Proposal: TabView Parity with WCT TabView #2007
Description
Proposal: TabView Parity with WCT TabView
Summary
The WinUI TabView is missing two main features relative to the Windows Community Toolkit TabView:
Tab Width Behavior: Compact API Link
The unselected tabs show only their icon and no text until they are selected.
Overlay Close Button API Link
The x-to-close button is shown when the user hovers over the tab.
Rationale
- The WinUI TabView is so close to being feature complete relative to the Windows Community Toolkit TabView. Once WinUI TabView is at parity, we can deprecate the WCT TabView.
Scope
| Capability | Priority |
|---|---|
| Tab Width Behavior: Compact | Must |
| Overlay Close Button | Must |
Important Notes
The proposed API for these properties is outlined in #304, which is the initial proposal for TabView.
Specifically, the following APIs are proposed:
Tab Width Behavior: Compact
Existing enum (with new value) and existing property
TabWidthMode : {Equal, SizeToContent, Compact}
<TabView TabWidthMode="Compact" />
Overlay Close Button
New enum and property
CloseButtonOverlay : {Auto, OnHover, Persistent}
<TabView CloseButtonOverlay="OnHover" />