sl-tab-group programmatic control questionn

[ourson66]

So I'm using an sl-tab-group as per the documentation, and I would like to determine which is the currently active tab, and store that off so that when I come back to the page (after a refresh, say) that I can ensure that the same tab is open for the user. In looking at the docs and hacking around a bit, it appears that both the sl-tab and the sl-tab-panel have an "active" property, that seems to be what I'm looking for. Which is better form ... setting the sl-tab's "active" property (in which case I should store off the "panel" property value to remember it when I come back, or setting the sl-tab-panel's "active" property (in which case I should store off the "name" property to find it when I come back)? Or does it matter?

UPDATE: Curiouser and curiouser... I just took a stab at it and if I set the "active" property programmatically on the sl-tab-panel, it doesn't update the tabs, although BOTH the currently active tab panel and the one I activated programmatically now show as having the "active" property. That doesn't seem right....

Here's a codepen: https://codepen.io/ourson66/pen/gbYPGZj?editors=1000

[claviska]

The fix for this was actually just merged yesterday: #2299

So getting/setting the active property will work fine in the next release.

[ourson66]

Any idea when that will be available? I noticed that the sl-tab-group also has a "show" method that might seem to be an answer. It would be nice to be able to specify an initial panel for it to open in, apart from the first one that shows up in the code.

[claviska]

v2.19.1 is available now

https://shoelace.style/resources/changelog/#id_2_19_1