Tabs for Layout

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Tabs for Layout

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Each layout is displayed on a separate tab of the Viewing Grid. Tabs allow you to have multiple layouts open at once.

The display on initial System launch is an empty Viewing Grid with tab name “New Layout*”. An asterisk next to a layout name, both on tabs in the Navigation Panel and layout names in the Resource Tree, means the layout has unsaved changes. New tab names automatically increment by 1 (“New Layout 1”) until the user session ends.

When all layouts are closed, one blank tab will always display. If too many tabs are open to display at once in the Navigation Panel, use the "<" and ">" arrows to scroll left and right through the tabs.

To open a new tab

Right-click on any tab in the Navigation Panel and select New Tab (shortcut Ctrl+T) from the context menu

Go to Main Menu –> New –> Tab

Click on the + icon to the right of the last tab in the Navigation Panel

To navigate to a tab

To navigate to a specific tab, click on the down arrow button (located to the right of the "+" button) in the Navigation Panel. The pulldown menu that opens lists the tabs that are currently open and your saved layouts.

If you select a layout that is currently open, focus will shift to that tab

If you select a layout that is not currently open, it will open in a new tab

To close a tab

Click on the X icon next to the tab name

Right-click on a tab to open the context menu and select Close (shortcut Ctrl+W)

To close all but the active tab

To close all tabs but the active one, open the tab’s context menu and select Close All but This

To reposition a tab

Click-and-drag a tab name to change its position in the Navigation Panel.

note Note: If Alarm Monitoring is configured, an Alarm Layout will automatically open when the corresponding event occurs. See "Showing Cameras on Alarm Layout" for details.