App Tabs

The App Tab interface is effectively the main working interface for Pro users in the full client. Users will spend most of their working time within this interface moving between different apps and instances of models, reports, presentations, formulations, publications and illustrations.

The App Tab interface has its own home menu, tab functions, and status bar items:

  • Main Navigation -
    • Home Menu - (green arrow above) Opens useful jump buttons and quick content management functions.
    • Quick Open - (yellow arrow) Opens the content folder tree.
    • Tab Manager - (orange arrow) Opens the App Tab Manager, which is used for filtering and managing open tabs.
  • Tabs - For details about navigating around the tabs, see Tab Navigation (below).
    • Tabs - (red box) The tabs each represent a visual, presentation, and so on that is currently open.
    • Forward and Back buttons - (yellow boxes) used to navigate between the tabs.
    • New Tab - (blue arrow) Opens a new tab for the specified module.
    • Tab Menu - (purple arrow) Opens a menu associated with each app tab.
  • Chatbot - (white arrow) Opens the Chatbot for use within the open app.
  • Bulletin Board Shortcut - (red arrow):
    • Click the Pin icon to open the bulletin board messaging framework. Note: If there are unread messages, the number of unread messages is shown in the red bubble.
    • Click the Pop-up menu alongside the Pin icon to open the Feeds Shortcut and go directly to a specified feed, without using the bulletin board.
  • Job Spooler - (pink arrow) Opens the job spooler dialog for viewing spooled print and model jobs
  • Query Benchmarks - (not shown) Opens the benchmark dialog to see the query and application performance overview.

Tab Navigation

  • Use the Forward and Back buttons (yellow boxes) to navigate forward or backward through the open tabs:
    • Click the single arrow to move across by one tab, or hold down the single arrow to scroll through the tabs.
    • Click the double arrow to go to the first or last tab.
    • You can also use the wheel on your mouse to scroll through the tabs.
  • Alternatively, press Ctrl + Arrows on your keyboard to navigate through the tabs.

Tip: You can rearrange the tabs by dragging and dropping them into your desired order. Discover and Illustrate tabs can also be dragged and dropped directly onto an open presentation or publication.