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.