Merging Two Tabs (drop down) in One

[Faizan_habib]

I have an existing GUI. There are 7 to 8 Tabs in the GUI out of which I want to merge two Tabs in one so if I Click the Tab the both Tabs pop up in the drop down menu.  How can I achieve this functionality or any other solution focused alternatives would be great.

Thanks

[altenbach]

Can you attach a simplified example? What is "pop up"? What "drop down menu"? What is "merging"?

Do you have exactly one tab control with several tabs or do you want to synchronizer multiple tab controls? Why not just place all controls from the two tabs into one tab?

[Faizan_habib]

So let me explain in a simple way.  In attached picture lets suppose Page 2 (Current Measurement ) and Page 3 (Voltage Measurement) are relevant and representing a similar data and I want to see them in one drop down menu. So, I want to create a new Page (Measurements)  and when I click that it shows a Menu Page 2 (Current Measurement ) and Page 3 (Voltage Measurement) , and I can access Page 2 AND Page 3 in this way. I hope I make it bit clear now.

Thanks

[AeroSoul]

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@Faizan_habib wrote:

 I hope I make it bit clear now.

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Not really. I don't know what drop-down menu has to do with tabs, however you could put controls/indicators from page 2 and 3 over the tab (not inside) and make them invisible unless you are viewing page 2/3. Then for the "Measurements" page just make all visible.

Not entirely sure why you need page 2 and 3 if you have all the same data in page "measurements" tho, you could just make one page for it all.

[Faizan_habib]

Unfortunately, I can not share my actual GUI, above pic was just an example to explain. Secondly, Page 2 and Page 3 in my actual case have a lot of data and controls which I can not display in one page. 

[altenbach]

The primary function of a tab control is to only show one page. Maybe you could eliminate the tab control and just change visibility of the relevant controls based on state or user input.