Tab (interface)

In interface design, a tab is a graphical user interface object that allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents. It is an interface style most commonly associated with web browsers, web applications, text editors, and preference panels, with window managers and tiling window managers.

"New Tab" redirects here. For the novel, see New Tab (novel). For other uses, see Tab (disambiguation).

Tabs are modeled after traditional card tabs inserted in paper files or card indexes (in keeping with the desktop metaphor).

Tabs may appear in a horizontal bar or as a vertical list. Horizontal tabs may have multiple rows. Tabs may be organizable by changing their order through drag and drop or creating a separate window from an existing tab. Implementations may support range-selecting multiple tabs for moving, closing, and separating them.

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