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tab

tab

37 2.9
A page opened inside a browser window that you click to switch
  • noun
  • /tæb/
  • Texting
translation icon : pestaña
  • If you want to compare information, open multiple tabs in your browser.
  • click the tab
  • select the tab
  • the Queries tab

Safari had private windows, private tabs before Firefox did.

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Examples

  • Just click the blue "Use This Template" tab in the upper right, rename it, and it is yours.

    Academic text (2014)
  • All of our information is in here, under the blue tab.

  • So if I go to that tools tab, let me do that.

  • New tab, new tab, open a new tab.

  • So I have one tab, which is video ideas.

  • Click the blue tab on the model, will you?

  • And as we can see, each image opens in its own tab for easy navigation.

  • You may find the 'Useful Info' tab near the top of the page professionally useful and interesting.

    Academic text (2012)
  • There is still another column in the dimensions tab we can take a look at, the status column.

    Blog text (1)
  • Guest posting sites: This tab contains all the possible places where I can submit my posts.

    Blog text (3)

Compounds

tab key
  • Specialized
1 2.3

A key on a keyboard that moves the cursor to the right to indent or align text

How Detailed

control panel
  • Specialized
4 3.4
dialog box
  • Specialized
5 3.2
subpanel
  • Specialized
4.8
panel
  • Specialized
112 4.5
tab
  • Texting
37 2.9

Surface Forms

tab singular
tabs plural

Etymology

Tab in a browser is named after the small paper or folder tab used to mark pages, so a browser tab is a labeled area you click to switch between pages.