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title: "Configuring Form with Tabs"
slug: "configuring-form-with-tabs"
updated: 2026-03-17T11:37:13Z
published: 2026-03-17T11:37:13Z
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# Configuring Form with Tabs

## How to create a Form with Tabs View

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To create a **Form with Tabs**, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the **Module View Library**(see [Manage Views](/v1/docs/manage-views) for more details)
2. Locate **Form with Tabs** and click on the card.
3. Click **Add New Form with Tabs** to open the configuration wizard.
4. Enter a **Name** and, optionally, a **Description**.
5. In the **People with access** field, define whether you wish to **All users** or whether you wish to **Selected Access Rights**to have access to the view.

> [!WARNING]
> **Note:** Currently, users can only view one active view at a time. If they are granted access to multiple views, the system will display the first view in the list (in alphabetical order).

![Form creation interface showing general settings and access rights options for users.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a63e0a8-1221-4570-aaa1-d43f9b95a612/Images/Documentation/Form with Tabs_General.png)

An image highlighting the General settings of Form with Tabs View

1. Navigate to the **New Item Form** tab or click **Next**.
2. Choose which file fields should be displayed when user adds a new item by selecting them in **“File Fields”**field. Selected fields order can be adjusted.
3. Customise which fields should be displayed when a user adds a new item by dragging them from the **Available Fields** list to the **Fields to Add Item** list in **Item Form**section. Adjust the order of fields to suit your needs.

![Form creation interface displaying fields for job details and management options.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a63e0a8-1221-4570-aaa1-d43f9b95a612/Images/Documentation/New Item Form.png)

An image highlighting the New Item Form settings of Form with Tabs View.

1. Navigate to the **Main Tab (Default)** tab or click **Next**.
2. Enter a **Name**.
3. Chose what content appears in the tab:

- **Item form only** – Default content type.Displays form fields, file fields, activity log and item comments
- **Item form + Inline modules** – Displays form fields, file fields, activity log, item comments and inline modules together
- **Inline modules only** – Displays only inline modules

Next steps are relevant for **Item form only** and **Item form + Inline modules**content types:

1. In the **File Fields**dropdown, select which file fields to be shown in tab, and adjust the display order as required.
2. Choose whether to enable or disable the **Show Item Comments** toggle.
3. In the **Activity Logs** dropdown, select which change logs you would like the view to include: **Field Logs**, **Download Logs**, **Workflow Logs**, **Version Logs**, and **Sharing Logs**.
4. In the **Item Form** section, drag and drop fields from the **Available Fields** list to the **Fields to Show** list, and adjust the display order as required.

![Form creation interface displaying tabs, item fields, and activity logs for job management.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a63e0a8-1221-4570-aaa1-d43f9b95a612/Images/Documentation/Item form only.png)

An image highlighting the “Item form only” content type of Item View Tab settings of Form with Tabs View

Next steps are relevant for **Item form + Inline modules**and **Inline modules only**content types:

1. Define whether you also want to display **Inline Modules** on the tab. Click **Add Inline Module** to display items in a related module.
2. In the **Inline Module** dropdown, select the related module.
3. In the **Link Field** dropdown, select the field that relates the two modules.
4. Decide if you wish to enter a custom **Sub-Tab Name.**If empty the name of the inline module selected will be used.
5. The **Add Button Label** will be pre-filled with "Add". You can change this to suit your business requirements.
6. In the **Default Module View** dropdown, select the default view you wish to display.
7. Define whether **View Selection** should be **Static** or **Dynamic**:
  1. If set to **Static**, choose your **Preferred View**—either the **Default View** or the **Last View Selected**.
  2. If set to **Dynamic**, you can change the module view based on metadata entered by the user. Select the **Field that triggers view selection**, then complete the mapping table by defining each value and its associated view.
8. Decide whether you wish to **Enable Merge PDF** (see [Download Merged PDF](/v1/docs/download-merged-pdf) for more details)
9. Click **Add Inline Module**for each related module you wish to display

![Form creation interface displaying tabs, fields, and options for job management.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a63e0a8-1221-4570-aaa1-d43f9b95a612/Images/Documentation/Inline Modules.png)

An image highlighting the “Inline Modules” section of Item View Tab settings in “Item form+Inline modules”/”Inline modules only” content type

1. For the final stage, click **New Tab** to define additional tabs you wish to display in the form, selecting content type whether to display **Fields** or an **Inline Module** or together as appropriate for each stage.
2. Click **Create** to confirm your settings and create the view.

**Note**: **New Item Form** as well as tab with **Item form only** or **Item form + Inline modules** content type can’t be created with empty **Item Form** section