# Tabs for Layout

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Each layout is displayed on a separate tab of the Viewing Grid. Tabs allow you to have multiple layouts open at once.

The display on initial System launch is a n empty Viewing Grid with tab name “New Layout*”. An asterisk next to a layout name, both on tabs in the Navigation Panel and layout names in the Resource Tree, means the layout has unsaved changes. New tab names automatically increment by 1 (“New Layout 1”) until the user session ends.

When all layouts are closed, one blank t ab will always display. If too many t abs are open to display at once in the Navigation Panel, use the "<" and ">" arrows to scroll left and right through the tabs.

To open a new tab

•Right-click on any tab in the Navigation Panel and select New Tab (shortcut Ctrl+T) from the context menu

•Go to Main Menu –> New –> Tab

•Click on the + icon to the right of the last tab in the Navigation Panel

To navigate to a tab

To navigate to a specific tab, click on the down arrow button (located to the right of the "+" button) in the Navigation Panel. The pulldown menu that opens lists the tabs that are currently open and your saved layouts.

•If you select a layout that is currently open, focus will shift to that tab

•If you select a layout that is not currently open, it will open in a new tab

To close a tab

•Click on the X icon next to the tab name

•Right-click on a tab to open the context menu and select Close (shortcut Ctrl+W)

To close all but the active tab

To close all tabs but the active one, open the t ab’s context menu and select Close All but This

To reposition a tab

Click-and-drag a tab name to change its position in the Navigation Panel.

Note: If Alarm Monitoring is configured, an Alarm Layout will automatically open when the corresponding event occurs. See "Showing Cameras on Alarm Layout" for details.