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Questions tagged [tabs]

a tab widget presents one out of a number of same sized panels to interact with. Which panel is presented is chosen from a list along one edge.

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Mandatory tabs-an unusual pattern?

Sorry if this sounds silly, but have you all ever faced a scenario where one of the tabs needed to be mandatory (picture below), and the user can't submit the form without addressing that particular tab?
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Alternative to tabs with long names

For a Windows Forms application I'm looking for a solution to organize forms in a tab group. Problem is that those tabs would be dynamic and have cryptic, short to long labels. Data is land registry data, each tab would be a section of the land…
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How to make important unhighlighted tab more visible without conflicting with current layout and color scheme?

An email is sent out to users informing that the reviewers' comments for talk proposals are now available. The top of the page (with identifiable information blocked out) is shown below. Next to the highlighted-white and highly visible "Proposal"…
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Guidelines for making the active tab selectable?

I have not been able to find guidelines (let alone user studies backing up the guidelines) specifying best practice for this aspect of tab behavior: when (if ever) should the selected (active) tab be made selectable? I have long assumed that only…
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Best practices for Tabs

What are the maximum levels of tabs we can have in a web application..? I am working on financial application where i have display project information which will need atleast 3-5 levels of tabs to show information. The problem what i am facing here…
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Tabs at the top AND at the bottom of a page?

In case of several very long pages organized by tabs, is it better to repeat tabs at the bottom or to have a "Go to top" button? download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
user15161
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Moving items between tabs

I'm designing a template editor for my WPF app. Each template is compromised of multiple child items. Here's a mock up: The user should be able to move template items between the History, Examination and Plan tabs. I'm having trouble deciding how…
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Active tab state

I found myself confused today using the Adobe Reader Android application when navigating it's tab interface. I wasn't sure which tab was active becuase the active tab state was recessed and dimmed, which led me to this question. In general, when a…
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Segmenting tabs without sub-tabs

For a desktop application, I'm trying to design form pages for business objects that can have a dynamic amount of child objects (at least 1). A business object has a "general" form (that covers all child objects) and one form per child object. A…
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Multiple tab systems

I am designing a multiple tab system to replace an accordion. Each section of the accordion now holds a tab system with lists. I mocked a solution, but have no contact with final user to run the two options I have in mind: 1) Product description on…
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Tabs - activate on hover or on click? both!

Do you like the tabs used in http://www.msn.com ? They can be activated by both hovering or clicking. There is a short delay on hover to prevent accidental activations, while clicking works immediately. I kind of like them.
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Going to Next Tab in a series of Tabs: refresh view at top of page, or at top of tabs?

Here's the situation: At the bottom of all pages, there is a NEXT button that links to the next Page. There is a series of tabs, of which the tabbed content can be exceptionally long. So, on Tabbed pages, the NEXT button will link to the next…
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Best experience for copying tabs from multiple document types?

Requirement: User can create a new online specification from multiple previous specifications Each specification is made up of multiple online tabs. The only way I can see to do this is to do something like Microsoft Word Clipboard where each of the…
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Should different pieces of content be sectioned within tabs on a web page?

I'm in the process of designing the layout of content on a product page of an Ecommerce website. Included is information such as product details, specifications, fine print, shipping, returns, etc. I've noticed that a lot of ecommerce websites…
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Is it acceptable for tab selection to change content outside of the tab?

Should a given tab contain all information specific and unique to that tab? Or is it okay for other content outside of the tab to change when I select a tab? Is there a named principle/rule/law related to this? Edit: For those wanting more context:…
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