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Skin form —Components tab — Layouts — Tabs

  
  1. Header 
  2. Body 

Styles set here apply to the tab body, the area beneath the tab header and underneath the layout in tab groups. When you create a tab group in a layout, you can select a format in the Format field in the Tab Group properties panel. You can specify values for the padding, border, and background of the following tab formats:

You can also create custom tab formats that you can apply to tab groups within sections. A preview of the currently selected tab format displays to the right.

Tab Body

To preview changes, save the rule and click Run (Run). In the Skin Preview, click Tabs.

Border

Use mixin Select to use a mixin to define the appearance of the border. Mixin displays the name and a preview of the currently selected mixin. Click the menu icon to select a different mixin from the list.

For the Top, Left, Right, and Bottom border, select to use the border specified in the mixin (from mixin) or select another option: none, solid, dashed, or dotted.
Specify styles Select to define a custom border:
  • same for all sides — clear this check box if you want to specify a different border style for Top, Left, Right, and Bottom.
  • Select a border type and specify the pixel width and color of the border:
    none, solid, dashed, or dotted.

Padding

Padding

Specify the width of the padding in pixels. Clear the Apply same padding on all sides checkbox if you want to specify a different amount of padding, in pixels, for Top, Left, Right, and Bottom.

Background

Use mixin Select to use a mixin to define the appearance of the background. Mixin displays the name and a preview of the currently selected mixin. Click the menu icon to select a different mixin from the list.
Specify styles Select to define a custom background and then select the background Type:
  • none — To define a custom attribute, select Add a custom attribute.
    Define custom attributes using CSS name-value pairs.
  • solid — Enter a hexadecimal value (such as #3d3d3d) to specify a Color or click the box next to the field to Choose a Color. To define a custom attribute, select Add a custom attribute. Define custom attributes using CSS name-value pairs.
  • gradient — Select the Direction in which you want to blend the colors, horizontal or vertical. Specify the Start and End colors of the gradient, as well as a Backup color. To define a custom attribute, select Add a custom attribute.
    Define custom attributes using CSS name-value pairs.
  • image — Specify the following:
    • Background Color — Select to use the background color specified in a mixin; choose obtained from mixin and then click to select a mixin. Alternatively, you can select custom color and enter the CSS hexadecimal value or click the box next to the field to Choose a Color.
      To define a custom attribute, select Add a custom attribute.
      Define custom attributes using CSS name-value pairs.
    • Location — Enter the location of the file, including the relative path. For example, images/AlphaCorpLogo.png.
      To search for an image, click () to open the Image Catalog tool. Enter any portion of a file name (relative path, file name, or extension) in the Search box, and click Find. If you can’t find the image, make sure it is in the webwb directory.
    • Tile — Specify tile settings for the image. Select None if you want to use a single image; Horizontal if you want a row of images in the background; Vertical, if you want a column of images in the background, or Both, if you want rows and columns containing the image in the background.
    • Position — Specify the placement of the starting tiled image, for example, top left.

Custom settings apply only to this element; they cannot be reused in other elements.
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