Tabs

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The Tabs component stacks several layouts in one footprint. Viewers switch tabs to swap what's shown — an overview vs. a detail chart, one asset vs. the whole fleet — without navigating away. All tabs stay mounted, so switching is instant and shared context (the Global Time Control, selections) carries across.

Experimental component

Tabs is currently an experimental component. Its behavior and settings may change in future releases.

For a worked example — a HEX Home Page tab beside a Fleet Overview tab — see Organizing Displays → Tab Component. This page is the settings reference.

Switching between two tabs in a locked view

Quick Start

Drag the Tabs component onto the canvas — a new Tabs starts with two tabs ("Tab 1", "Tab 2"). Open Settings → Component Specific → Configure to rename, add, reorder, or remove tabs, then drop components onto the active tab to fill it.

Configuring tabs and placing components in each

Generic Settings

Each IOTA component shares a set of generic settings. Expand each section below:

Workspace

These settings are applicable to the whole view.

Grid Properties

The grid is provided for convenience when developing dashboards as visual guides and snapping capability.

By default the work area grid is enabled and can be customized or even disabled in this menu.

Property Name	Description
Grid Color	Color of the grid
Grid Size	Size of the grid step
Snap to Grid	Enable/Disable snapping to the grid
Show Grid Lines	Show the grid as lines
Show Grid Dots	Show the grid as dots

Align Controls

The Align controls provides a means to align and distribute selected objects on the display.

Align Objects

You can align several components horizontally using the Align-left, Align-center or Align-right controls
You can align several components vertically using the Align-top, Align-vertical-center or Align-bottom controls

Distribute Objects

You can distribute several components on the vertical/horizontal axis by selecting them (select at least 3 components) and pressing Align-vertical/Align-horizontal
You can make all the selected components the same width/height by selecting them and pressing Adjust Width/Adjust Height

Tips

Hold the Ctrl button to select several components. The oldest component is used as a reference.

Anchor Points Options

The anchor points are eight squares around an object that allow you to resize the object. The anchor point options allow you to define the appearance of the anchor points.

Property Name	Description
Reference Point Color	Sets the color of the reference point (see Rotation and Position for more details)
Anchor Points Color	Sets the color of the rest of the seven anchor points
Point Options Color	Sets the color of the point options (only for Line and Bezier Curve)
Show Point Options	Show/Hide the point options

Locked View Options

These options define the appearance of the component border in the locked view for the selected component.

Property Name	Description
Active Border Fill	Sets the fill color of the border
Active Border Width	Sets the width of the border

Variable

Every component has a unique variable name. This variable name can be used to reference the component in multi-state configurations and other scripts.
On creation, every component is given a default name. This can be overwritten to be more user-friendly. To do so simply overwrite the value in the variable input field.

Arrange / Remove

Send Backward - move object one layer down
Bring Forward - move object one layer up
Send to Back - place object under all layers
Bring to Front - place object above all layers
To send/bring objects to the front/back use the first four buttons.
Any set of components can be deleted by either using the button or delete/del keyboard keys.

Rotation and Position

Reference Anchor Point - allows you to select one of the anchor points as a reference so that you can set an Angle (clockwise) of incline relative to this point.
By default the reference anchor point is the top left corner. You can also rotate the component by dragging one of the yellow corner points.
You can set the position of the component by setting the X and Y coordinates relative to theReference Anchor Point and the top-left corner of the work area.
You can drag any of the anchor points to change the width and height of the component, or you can set it manually by editing the Width and Height boxes.
Set Lock Aspect Ratio so that while changing width and height, the component width to height ratio stays the same
Transform allows you to view the component as a mirror or a reflection of itself

Actions

Actions or multi-states are programmable conditional states handled by user-generated code.

Note

Actions that have script handlers are marked with a circle

in the top right corner.

The currently supported actions are described in the table below:

Action	Trigger
OnCreate	When the component is created
OnFocus	When the component is selected
onClick	When the component is clicked or the selection is changed
onData	Each time the data changes for assigned channels
onTick	20 times per second
onDblClick	On mouse double click
onHover	When the mouse is over the component (and not when the mouse is not)

Properties

The properties menu for Channels allows you:

to modify the Label of the DataSource
to set UOM, lower and upper values
to choose number format and displayed digits
to adjust the line formatting for trend line components
to configure the additional regression lines that can be plotted for supported components

Tabs Settings

Visual Properties

Background Color: Fill behind the tab content area.
Active Tab Color: Label color of the selected tab. Default: the theme primary color.
Inactive Tab Color: Label color of the unselected tabs. Default: the theme surface color.
Border Color / Border Width / Border Radius: The component's border.

To pick color of your interest

To change color for specific visual property, click on the color box next to property description. The color picker dialog will be displayed.
Visual Properties: Color Picker Dialog
Pick the color of interest. The video below shows how to choose a solid, gradient or theme color.
Color Picker Dialog: Workspace
You can add Gradient Stops by double clicking and to remove - by pulling it up.
To close the color-picker dialog - click on the property color box (Step 1).
Closing color-picker dialog
Clicking on the workspace area instead of Settings Tab area -
component settings will disappear since component focus will be lost.
Color Picker Dialog: Workspace

Font

Set the tab-label font. Font Family (default Arial) and Font Size (8–72, default 14); Bold and Italic come from the generic font settings.

Font Properties

Font properties available for edit:

Font Family : Allows to select different font family. Default: Arial
Font Size : Controls the font size. Default: 12
Italic : Sets font to italic
Bold : Sets font to bold
Underline : Sets font to underline

Component Specific

Configure — opens the Configure Tabs dialog (below).
Stretch To View: Resizes the Tabs container to match the whole workspace. Default: off. (Skipped for anchor-positioned components, which keep their anchors.)
Stretch Children To Tab Area: Resizes a tab's child to fill the tab content area. Default: off. Only applies when a tab contains exactly one component — tabs with zero or multiple components are left untouched.

The Configure Tabs dialog

Add a tab — type a name in New Tab Name and click Add Tab (or press Enter).
Manage tabs — the tab table lets you rename (double-click the title or the ✎ pencil), reorder with ↑ / ↓ (disabled at the ends), and 🗑 delete.
Apply to save, or Close to discard.

There is no fixed maximum number of tabs; when there are more than fit on one row, the tab bar wraps to a new line. You cannot delete the last remaining tab.

Assigning components to tabs

Components belong to whichever tab is active when you place them. In the editor, select the tab you want, then drop components into its content area (an empty active tab shows a drop-zone placeholder). Each tab keeps its own list of components.

Switching behavior

Switching tabs hides the components on other tabs and shows the active tab's components — nothing reloads and every component stays mounted, so state and data are preserved across switches. Because context is shared, a selection or Global Time Control change on one tab is reflected on the others. Removing a tab restores the visibility of the components it held.

Organizing Displays → Tab Component — worked example and when-to-use guidance
SubView — embed a whole saved view instead of stacking layouts
Navigation Between Displays — swap the whole display instead of a panel