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Using Tabs

You can set any number of tab locations in a window. The commands to create tabs are

ClearTabs <#1>,<#2>,...

SetTab #1,<#2>,...

where

• #1, #2, ... are tab stop locations in pixels from the left edge of the window. If tab stops are specified in a ClearTabs command, just those tab stops will be removed. If no tab stops are specified, all tabs will be removed.

To use tabs for positioning, use the Tab command:

Tab <#1>

where

• #1 is an optional number of tab stops; if it is omitted, it is assumed to be 1. The number can be positive or negative to tab to the right or to the left (0 will be to go back to nearest previous tab, -1 to the tab before that, etc.).

Notes

1. Changes to tab stops made in a template will be passed on to all templates called by that template. When the template ends, however, the tabs stops will be restored to their original settings.
2. You can also use tabs to set the width of a cell by using the tabwidth property.
3. A tab stop will start the next cell and the tab location and will therefore override the #cellSkip setting.
4. This command will close the previous cell. No cell properties can be set until a new cell as created.