Creating
Tabbed
Files
First let’s draw the tab file with the
Rectangle Tool
Next, give the rectangle rounded corners
Now, create another rectangle above
the rounded rectangle
(Red here and a slight transparency
so you can view it.)
With both these rectangles selected
Ctrl + 2 (Same as Arrange/ Combine
Shapes/Subtract Shapes).
This produces the result below:
Creating
Tabbed
Files
So we’ve got the base for our files.
Let’s add a top tab.
Selector Tool / Select the shape below
and Ctrl + K (Clone). I’ve coloured it
red here. The green shape is below it.
Now with the red shape selected flip
it vertically and holding down the
Ctrl key Move it up.
The green shape here is 300 px wide.
Now, create a further rectangle below
100px wide (blue). This is just a temporary
measure device. Align it to the left of the
green shape. Ctrl + C (Copy to Clipboard).
Now, with the red shape selected, in the
Shape Tool drag select over all the right
hand side Nodes so they are selected
as shown below.
I made a boob here, the
rectangle should be
100px wide but I
messed up and it’s
86px wide!
To late in the tutorial to
change it now
Creating
Tabbed
Files
Hold down Ctrl and drag these nodes
left until they are just within the blue
rectangle, as shown below.
Delete the blue rectangle. Your left with this.
Copy both shapes to the clipboard.
Now select both shapes and Ctrl+1 (Arrange/
Add Shapes,
Here’s the result. Your first tabbed file.
It will be filled with red but I’ve changed
it to green here.
Paste the shapes from the clip board.
Now move the red tab to the right-hand side
as shown below. It helps to use the alignment
tool here. You can select both shapes and
Align Right.
Creating
Tabbed
Files
Once more, I’ve selected both shapes and
Ctrl + 1 (Arrange / Join Shapes). Filled a
slightly darker green here. You now got the
right hand tabbed file.
Once more paste the shapes from the
clipboard. We want the tab in the middle
this time.
This time, with both shapes selected
open the align tool and select Align
Centrally in the horizontal plane.
And again, I’ve selected both shapes and
Ctrl + 1 (Arrange / Join Shapes). Filled a
slightly darker green here. You now got the
centre tabbed file.
Creating
Tabbed
Files
So now we’ve created thee tabbed files.
Onward and upward! Lets just take the left
tabbed file
Give the tab a title. Tab # 1 here. Select
the tab title & the file shape & group (Ctrl + G)
Now create a text area inside the file to contain
the text content, as below. Group.
Do the same for the centre tab file thus:
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As well as the right sided tab file thus:
Creating
Tabbed
Files
So you’ve got the three tabbed files now, with the tab title and content. What next?
Place Tab # 1, Tab # 2 and Tab # 3 in the
Mouse-Off layer of a web document.
Align them bottom & centre
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Creating
Tabbed
Files
Now create three more layers above the mouse over layer named “Tab 1 “, “Tab 2” & “Tab 3”
Select & Copy Tab#1
Go to layer Tab 1
Ctrl+Shift+V (Paste in Place) the copy of Tab#1
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Repeat…..
Select & Copy Tab#2
Go to layer Tab 2
Ctrl+Shift+V (Paste in Place) the copy of Tab#2
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Creating
Tabbed
Files
All that remains is to add some buttons that link to the Pop-up’s Tab 2 & Tab 3
Repeat…..
Select & Copy Tab#3
Go to layer Tab 3
Ctrl+Shift+V (Paste in Place) the copy of Tab#3
You now have all three tabs in layer Mouse-off
and a duplicate of each tab in its own layer.
All that remains is to add some buttons that link to the Pop-up’s Tab 1, Tab 2 & Tab 3
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Working on layer Mouse-off, make all other
layers non-visible & locked.
Draw a rectangle over Tab # 1 Red 40% transparent
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Creating
Tabbed
Files
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Ctrl+K (Clone) the red rectangle and move it over
Tab # 2.
Repeat for Tab # 3
From left to right, link each rectangle to Pop-up
Tab 1, Tab 2 and finally Tab3
Copy these three buttons
Go to layer Tab 1
Ctrl+Shift+V
Delete the button over Tab # 1
Go to layer Tab 2
Ctrl+Shift+V
Delete the button over Tab # 2
Go to layer Tab 3
Ctrl+Shift+V
Delete the button over Tab # 3
Creating
Tabbed
Files
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So we’re almost finished.
The tabs work on the demo, left. Try it.
Finally let’s change the ugly red buttons
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Creating
Tabbed
Files
With All Layers Visible / Editable
Drag select over all the buttons.
Set the fill to white, transparency to 99%
Un-check All Layers Visible / Editable
This gives you the demo, left. Try it.
It takes about 100 times longer to create a tutorial
than actually create the real thing but I hope someone
finds this useful.
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