Configuring tabs
You set up all the tabs of a Virto Tab Navigation web part in the Tabs Settings panel. The panel works the same way on classic and modern pages; only the way you open it differs.
Opening Tabs Settings
Modern page
Open the page and click Edit. Select the Virto Tab Navigation web part and click the Edit web part (pencil) icon on its toolbar. In the Virto Tabs Navigation pane, click Configure Web Part.
Classic page
Open the page and click Edit. Open the web part menu (the arrow in the upper-right corner of the web part) and select Edit Web Part.
In the tool pane, expand Tabs web part settings and click Configure WebPart.
Note: On SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, the web part tool pane can be turned off for a site collection; Edit Web Part then shows an error. A farm administrator turns it on in the SharePoint Management Shell:
Enable-SPToolPane -Identity "https://sharepoint/sites/yoursite"The Tabs Settings panel
At the top, the panel shows what Virto Tab Navigation does, the web part version and, during the trial or when the license needs attention, a license message. Only site collection administrators see the version; other users see a note that reading the app details requires Site Collection Administrator permissions.
Below is the List of created tabs. The web part always has at least one tab: when you add Virto Tab Navigation to a page, it creates a tab named Default tab.
Each tab in the list has an Edit (pencil) icon and a Delete (trash) icon. The handle on the left of a tab lets you drag it to another position.
Creating a tab
Click Create new tab. The panel shows the fields of the new tab.
Fill in the fields in this order:
- Group web parts from: where to pick the web parts from. See Choosing where web parts come from. Until you choose it, the other fields are unavailable.
- Tab name: the name visitors see on the tab. The name can be anything, for example “File operations” or “AD users”. Long names are shortened to fit the tab. This field is required: while it’s empty, it shows “Required field” and Save tab is unavailable.
- Selected web parts: one or more web parts to show on this tab. Each selected web part appears as a chip; to remove it from the tab, click × on the chip.
Click Save tab, and then click Save at the bottom of the panel. See Saving changes.
You can create as many tabs as you need.
Choosing where web parts come from
The Group web parts from setting controls which web parts Selected web parts offers:
- Current web part zone: only the web parts in the same web part zone as Virto Tab Navigation.
- From whole page: all web parts on the page.
Choosing web parts
Selected web parts lists web parts by their titles. On classic pages, list views appear as “List:” followed by the list name. A web part without a title of its own, for example a Text web part on a modern page, is listed as “Web part” with its position on the page, for example “Web part 2”. Web parts with the same title are numbered in page order.
Each web part can be on one tab only:
- A web part that is already on another tab of this Virto Tab Navigation web part isn’t offered again.
- A web part that is already on a tab of another Virto Tab Navigation web part on the page is shown but can’t be selected; its hint says “Already placed in another Virto Tabs web part on this page”.
- A Virto Tab Navigation web part can’t be placed on a tab, so one tab can’t be nested in another.
Editing a tab
Click the Edit (pencil) icon next to the tab. The panel shows “Currently editing:” with the tab name, and the same fields as for a new tab. Change the name, the source of web parts, or the web parts themselves, then click Update tab and Save.
Changing the tab order
In List of created tabs, drag a tab by the handle on its left to a new position, then click Save. The tabs appear on the page in the same order.
Deleting a tab
Click the Delete (trash) icon next to the tab, then click Save.
You can’t delete a tab when it’s the only one: the icon is unavailable, because Virto Tab Navigation always keeps at least one tab.
Saving changes
Tab changes are saved in two steps:
- Save tab (for a new tab) or Update tab (for an existing tab) keeps the changes of that tab in the panel. Cancel next to it discards them.
- Save at the bottom of the panel writes all tab changes to the page. Until you click it, the page doesn’t change, as the note at the bottom of the panel reminds you: “Tab changes are written to the page only after Save”.
While a tab form is open, Save at the bottom is unavailable: finish the tab with Save tab, Update tab, or Cancel first. Its hint says “Finish or cancel the tab you are editing first”. Save is also unavailable while the license isn’t valid; see Licensing and languages. Cancel at the bottom closes the panel without writing the changes to the page.
After that, publish the modern page or save the classic page, so visitors see the new tabs.
How tabs look on the page
Tabs appear when the page is not in edit mode. Visitors see one tab at a time: the web parts on other tabs stay hidden until the visitor opens their tab. During the trial, a message above the tabs shows how many days are left.
On this classic page, Support tickets and Alerts each hold one list.
Access to tabs
Virto Tab Navigation has no permission settings of its own. Access is controlled by SharePoint: users see the page and the web parts on its tabs according to their SharePoint permissions.
Appearance
Tabs use the built-in design. Virto Tab Navigation has no settings for custom styling.