getSubtabIds()

Returns all of the IDs of the subtabs on the primary tab specified by a primary tab ID. If the primary tab ID is null, it returns the IDs of the subtabs on the current primary tab. This method can only be called from a custom console component or a detail page overwritten by a Visualforce page. This method is only available in API version 26.0 or later.

Syntax

sforce.console.getSubtabIds( (optional) primaryTabId:String, (optional) callback:Function)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
`primaryTabId`	string	ID of the primary tab from which the subtab IDs are returned.
`callback`	function	JavaScript method that’s called upon completion of the method.

Sample Code–Visualforce

<apex:page>
    <A HREF="#" onClick="testGetSubtabIds();return false">
        Click here to get the subtab IDs</A> 

    <apex:includeScript value="/support/console/68.0/integration.js"/>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function testGetSubtabIds() {
            //Get the subtabs of the primary tab 'scc-pt-0'
           //This value is for example purposes only
             var primaryTabId = 'scc-pt-0';
              sforce.console.getSubtabIds(primaryTabId , showTabId);
        }
        
        var showTabId = function showTabId(result) {
            //Display the subtab IDs
            alert('Subtab IDs: ' + result.ids);
            };
  </script>
</apex:page>

Response

This method is asynchronous so it returns its response in an object in a callback method. The response object contains the following fields:

Name	Type	Description
`ids`	string	An array of open subtab IDs.
`success`	boolean	`true` if firing the event was successful; `false` if firing the event wasn't successful.