Jira 8 Essentials - Fifth Edition

Adding a tab to a screen

You can add tabs to any screen in Jira. In fact, by default, all screens have a default tab called the Field Tab, which is used to host all the fields. You can add new tabs to a screen to break down and better manage your screen presentation, as follows:

1. Browse to the View Screens page.
2. Click on the Configure link for the screen on which you wish to add a new tab.
3. Click on the Add Tab link and enter a name for the tab.
4. Click on the Add button to create the tab.

Tabs are organized horizontally from left to right. When you add a new tab to the screen, they are appended to the end of the list. You can change the order of tabs by dragging them left and right in the list, as shown in the following screenshot:

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