Add & Manage Tabbed Widgets on a Page

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The Tabbed Widget provides a way to create a unique look for your page. You can create tabs to separate the widgets for a specific topic in one central location. It also allows your users to click and view the content.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrator | Owner | Publisher | Author

Add the Tabbed Widget to a Page

Important Note

It is recommended to use <h2> header tags in the headers of each tab to comply with ADA and site accessibility.

  1. Sign in to your site and navigate to the page where you would like tabs located

  2. Ensure that Live Edit Is OnLive Edit is On button in toolbar at the top of the page.

  3. Select the Widgets tab Widgets tab.

  4. Drag and drop the Tabbed widget to your page Tabbed Widget selected on Widgets tab and dragged onto page content.

    Note: A tabbed widget cannot be placed inside another tabbed widget.

  5. Enter a Name for your first tab and click Next Tab Name field.

  6. Drag and drop a widget to your Tabbed Widget Editor widget dragged into tab content area.

    Note: You can only add one widget per tab.

  7. Click the + icon to add a new tab plus sign icon next to tab name.

  8. Repeat steps 4 to 7 for each new tab you create

  9. Click Save Save button at the top of the page.

  10. View your new tabbed widget Tabbed Widget Example with tabs for Requirements and FAQs.

Edit Content in a Tabbed Widget

Important Note

It is recommended to use <h2> header tags in the headers of each tab to comply with ADA and site accessibility.

Only one widget can be added to each tab. Additionally, a tabbed widget cannot be placed inside a tab.

Instructions

  1. Sign in to your site and navigate to the page where your tabs are located, or create a Tabbed Widget

  2. Ensure that Live Edit is OnLive Edit is On button in toolbar at the top of the page.

  3. Select the tab you would like to edit Tab selected on tab widget.

    Note: To change tabs, you must click on the area around the tab name. Clicking on the text will select the text for editing.

  4. Edit the appropriate widget Editor widget.

  5. Click Save Save button at the top of the page.

Display Tabs Vertically or Horizontally

This article will show you how to change the direction of the tabs in the Tabbed widget.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrator | Owner | Publisher | Author  

Instructions

  1. Sign in to your site and navigate to the page where your tabs are located or create a Tabbed Widget

  2. Ensure that Live Edit is OnLive Edit On.

  3. Hover over the widget and select the Tabbed Widget Options iconwidget options icon.

  4. Select an option under the Position dropdown menu Tabbed Widget Position dropdown.

    • Top: Align tabs at the top of the widget

    • Left: Tabs display on the left side of the widget

    • Right: Tabs display on the right side of the widget

    • Stacked Accordion: Tabs display a vertical list of expanding accordions

      Note: It is possible to have multiple tabs open at once, which cannot be done with any Position setting.

  5. If you selected the Top position, select an Alignment from the dropdown menuAlignment options.

    • Equal Widths: Makes the tabs the same width

    • Equal spacing: Spaces tabs according to the length of the tab name

    • Left: Align tab names to the left

    • Center: Align tab names to the center

    • Right: Align tab names to the right

  6. If you selected the Left or Right position, edit the Width of the tabswidth box.

  7. Click the X in the top right corner, edits will automatically save X to close and save.

  8. Select the Save button at the top of the page Save Page button.

Rename a Tab

  1. Log in to your site and navigate to the page where your tabs are located

  2. Turn on Live Edit Live Edit is On button in toolbar at the top of the page.

  3. Hover your mouse over your tabbed widget and select the Options icon Three lines in the top left corner of widget.

  4. Change the tab name(s) Tab name fields.

  5. Select X to exit the Widget options windowX icon in top right corner of widget.

  6. Scroll to the top and select Save Save button in top right corner of page.

Delete a Tab in the Tabbed Widget

When you remove a tab, you must first remove the widget within the tab and then you can remove the tab itself.

Important Notes:

In vertically arranged Tabbed widgets, the Tabbed widget's removal icon ("X") may overlap the removal icon of the widget within the tab. This makes it difficult to remove the widget from the tab. In these cases, the Option set will need to be changed so that the tabs display horizontally in the Tabbed widget and the removal icons do not overlap. s

Instructions

  1. Log in to your site and navigate to the page your Tabbed Widget is on

  2. Ensure that Live Edit Is OnLive Edit is On button in toolbar at the top of the page.

  3. Select the tab you want to delete Tab selected in tab widget.

  4. Hover over the widget within the tab and click the X to remove the widgetX icon in top right corner of widget.

  5. Reply OK to the pop-up that asks Are you sure you want to delete this Widget?Ok button on pop-up.

  6. Hover over the blue Drag Widget here area, visible once the widget in the tab has been removed, and click the X to remove the area, which will then remove the tab X icon in top right corner of widget area.

  7. Click Save Save button at the top of the page.