Set initial tab / Change tabs programatically

[fjelljager]

Firstly I would like to say thank you for your fantastic widget!

I have a situation where the initial tab I would like open is not always the first tab. I could not find an "initial tab" parameter anywhere or a way to change the tab programmatically to achieve the same result. If you have any advice on how best to do this it would be much appreciated, thank you.

[caduandrade]

Hi @fjelljager! Thanks.

It's possible to change the selected tab using the controller.selectedIndex ok? So you can change it in initState.

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();

    tabs.add(TabData(
        text: 'Tab 1',
        leading: (context, status) => Icon(Icons.star, size: 16),
        content: Text('Hello')));
    tabs.add(TabData(text: 'Tab 2', content: Text('Hello again')));

    _controller = TabbedViewController(tabs);
    _controller.selectedIndex = 1; // second tab as initial tab
  }

I believe that it's enough for you right?

[fjelljager]

Hi @caduandrade thank you for the quick reply, it's much appreciated!

I just tried that and it worked perfectly, thank you very much.

I think it would be useful to include this in the documentation if you get the time :)