Add a tab widget to your Captivate project

Select the widget in the slide.

In the Visual Properties panel, the Content Width slider and Horizontal Padding are linked in the Alignment and Spacing section. Moving the slider from the left side changes the left padding value, and moving the slider from right changes the right padding value. The same change is replicated in the Content Width slider when you change the left or right Horizontal Padding values.

Move the Content spacing slider to adjust the spacing between the text (title, subtitle, and body), and the image inside a tab.

Add the number of tabs by moving the Number of tabs slider. The default is three. You can add at most six tabs in the widget.

Select a design option. The Design Options presents pre-configured layouts with cleaner design elements to apply to the widget.

For more information, view Design options in Adobe Captivate.

In the Components section, you can change the following:

• Title: Add or remove the title.
• Body: Add or remove the body of the widget
• Instruction: Add or remove the instruction on the widget.
• Image: Add or remove an image.
• Heading: Add or remove the heading.
• Subtitle: Add or remove the subtitle.
• Body: Add or remove the text body.
• Card: Add or remove the card around the text.
• Previous button: Add or remove the Previous button.
• Next button: Add or remove the Next button.
  

In the Appearance section, you can further customize the following:

• Background of the widget: The Background tab controls the color setting at the widget level. Select the Background tab, add the widget's background color and a border, and apply a shadow to the border. You can also select a solid color, linear or radial gradient, or add an image as a background.
  
• Background of the tabs: In the Content tab, you can add a background color to all tabs in the widget. Select a solid color, linear or radial gradient, or add an image as a background.

• If you've enabled Card, you can change the card's properties, such as padding, background color, border, or shadow.

In the Settings section, enable the toggle Move the next slide only when the widget completes checkbox to move to the next slides only when a learner has visited all the tabs.

Select a tab in the widget.

In the Visual Properties panel, move the opacity slider to increase or decrease the opacity of the selected text.

In the Design Options section, select a design option. The Design Options presents pre-configured layouts with cleaner design elements to apply to tab button.

For more information, view Design options in Adobe Captivate.

In the Appearance section, in the Shape tab, add color and shadows, and apply a border. Select one of the caps (butt, round, projecting) when applying a border.

Change font family, color, and other properties in the Text tab. For more information, view Work with text in Adobe Captivate.

In the Icon tab, enable the Icon toggle.

Then add an icon that displays near the tab. You can choose the icon from Assets or on your computer. In addition, you can change the icon's size and the icon's position on the tab.

Select an icon Offset. The options are Default, Comfortable, and Compact. Selecting any option arranges the space between the icon and the tab text.

In the Flip icon section, select Flip horizontally or Flip vertically, so the icon appears vertically or horizontally flipped in the tab.

Select the image inside a tab.

Move the opacity slider in the Visual Properties panel to increase or decrease the image transparency.

In the Appearance section, apply a filter, blur the image, and adjust the brightness and contrast. Also, select the Border checkbox to add a border around the image. Set the width and color of the border. You can add a border on one or all sides of the image.

Select the Drop shadow checkbox to add a shadow to the border.

In the Image source section, replace the image inside a tab.

Select a text object, for example, title or body inside a tab.

In the Visual Properties panel, change the text style, font, font size, spacing, and other properties. 

In a tab, change the appearance of its title and subtitle. For example, change the font family, color, and other properties.

For more information, view Work with text in Adobe Captivate.

After you've applied the changes, select the text or the subtitle.

Right-click the selected text or the subtitle. Select Copy appearance.

Select the text or subtitle on the second tab.

Right-click the selected text or subtitle. Select Apply appearance.