First I want to say I find this module extremely useful and easy to use. Kudos to that. But after using it I believe there might be an extra level of usability you could add (if possible) that would make it even better.
I am currently using the block tab module on unexploredhorizons.net. I've set up a template that allows me to showcase various updates to novels I'm publishing online, and clicking on a tab will show the latest update for each novel.
At the moment, block tab defaults to the content that is placed at the "top" of the content list for the region in blocks view, and the only way to see the other content is to click on each tab. However, if there was a way to append a variable to the end of the url that block tabs would recognize as a command to show other tabs, it would be possible to send people a link that would automatically make other tabs active.
Here's what I mean. On my site I currently have three tabs:
novel a
novel b
novel c
Block tabs defaults to always displaying novel a, so if you type https://www.unexploredhorizons.net, when the front page loads you'll see that novel a is active.
It would be very cool if you could specify other tabs via a string appended to the url, like:
https://www.unexploredhorizons.net/#novelb (I don't actually know how it could be parsed out)
https://www.unexploredhorizons.net/#novelc
If block tabs could recognize the #novelb and #novelc additions as commands to make alternate tabs active that would be really cool.
Anyway, I don't know how possible that is. As it stands the module is already very useful though!
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Comment #1
itarato commentedHi, thanks for using the module.
I like your idea, I think it's pretty useful. I've implemented it in D6 and D7 versions as well. You can find it in the latest dev versions.