{"id":660,"date":"2010-07-27T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2010\/07\/27\/easy-tabs-rockv5-beta-is-looking-really-good\/"},"modified":"2010-07-27T23:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T23:43:00","slug":"easy-tabs-rockv5-beta-is-looking-really-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2010\/07\/27\/easy-tabs-rockv5-beta-is-looking-really-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Tabs Rock \u2013 v5 Beta is looking really good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass4B9A52E4D82443F8A766B93C37E5282E\">\n<p>Yippee! Easy Tabs 5 is out (in Beta, your mileage will vary) and looking good. I&#8217;ve actually deployed it in house, in production as I plan to simply replace the textfile holding the script with the final version when he has finished his masterpiece \u2013 one upload, all tickety-boo.<\/p>\n<h2>So What?<\/h2>\n<p>Easy Tabs is a brilliant bit of thinking outside the box by Christophe Humbert (blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pathtosharepoint.com\/\">http:\/\/blog.pathtosharepoint.com\/<\/a>). I used it heavily in SharePoint Services 3 (and MOSS) sites and have been anxiously awaiting the SharePoint 2010 version (better still, his latest version, version 5 supports both) so that I could continue to leverage the power (and reclaim dashboard real estate). The simplest description is this\u2026 In the space it takes to show one List View or Web Part, I can now display many, separated by tabs. This is huge, for a busy desktop\/dashboard that evolves as quickly as our business grows (and dreams).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve captured several examples of Easy Tabs in action further down in this post, to hopefully help surface some ideas and approaches to how it can be leveraged in your sites. As well, I&#8217;ve illustrated with some screenshots what each setting does, to save you some time with experimentation.<\/p>\n<h2>Now What?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Get it here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathtosharepoint.com\/sharepoint-user-toolkit\/Pages\/Easy-Tabs-v5.aspx\">http:\/\/www.pathtosharepoint.com\/sharepoint-user-toolkit\/Pages\/Easy-Tabs-v5.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about it here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pathtosharepoint.com\/2010\/07\/26\/easy-tabs-version-5-is-out\">http:\/\/blog.pathtosharepoint.com\/2010\/07\/26\/easy-tabs-version-5-is-out\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All told, I&#8217;ve had great success with v5. There is a calendar bug but if you read his notes, it appears we may need to wait for Microsoft to make some changes, before that one is easily overcome.<\/p>\n<h2>Just Tell Me How\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>The steps to implement are pretty simple:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc1.png\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the above is pretty straightforward, but here are some quick tips\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where to get\/configure Easy Tabs and download the text file from &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/usermanagedsolutions.com\/SharePoint-User-Toolkit\/default.aspx\">http:\/\/usermanagedsolutions.com\/SharePoint-User-Toolkit\/default.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Place the text file in a document library and get the link to that file, see the example below where I use the &#8220;copy shortcut&#8221; option in IE to get the full path to the EasyTabs script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc2.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs Script\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Figure 1 : Get the path to your uploaded Easy Tabs Script\/File <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then you&#8217;ll want to add a Content Editor Web Part to your page:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc3.png\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 2 : Insert a Content Editor Web Part and position it BELOW the web parts you want the tabs to manage <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, paste your link into the Content Link field, add an appropriate title for the web part and set your Chrome Type to None<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc4.png\" alt=\"Paste Link\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 3 : Connect to the script and set the title and chrome <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. A couple of things you should know (straight from Christophe, always refer to his documentation for any changes):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you have created the first web part, you could export it as a file (the web part), and then upload that web part to your Web Part Gallery so you can reuse those settings<\/li>\n<li>Web parts below Easy Tabs will not appear as part of the tabs (Sometimes this is beneficial, I&#8217;ve used this in several cases to get exactly the result I want)<\/li>\n<li>Web parts without a title won&#8217;t be included in the tabs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On to the Sampler\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Before, a dashboard with three lists and no Easy Tabs<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc5.png\" alt=\"Easytabs Dashboard\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 4 : Sigh, look at all that wasted dashboard real estate <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>No Frills Easy Tabs 5, in SharePoint 2010<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc6.png\" alt=\"Easy Tabs SharePoint 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 5 : Chose this&#8230; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc7.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs Options\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 6 : Got this&#8230; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Lots of Frills in Easy Tabs 5<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc8.png\" alt=\"EasyTab Features\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 7 : flipped on just about every feature&#8230; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc9.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs Features\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 8 : And here is the result <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc10.png\" alt=\"EasyTab Results\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 9 : The result of clicking on Expand All <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc11.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs Results\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 10 : And the result of Print Preview <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Finally, a gallery of some tabs in action, complete with colour modifications to suit<\/h2>\n<p>This is some snapshots of our portal today, with Easy Tabs in place, incorporated in various areas<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc12.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs in Action\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 11 : My tuned settings&#8230; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc13.png\" alt=\"EasyTab Settings\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 12 : Rocking our Client Quick Reference Dashboard <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc14.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs Quick Reference\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 13 : Jazzing up our primary support dashboard <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc15.png\" alt=\"EasyTabs Primary Support Dashboard\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 14 : Narrowing more information, reclaim your dashboards! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/072810_0643_EasyTabsRoc16.png\" alt=\"Reclaim your Dashboards\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;font-size: 9pt\"><strong>Figure 15 : Multiple views of a single calendar (with columns filtered)? 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