Ajax loaded tabs about easytabs

[dimdimich]

What do you think about adding such feature to main branch or it should be paid modification?

[tangar76]

I do not think such feature should be implemented in easytabs. It has to be some custom development - some block that can load data via ajax from simple product on config option change. Then this block can be place into tabs via Magento admin interface.

[dimdimich]

I think that it's quite popular way to load content on content heavy pages. Please discuss that with Vova.

[vovayatsyuk]

TL;DR;
It's possible but unstable. Especially regarding third-party tab contents.
So, if we will add this feature, there should be an easy way to disable it per tab.

Explantation

• For now, tabs are rendered during catalog_product_view action with access to Request object (all params), Registry, Events.
• If we implement some action to render tab, the tab will be rendered during easytabs_tab_render action with different environment

This may cause errors for some the tabs that require some logic that works during catalog_product_view action only.

Additionally, various js may not work as expected (dom:loaded listener for example).

[vovayatsyuk]

Another caveat:

Customers actively use our feature, when the tab is not rendered if there is no content for it.

This feature will not work for ajax tabs, of course.