Dialog Boxes — Customize dialog box — Tab page

# Tab page

The Tab page allows you to customize settings related to the tabs.

## Style drop-down list box

Specifies how document navigators are displayed. Select one of the following options.

Tab | Displayed as tabs.
Button | Displayed as toolbar buttons.

## Icons drop-down list box

Specifies how an icon for each tab is displayed. Select one of the following options.

None | Does not display any icons.
Document Type Icons | Displays icons associated with opened document types.
EmEditor Icon | Displays the EmEditor icon.

## Insert Position drop-down list box

Specifies where a new tab should be inserted. Select one of the following options.

Leftmost | A new tab will be inserted at the leftmost position.
Rightmost | A new tab will be inserted at the rightmost position.
Left of Active Tab | A new tab will be inserted to the left of the active document tab.
Right of Active Tab | A new tab will be inserted to the right of the active document tab.

## When Closed drop-down list box

Specifies which tab should be activated when a tab is closed. Select one of the following options.

Activate Most Recent Tab | Activates the most recently used tab.
Activate Left Tab | Activates the tab to the left of the closed tab.
Activate Right Tab | Activates the tab to the right of the closed tab.

## Open In drop-down list box

Specifies in which window a new file should be opened. Select one of the following options.

New Window | Opens both new files and existing files in new windows.
New Tab in Most Recent Window | Opens both new files and existing files in new tabs in the most recent window. However, when tabs are disabled, or when a plug-in is running, the file might be opened always in a new window.
New Window for New File, otherwise New Tab | Opens a new file in a new window, and an existing file as a new tab. However, when tabs are disabled, or when a plug-in is running, the file might be opened always in a new window.

## Width drop-down list box

Specifies how each tab width is adjusted. Select one of the following options.

Adjust to file name | Each tab is adjusted to its file name length.
Truncate only when longer than specified width | Each tab is adjusted to its file name length, but truncated only when its length is longer than a width specified in the Specified Width text box.
Fix to specified width | All tabs are same in length as specified in the Specified Width text box.

## When Not Fit drop-down list box

Specifies how tabs should be displayed when tabs do not fit in the window width. Specifies one of the following options.

None | Does nothing.
Adjust Width | Adjusts each tab width to fit to the window width.
Add Rows | Adds rows to display all the tabs.

## Close Button drop-down list box

Specifies how the Close button should be displayed. Select one of the following options.

None | Does not display the Close button.
Right Side of Window | Displays the Close button on the right side of the window.
On Active Tab | Displays the Close button only on the active tab.
On Each Tab | Displays the Close button on each tab.

## Specified Width text box

Specifies the width of each tab when Truncate only when Longer than specified width or Fixed to specified width is selected for the Item Width drop-down list box.

## Show Read-Only Icon check box

Shows the read-only icon on the tab where the file is opened as read-only mode.

## Highlight Active Tab check box

Highlights the active tab when the Tab is selected for the Style drop-down list box.

## Color button

Specifies the color to highlight the active tab when the Highlight Active Tab check box is set.

## Reset button

Resets to default settings.