Tab Bar

The Tab Bar at the top of your ARCHICAD workspace shows all of your open views/viewpoints.

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Click any tab to activate that window.

Hover over any tab to see a preview of its last opened view, with its name.

Turn off Tab Bar

The Tab Bar is visible by default. To turn it on and off, use Window > Show/Hide Tab Bar.

Turn off Tab Preview

By default, Tabs display a preview when you hover over them. Change this preference in Options > Work Environment > More Options.

Topics in this Section

Click Tab to Activate

Tab Overview

Tab Navigation Shortcuts and Commands

Tab Bar Context Menus

Open a Tab from a Marker

Overflow Items on the Tab Bar

Close Tabs

Dock/Undock Tabs (Mac only)

Open New View/New Layout Preference

Click Tab to Activate

Click any tab, or click on its preview, to activate it.

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Note: A tab of a view that has not been opened yet has no generated preview, and displays a view icon instead.

Tab Overview

Click the Tab Overview icon to show/hide all tab previews as an overview, then click the one you need:

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Show/Hide Tab Overview

Tab Navigation Shortcuts and Commands

Cycle among the tabs with the shortcuts:

Ctrl/Cmd+Tab (from left to right)

Shift Ctrl/Cmd + Tab (from right to left)

See also Overflow Items on the Tab Bar.

Use the Window > Show Next Tab or Window > Show Previous Tab commands

Note: If you do not see these commands in the menu, use the Options > Work Environment > Menus dialog box to add them.

Each new Tab is appended to the right end of the Tab Bar.

Tab Bar Context Menus

Available items vary depending on the type of view/viewpoint.

From the Story tab, navigate to any story

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From an Interior Elevation view tab, navigate to any other IE in the same group

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From a 3D window tab, switch between Axonometric and Perspective views

From a GDL editing window, switch back to the Master window

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From any viewpoint or view, find recent views created from the same viewpoint.

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Click All Related Views to access, in a tree structure, all the views created from the same viewpoint as the tab:

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Open a Tab from a Marker

Use a placed marker to navigate to any view created from a particular viewpoint.

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Select Placed Marker, Then Right-Click to Open Any Related View

Overflow Items on the Tab Bar

You can have any number of tabs open at a time. If they no longer fit into the width of the tab bar, a double-arrow pop-up appears at the right edge of the Tab Bar.

Click to see a list of the additional tabs.

The last visible tab is also listed here, shown with a checkmark.

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Click on any of these to activate it and add it to the visible tabs on the Tab Bar.

Close Tabs

Do one of the following:

Click the X on the tab

Use the Close Tab command from the tab’s context menu

Use the Close Tab command from the Window menu

Click the mouse-wheel over the tab

To close all tabs except the currently active one, use Window > Close All Other Tabs and Windows.

Dock/Undock Tabs (Mac only)

Do one of the following:

Use the Undock command from the tab’s context menu

Use the Window > Undock command.

To dock a tabbed item, use the Window > Dock command.

Open New View/New Layout Preference

When you open a new view or new layout, it can either replace the opened one (of the same type, in the case of views), or be opened in a separate new tab. Change this tab-opening preference in Options > Work Environment > More Options.

Exception: You can have only one Floor Plan and one 3D window open at a time.

Related Topics:

Transfer Settings Among Tabs