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5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create additional tab panels.
6. For Default Front Tab, choose the panel you want in front when you switch from Layout
mode to another mode.
When you switch to Layout mode from another mode, the front-most tab panel is the one that
was last displayed in the previous mode.
7. Choose Tab Justification options: Left, Center, Right, or Full.
8. Choose Tab Width options: Label Width, Label Width + Margin, Width of Widest Label,
Minimum of, or Fixed Width of.
9. For Label Width + Margin, Minimum of, or Fixed Width of, choose a units option: Inches,
Centimeter or Points, then enter a value in the box.
10. Click OK.
11. To add objects to the tab panel, use the layout tools in the status toolbar, choose from the
Insert menu, or drag objects onto the tab panel.
For more information on adding fields and other objects, see Placing and removing fields on a
layout and Drawing and inserting objects on a layout.
Notes
• Use the Inspector to change the appearance of a tab control (for example, to make the
corners rounded). See Formatting panel controls.
• You can format the appearance of one or more tab panels to be conditional (for example,
format a tab panel to appear red when a certain condition is met). See
Defining conditional
formatting for layout objects.
• You cannot place a tab control in a portal.
Related topics
Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
Changing a tab control
Selecting and working with objects on panel controls
Moving and resizing panel controls
Copying, duplicating, and deleting panel controls
Changing a tab control
You can add, rename, remove, and reorder tab panels in a tab control. You can also set the default
front tab panel.
To change a tab control:
1. In Layout mode, double-click the tab control.
Or, select a tab control and choose Format menu > Tab Control Setup.
The Tab Control Setup dialog box appears.
2. Make changes to the tab control.