Manage Content Pane Tabs

The content pane allows you to open and toggle between multiple documents, inquiries, dashboards, and reports through the use of tabs. While only one item can be viewed at a time, the tabs allow you to have multiple item instances open and available.

For each item on each tab, a type icon and a name display. If the display name is longer than the tab, hover over the tab to display the full display name of the item.

When an item is opened or created, it displays on the last selected tab. If there are changes to be saved on the selected tab, a new tab is created when a new item is opened or created.

Manage Tabs

  • Add a Tab: Click the New Tab tab to create a new tab in the content pane. You can also click the right mouse button in the tab area and then select the New Tab option.
  • Close a Tab: To close the selected tab, click the Close button in the tab area. You can also click the right mouse button in the tab area and then select the Close Tab option. Additionally, the Close Other Tabs option will close all the tabs but the currently selected tab.
  • When multiple tabs are open, a drop-down list that displays the full name of each tab is available at the far end of the tabs area.

  • For information on additional options used to manage tabs, see ClosedTab Shortcut Menu Options.

    Tab Shortcut Menu Options

    When you click the right mouse button on a tab, some or all of the following menu items are available.

    Option Description
    Set as Home

    This option sets the selected tab as the Home option. For more information, see .
    New Tab This option adds a new, blank tab.
    Copy Location This option copies a link to the item to the system clipboard.
    Close Tab This option closes the selected tab.
    Close Other Tabs This option closes all but the tabs but the currently selected tab.
    Add to Favorites

    This option adds the tab as a favorite. For more information, see Manage Favorites.

Tab Usage Overload

The ease of use within the application by the simultaneous multiple tab availability can, in some circumstances, overload workstation memory usage and degrade BST11 operation.

When this occurs, particularly within multi-tab documents, inquiries, and dashboards, the user interface will diagnose the overload situation and passively deactivate unused, open tabs, releasing their memory. These tabs will be identified to the user by having their titles greyed-out. Such tabs may be reactivated by simply accessing them.

If the overland condition worsens, the user interface will also display a message such as: "For BST11 to run more efficiently, close any unused applications." The overload message will further identify specific, recently unused, open tabs that could be considered for possible shutdown by the user. These suggestions will be ordered by size of memory that can be recovered from largest to smallest.