Form with Tab Canvas

Hi,
I've a form with 12 blocks. We are displaying the these twelve blocks in the tab canvases(Tab attachment Edge: Top). The problem with these tab canvas is user can see only the names of 4 tab canvases. Then he need to navigate using the scrollbar. But the user requirement is that he needs to see all the tabs above in multiple rows. i.e.., In the first row he needs 4 tabs and then in the next line he needs another 4 tabs etc. He do not want to change the Tab attachment Edge to Right/Left. I'm using Forms 6i version. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Alok Dubey

Hi Reena,
Create the content canvas. go to layout editor.
Go to View --> Stacked Views on the menu.
select the tab canvas and say ok.
Now go to Edit --> Select all. Deselect the new content canvas .
Move all these selected items on the tab canvas down so that you can have enough space on the top of content canvas.
Cheers.
Ram Dontineni.

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