Starting a New Tab

No matter which type of tab you want to create, the beginning steps to add a new tab are the same.

When you create a tab, you choose the type of tab that it will be. You cannot change a tab’s type after you create the tab. (For example, you cannot change an Account type tab to a Category type tab.) If you want to change a tab’s type, you must add a new tab as the type that you want, then delete the old tab.

To start a new tab

1 Access the tabset to which you want to add a new tab, or add a new tabset. (For instructions, see Adding or Changing a Tabset.)

The Administration tool displays the Edit Tabset page.

2 Click Add Tab.

The Administration tool displays the Add Tab page:

3 Complete these fields to name the tab and assign it a color:

Field

Action

Name

Enter the name you want displayed on the tab.

(For example, enter “Search Categories”.)

Note: If you want to wrap the tab’s text to the next line in the tab, enter a semicolon ( ; ) at the point at which you want to break the line. However, if you wrap the text for one tab in a tabset, you may want to wrap them all. This is because a tab with wrapped text is taller than a tab with unwrapped text.

Hover-Text

Enter the description that you want displayed in the ToolTip box when the mouse hovers over the tab name.

(For example, enter “Search Categories” again or “Quick Searches”.)

Color

Do one of these options:

Click a color on the color palette.

The Administration tool inserts the hex color code for you.

Enter “#” and the hex color code that you want. (For example, enter “#00CCFF”.)
Enter the HTML color code. (For example, enter “blue”.)
4 Click Next.

The Administration tool displays the Select Tab Type page:

5 Do one of these options:
Finishing an Account, Category, or Search-Type Tab
Finishing a URL-Type Tab

 


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