New answers tagged tabs
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Whether or not you need to decompose the task into so many levels depends on the task complexity or amount of content. There's also the classic depth-breadth tradeoff. In general with web apps, where you have large windows and slow page loads, you're better off with a few complex pages in a simple hierarchy than a lot of simple pages in a complex hierarchy. ...
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I don't think an optimal number exists as each application is different, see this link short term memory and web usability.
4 levels of sub tabs (!) probably means that the Information Architect, if any, missed something. Multiple groups of nested tabs tells me that the application is overly descriptive instead of having been thought for what users are ...
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I would also add that you can have it centered and wrapping on two lines (e.g. three items on top line and two below). You may need to make slight changes to design such as make them appear more button like and are easily click-able.
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Here goes one ios example what @Matthew has suggested as Scrollable tabs:
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This sounds like it could also apply to a horizontal main navigation for a site. Brad Frost has several options for responsive navigation systems, but the next two seem most appropriate to what you're trying to accomplish from his options. Here are those two and a third approach:
Dropdown Tabs
A popular way to solve this is to switch from tabs to a ...
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In your tab design you are hacking in a drop down menu due to space constraint. Why not be consistent and use a drop down for the entire thing.
Also, drop down menus have good integration in the OS (atleast iOS does it, where they pop-up the menu options from the footer ) making the interaction not so clunky. It gives you a comfortable target area compared ...
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Use tabs if both of these are true:
the list is always only going to be short (say 3 items long)
the typical user will regularly switch between options
Use a dropdown if any of these are true:
the list is either long or is likely to need more options in the future. Tabs simply don't work when you have many tabs to show at the same time and not a lot ...
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