The Tab Bar

Switch between the boards in a document, add new ones, and group them into folders.

A document can hold many boards, and the tab bar is how you move between them. Each tab is its own canvas; the bar runs along the bottom of the editor and shows them in a row, so the whole document is one click wide. The quick controls (Search, Settings and the appearance switch) sit at its right-hand end.

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The bottom bar: the Tabs label, the active tab, a tab folder, the + button, and the quick controls at the far end.

What you can do here

  • Switch between boards by clicking a tab. A small stack of initials on a tab shows who else is on it right now.
  • Add a new tab with the + button straight after the last tab. It arrives numbered ("Tab 2", "Tab 3"), wearing the current tab's theme, with the Quick Start picker open so you can begin from a template or leave it blank.
  • Rename a tab by double-clicking the active one, or from its menu.
  • Reorder tabs by dragging them along the bar; a caret shows where the tab will land.
  • Manage a tab from its menu: right-click it, or click its ⋯ button. The menu holds Rename, Duplicate, Paste, Lock Tab and Delete, plus Add to Folder, Add to Document, import, export and more. See Context Menus.
  • Organise related tabs into one-level folders with Add to Folder when a document grows. See Tab Folders.

On a view-only link the bar still switches tabs, but there is no + button and no tab menu. On a phone the "Tabs" label is dropped to save room.

For the depth, see Tabs: this bar is just the control surface for them.

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