SAIFTabsDesigner

SAIFTabsDesigner is a ControlDesigner that renders a static three-tab placeholder in the Visual Studio designer for SAIFTabs, since SAIFTabs normally has no tabs until they are added imperatively at runtime and would otherwise appear empty on the design surface.

Purpose

• Give SAIFTabs a representative design-time appearance (three sample tabs) so developers can preview its active/inactive styling and image decorations without running the page.

Context

• Namespace: SAIF.Presentation.Web.Controls.V2
• Assembly/package: Compiled into SAIF.BOF.Presentation.Web.Infragistics103*

Public members

Member	Signature	Purpose
GetDesignTimeHtml()	Public Overrides Function GetDesignTimeHtml() As String	Builds and returns an HTML <table> with three sample tab cells ("Tab 1" active, "Tab 2"/"Tab 3" inactive), using the associated SAIFTabs instance's configured styles and edge images.

Inherited public members

SAIFTabsDesigner inherits from ControlDesigner (System.Web.UI.Design), a framework base class rather than a documented SAIF dependency library.

Member	Signature	Purpose
ActionLists	Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ActionLists As DesignerActionListCollection	Design-time smart-tag actions exposed in the Visual Studio designer.
Component	Public ReadOnly Property Component As IComponent	The design-time component instance currently being decorated.
Tag	Public ReadOnly Property Tag As DesignerTag	Helper object used by the designer infrastructure when rendering design-time HTML.
ViewControl	Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ViewControl As Control	Design-time view control used to host or render the component in the designer surface.
GetDesignTimeHtml()	Public Overridable Function GetDesignTimeHtml() As String	Returns the HTML markup shown on the design surface for the associated control.
Initialize(component)	Public Overridable Sub Initialize(ByVal component As IComponent)	Connects the designer to the associated component when design-time editing begins.

Standard ControlDesigner members are not re-documented here as they are unmodified framework behavior**.

Behavioral notes

• Delegates per-tab HTML construction to a private RenderTab helper, applying ActiveTabStyle/ActiveLinkStyle to the first sample tab and InactiveTabStyle/InactiveLinkStyle to the remaining two.
• Design-time only; has no effect on runtime rendering or behavior of SAIFTabs.

Constraints and usage notes

• Applies only within the Visual Studio designer; does not affect compiled page output or the actual tabs added via AddTab/InsertTab at runtime.

Note: Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

Sources

• SAIF.Presentation.Web.Controls.V2\SAIFTabsDesigner.vb