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johnhenley

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2/26/2026 1:05 PM

On a slightly different note, I keep trying to convert from PortalSettings to use IPortalSettings, but there is no ActiveTab property in IPortalSettings. Is there a replacement or some other way to get that? I looked at the platform repo and it still looks like PortalSettings is still being used for a lot of cases, such as this one:

Should I just keep using PortalSettings and not bother trying to convert to using IPortalSettings?

Brian Dukes

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2/26/2026 1:34 PM

I'm working on removing usages of obsolete code (see PR #6965), which includes converting a bunch of <code>PortalSettings</code> usages to <code>IPortalSettings</code>. There is not a way to get the current page via dependency injection, though there have been some discussions on and off about adding a way to retrieve the current context. For now, I'm replacing <code>PortalSettings.ActiveTab</code> with <code>TabController.CurrentPage</code>.

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2/26/2026 2:19 PM

Thanks Brian!

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