Tabs
A tab is a named clickable element in the UI. It appears in a horizontal sequence of other tabs.
Tabs never appear vertically.
A tab changes the information that’s displayed the UI. This could be for the whole application, or for a specific section.
The UI highlights the currently selected tab for the user.
For example, the following are both tabs:
When you need to describe a tab in the UI:
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Refer to the tab by its name, followed by the word tab.
For example, the Data Tools tab.
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Bold the tab name.
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If you need to tell the user to select a Menu item after they select a tab, use the Menu UI Macro, instead.
A user selects a tab to open a page in the UI. For more information, see Page. |