Placing a tab outside a form

You can place a tab outside a form to allow you to view and edit data from multiple tabs at the same time. For example, if you drag the List tab outside a form, you can check all lines on this separate tab, view detail line information on the General tab, and change the information if necessary. Similarly, on forms containing a graph, it might be practical to display both the graphic overview tab, and the data entry tab. On the Production files form, for example, this would allow you to enter data on the General tab and then immediately see the results in the Gantt chart.

To drag a tab outside the form, you need at least View rights to the tab controls.

Tip: To view fields from multiple tabs at the same time, you can also add these fields to a custom tab. All fields you use on a form will then be displayed together on a single tab.

Note: It is not possible to place the Texts tab outside the form.

Please take note of the following when using tabs placed outside a form:

• The position and dimensions of the tab are retained: when you exit and reopen the form, you will see the same tab outside the form. The tab is reset to its original position on the form when you exit the tab (see below) or run a process for deleting user settings.
• You can place one tab outside a form at a time (see below).
• You cannot hide a tab outside the form.
• You can place a tab outside a form only if the form has more than one tab.
• If you place a custom tab outside the form, you can use the tab, but you cannot change its layout (by adding fields, changing descriptions, etcetera). To change the layout, reset the tab to its position on the form (see below).

Dragging a tab outside a form and resetting it

To place a tab outside the form:

1. Click the tab title and drag the tab outside the form. Only one tab can be placed outside the form at any one time. If another tab is already outside the form while you drag a tab outside the form, the other tab will automatically be returned to the form.

Note: By dragging a tab and releasing it inside the form (between the tab titles), you change the order of the tabs. If you release the tab outside the form, the tab is placed outside the form. The cursor changes when you drag the tab outside the form.

To place a tab back inside the form:

1. Click on the tab outside the form.