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Tabs

The Tabs panel contains other Panels as tabs, so that several Panels share one Area, displayed one at a time. In the default layout, the buttons of each kind of Command are tabs of one Tabs panel. A tab can contain any Panel, including another Tabs panel.

Adding Tabs

• In an empty Tabs panel, press Add Panel and pick a Panel.
• Otherwise, right-click the empty space of the tab bar and pick a Panel under Add Tab.
• Or right-click a tab and choose Add Tab.

The Tab Menu Right-click a tab, or inside its Panel:

Item	What it does
Options	The settings of the tab's Panel.
The Panel's actions	Such as Buttons for a Dialogue Buttons panel.
Save Layout..., Load Layout	Save the Panel's settings under a name, or load saved ones. See Saved Layouts.
Add Tab	Adds a tab.
Rename Tab...	Renames the tab.
Reset Tab Name	Restores the Panel's name.
Delete Tab	Removes the tab and its Panel.

A tab displays the name of its Panel until it is renamed. Tab names are how the default layout distinguishes its Dialogue Buttons panels: Presets, Engine, UI, Control... Moving Tabs Drag a tab along the tab bar to reorder it, or onto the tab bar of another Tabs panel to move it there. The Panel retains its settings. When the tabs don't fit, arrows appear at the end of the tab bar. The mouse wheel scrolls it too. Options Right-click the empty space of the tab bar and choose Options.

Option	Description
Tabs	Where the tabs are: Top, Left or Right. On the left or right, their names are written sideways, which leaves more height for the Panel.
Minimum Size, Maximum Size	The minimum and maximum size of the Tabs panel's Area.

Tabs Versus Areas

• Use tabs for Panels consulted one at a time.
• Use separate Areas for Panels to display together (see Edit Layout).

A Panel in a tab has no Area of its own, so its Options have no minimum or maximum size: the Tabs panel's apply.