send the new index out the first outlet and the tab text out the second outlet. If the last index is currently displayed, it wraps around to the first index. Select the previous tab, cause output Selects the previous index to the tab object and causes tab to display that item and send the new index out the first outlet and the tab text out the second outlet. If the first index is currently displayed, it wraps around to the last index. Select a tab with no output The word set, followed by a number, specifies a tab item to be selected, and causes tab to display that item, but does not cause any output. Select a tab by name with no output The word setsymbol, followed by a symbol that specifies a tab item, causes tab to display that item but does not send output. Select a tab by name The word symbol, followed by a symbol that specifies a tab item, causes tab to display that item and send the index out the first outlet and the tab text out the second outlet. Prevent text truncation When set to one, protects the currently active tab from text truncation. Background Color TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Button mode Toggles button mode for the tab object. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Use Color for Text TEXT_HERE Contrasting Text Color TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Gradient TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Tab Color (Selected) Sets the color of the selected tab in RGBA format. The htabcolor attribute is mapped to the color style color. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Text margin Sets the text margin, in pixels, for tab text. Tab layout mode Sets the text tab layout mode. The modes are:

0 separate tab entries are equally spaced. This is the default.
1 separate tab entries are proportionally spaced according to the text.
Note: to add multiple words, use the backslash before a space (e.g. "one\ down") TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Multi-line mode Toggles allowing multiple lines of text in a tab. When set, you can resize the object to create multicolumn displays. Enable parameter mode handling Enables use of this object with Max for Live Parameters and allows for setting initial parameter values in the Max environment. Rounded tab radius Sets the radius, in pixels for the tab object. Segmented TEXT_HERE Horizontal spacing Sets the horizontal spacing for the tab object in pixels. Vertical spacing Sets the vertical spacing for the tab object in pixels. Style Sets the style to be applied to the object. Styles can be set using the Format palette. Unselected tab color Sets the tab color for unselected items in RGBA format. The tabcolor attribute is mapped to the elementcolor style color. Tab text Sets the tab text for each tab in the tab object. Unselected tab text color Sets the text color for the tab object when the tab is unselected in RGBA format. The textcolor attribute is mapped to the textcolor_inverse style color. Text Truncation Sets the truncation to be applied to tab text TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Tab Vertical Alignment Sets the vertical alignment for tabs TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE