(Elements will only appear here if they have already been added to the layout.)įor the Left Sidebar and Right Sidebar only, you can put them in "auto-open" mode: they will not be shown most of the time, but if you mouse over the left or right side of the window, the corresponding panel will pop up. Here, you can choose to show or hide certain elements or whole panels on a per-tab basis. You may need to expand it with the triangle button in order to see all options. In the Panels Configuration window, there is a section in the bottom right labeled "Overrides for the current MusicBee tab".
There are also two options for tabs "style." Exactly how these look will depend greatly on what skin you're using. In Layout Preferences, you will find options to show the tabs in the caption bar or below the caption bar, and to customize font for active and inactive tabs. Tabs with icons and left-aligned mixed case text Tabs with centered UPPERCASE text and no icons You can also close a tab by middle clicking on it (just like you can open a new tab with a middle click in the Navigator), or you can right click on a tab and use the "Close Tab" command.
The active tab will have an button on the right side for closing it, unless the tab is pinned (you may have to mouse over it to see it). You can also middle click on any node in the Navigator to open it in a new tab, or right click on it and use the "Open in New Tab" command if you don't have a middle mouse button. You can always create a new tab with the button at the right end of the current tabs. In many ways, tabs can perform the same function as the Navigator. You can also drag & drop the tabs themselves to reorder them. In addition to being able to quickly switch between tabs, you can drag & drop items into a tab (such as for adding files to a playlist). Tabs allow you to have different areas of your library and any other main panel content all available at the same time. Right click anywhere to the right of the tabs and choose "Configure Toolbar" to create your own toolbar buttons, using any command in the Hotkeys list. Shows a list of current and recent downloads, which you can pause collectively or cancel individually.Ĭustom Buttons Main article: Command Buttons If you dismiss it using the close command in the menu, it will reappear when more files are added. The numbers will appear in a tooltip if you hover on it, and you can also click on it to use the menu to navigate to one of the nodes. It tells you how many items are in the Inbox and how many unlistened Podcasts have been downloaded. This button only appears if the Left Sidebar is hidden. The search box can be resized by grabbing a small area at the left end of the box (your mouse cursor will change), but not if it's in the Caption Bar.ĭownloads / New File Summary / Configure Layout Configure Layout Search your library by any field or all fields. The Navigation buttons provide a browser-like capability of going back to previous areas you were viewing. (The Main Menu and the Tabs Bar cannot both be in the Caption Bar.) In addition to the Tabs, it contains the search box and other important tools. The tabs bar, also sometimes called the toolbar, is shown just below the caption bar by default, but can also be moved into the caption bar. Caption Bar / Tabs Bar / Panels Header Bar