Page Tabs

Calling the command:

The command enables/disables displaying of the page tabs in the 2D window.

If an active document contains several pages, page tabs might be displayed in the drawing window representing names of visible pages. The set of visible pages depends not only on the presence of pages in the document, but also on checkboxes enabled in the Show Page Tabs section of the Pages command dialog.

Page Tabs Management

Page tabs, by default, are located along the lower border of the T-FLEX CAD document window. If necessary, their location can be changed by moving the page tabs upwards, as it was done in old versions of the T-FLEX CAD. To do it, it is enough to point with the cursor at the page tab, call the context menu using and change the condition of the Tabs placement toggle to the required one (Top or Bottom).

Page tabs are used for quick switching between pages of the current document. For switching to the required page of the document, it is enough to point with the cursor at its tab and press . Moreover, the <Page Up>, <Page Down> keys can be used for shifting between pages as well.

If the <Page Down> is pressed while being on the last page of the current document, the system will offer to create a new page. The created page will be placed at the end of the list of pages of the given document. It is also possible to create a new page by using the New Page command located in the context menu for the tab of any page.

On each page tab, the page name as well as the symbol showing its type are displayed. By default, the system gives to the pages the names “Page 1”, “Page 2”, etc. , however, afterwards these names can be changed to more meaningful ones to make the work more convenient. To rename the page, the Rename command can be called from the context menu of the page tab. After calling this command, the system will shift to the mode of editing the text shown on the tab.

The order in which the pages of a document are arranged can be changed. It is possible to quickly sort the pages by names or by types using the Sort Pages > Name and Sort Pages > Type commands located in the same context menu called for any tab of the current document.

An arbitrary change in the page arrangement can be carried out just by dragging the page tab to another place. To do it, bring the cursor to the required tab, press and without releasing the mouse button, drag the cursor to the required position in the list of tabs.

 

Using the Font… command it is possible to modify font parameters used for displaying the text on the page tabs. Upon calling this command the standard window of font parameters opens up.

The Delete command allows removing the page on the tab of which the context menu has been called. If the page being removed contains some drawings, the system will inform about that and ask a user to confirm the necessity of page removal and all its contents.

The Pages… command invokes the dialog for controlling pages of the document. This dialog allows performing various operations with pages: create and delete pages, rename, change the type of page and its location in the list of pages.

The Hide Page Tabs command turns off the display of the page tabs for the document. After the tabs were turned off, it is possible to turn the display of the page tabs back on using the Page Tabs command.

Buttons for quick navigation between pages

When page tabs are enabled, right side of the page tabs bar contains following buttons:

- Switches the view to the first page of the document.

- Switches the view to the last page of the document.

- Invokes a drop-down list of all visible pages. Selecting a page in the list switches the view to such page.

If the page tabs bar can't fit tabs of all visible pages, then additional buttons are displayed for navigating to the previous or next page.

Buttons can be clicked either with or .