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1. Activate and scroll to tab on external link click

• Edit the link href and class attributes in template source
• Use the external javascript to add the onclick observers

2. Using public events to call javascript on tab activate or deativate
3. Disable native tabs in Magento 1.9 RWD theme
4. Reccuring info tab
5. Dynamic tab titles
6. Unset multiple blocks

Activate and scroll to tab on external link click

There are two possible ways to implement this feature:

1. Edit the link href and class attributes in template source:

<a href="#TAB_ALIAS_FROM_BACKEND" class="easytabs-anchor easytabs-scroll easytabs-animate">Description</a>

For Example, the link below will activate the description tab:

<a href="#product_tabs_description_tabbed" class="easytabs-anchor easytabs-scroll easytabs-animate">Description</a>

2. Use the external javascript to add the onclick observers.

   $$('WRITE_SELECTOR_HERE').first()
       .observe('click', function(e) {
           e.stop();

           var element = e.element(),
               tab     = 'review',
               scroll  = true,
               animate = true;
           easytabs.onclick(element , e, tab, scroll, animate);
       });

For example, the code below shows how to add onclick event to the Write Review and Read Reviews links:

   $$('.rating-links a, .no-rating a').each(function(el) {
       el.observe('click', function(e) {
           e.stop();

           easytabs.onclick(el, e, 'review', true);
           if (el.href.indexOf('#review-form') > -1) {
               $('review-form') && $('review-form').scrollTo();
           }
       });
   });

Using public events to call javascript on tab activate or deativate

There are four public events are available to listen:

• easytabs:beforeActivate
• easytabs:afterActivate
• easytabs:beforeDeactivate
• easytabs:afterDeactivate

Example:

document.observe('easytabs:afterActivate', function(e) {
   var tab      = e.memo.tab,        // string
       content  = e.memo.content,    // dom element
       easytabs = e.memo.easytabs;   // easytabs instance

   console.log(tab + ':' + easytabs.getActivationCount(tab));
});

Disable native tabs in Magento 1.9 RWD theme

There 3 ways of dealing with native tabs:

1. Hide tabs with css

.product-view .tabs { display: none; }

2. Remove tabs from catalog/product/view.phtml template

Find the following lines and remove them:

  <div class="product-collateral toggle-content tabs">
      <?php if ($detailedInfoGroup = $this->getChildGroup('detailed_info', 'getChildHtml')):?>
          <dl id="collateral-tabs" class="collateral-tabs">
              <?php foreach ($detailedInfoGroup as $alias => $html):?>
                  <dt class="tab"><span><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->getChildData($alias, 'title')) ?></span></dt>
                  <dd class="tab-container">
                      <div class="tab-content"><?php echo $html ?></div>
                  </dd>
              <?php endforeach;?>
          </dl>
      <?php endif; ?>
  </div>

3. Replace native tabs with old template container:

Find the following lines:

  <div class="product-collateral toggle-content tabs">
      <?php if ($detailedInfoGroup = $this->getChildGroup('detailed_info', 'getChildHtml')):?>
          <dl id="collateral-tabs" class="collateral-tabs">
              <?php foreach ($detailedInfoGroup as $alias => $html):?>
                  <dt class="tab"><span><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->getChildData($alias, 'title')) ?></span></dt>
                  <dd class="tab-container">
                      <div class="tab-content"><?php echo $html ?></div>
                  </dd>
              <?php endforeach;?>
          </dl>
      <?php endif; ?>
  </div>

and replace them with:

  <div class="product-collateral">
  <?php foreach ($this->getChildGroup('detailed_info', 'getChildHtml') as $alias => $html):?>
      <?php if (in_array($alias, array('reviews'))) : continue; endif; // use this to skip some tabs ?>
      <div class="box-collateral <?php echo "box-{$alias}"?>">
          <?php if ($title = $this->getChildData($alias, 'title')):?>
          <h2><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($title); ?></h2>
          <?php endif;?>
          <?php echo $html; ?>
      </div>
  <?php endforeach;?>
  </div>

Reccuring info tab

Create new tab with following configuration:

General Details

• Title: Recurring Profile
• Alias: recurring_info
• Block Type: Custom Block
• Sort Order: 10
• Status: Enabled

Widget Options

• Block: payment/catalog_product_view_profile
• Template: payment/catalog/product/view/profile/schedule.phtml
• Unset(reference::block_alias): product.info::recurring_info

Dynamic tab titles

Use eval directive to call block methods in tab title.

Block	Dynamic Tab Title
Tags	Tags ({{eval code="getCount()"}})
Reviews	Reviews ({{eval code="getReviewsCollection()->count()"}})
Askit	Questions ({{eval code="getCount()"}})

Unset multiple blocks

Use comma to unset multiple block from layout.

Examples:

1. parent_block1::block_to_unset1,parent_block2::block_to_unset2
2. right::catalog.product.related,product.info::related_products