# Tab Stacks/Sliding Mode: Add option to show only one tab a time with two collapsed stacks on the sides (full width tab) **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** valuable\ **Created:** [October 14, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036 "2022-10-14T15:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ocarinalover](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@Ocarinalover](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Ocarinalover)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/22 "2022-12-30T13:53:23Z")
SUPPORTING THIS FEATURE AND OBSIDIAN SHOULD HAVE MORE OPTION FOR THE TABS AND PANES TOO, for now everything is too rough in terms of slides and tabs compared to sliding pane plugin and obsidian tabs plugin in pre 1.0ver era ---
**Author:** ![katmoody](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/katmoody/32/27446_2.png) [@katmoody](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/katmoody)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/23 "2023-01-02T16:28:18Z")
This is an issue for me and I tried multiple themes, thinking something might be wrong with the theme. But nothing changed. I used @DavidMcKidev 's snippet (thank you!!!) and it worked and I’m a happy camper again! ---
**Author:** ![Iconca](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c4cdca/32.png) [@Iconca](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Iconca)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/24 "2023-02-04T22:47:33Z")
Thank you very much. It maybe small thing to most people, but I tend to be extremely easily distracted. That really helped. ---
**Author:** ![jackm22](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@jackm22](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/jackm22)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/25 "2023-02-05T16:39:13Z")
I also very much support this request ---
**Author:** ![selfown](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@selfown](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/selfown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/26 "2023-02-05T17:22:22Z")
Thank you! This is a big help. ---
**Author:** ![dankibk](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@dankibk](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/dankibk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/27 "2023-02-24T14:06:19Z")
Support, “Toggle stacking” and “pane width” options is what I miss the most. ---
**Author:** ![shasharoo](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shasharoo](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/shasharoo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/28 "2023-03-08T16:22:42Z")
The feature is **needed**. With the hotkey and may be mouse control (to just drag the planes for however width you want), imo. The CSS is fix is nice (thanks!), but I would also like to be able to control the behaviour of panes myself on the go. I actually like to use the “side-by-side” panes, but not all the time. Only workarounds I found for now are - closing all other panes (baaad) or switch to full screen through a plugin (super limiting)… ps: im a new user who came after the mentioned here plugin ---
**Author:** ![Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Jopp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/29 "2023-03-09T08:39:32Z")
Sliding panes / stacked tabs view is without doubt a great addition to Obsidian, but also a bit rough on the edges, (for some longer time now - since its introduction in version 1 if I remember correctly ) Lately i use more tabs, not bc i prefer them over stacked view but bc i can focus better on single notes Also , i can drag another note and open a new section in obsidians window, to deal with 2 notes side by side . But i really appreciate how stacked tabs allows continuous scrolling , it’s like turning pages in a book . Sometimes however , i would love to literally “expand” on a note to focus better on its content . Because … notes and notes are not all the same and this doesn’t correlate with quality , some notes are just shorter than other notes. So i used [maximise active pane](https://github.com/deathau/maximise-active-pane-obsidian), created by the same author who first introduced sliding panes for Obsidian, inspired by Andy Matuschak . Thanks very much ! I discourage to use the above mentioned plugin now , bc partially broken in newer versions of obsidian I really hope, that stacked view gets a “maximize active pane” feature in the future to help us to skim and focus on notes when needed. ---
**Author:** ![ab80](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ab80/32/95421_2.png) [@ab80](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ab80)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/30 "2023-03-23T15:02:42Z")
Thanks for the solution. I set up a **toggle button** in the header with the plugins “ **Snippet Commands** ” + “ **Commander** ” and it works perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Jopp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/31 "2023-03-25T11:34:08Z")
I added expanded notes to `stacked tab view` mode to my theme, called [Dune](https://github.com/Jopp-gh/Obsidian-Dune84), if sb is interested. ---
**Author:** ![b1uegh0st](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@b1uegh0st](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/b1uegh0st)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/32 "2023-04-09T08:39:18Z")
So I **don’t** know how this worked, but somehow I could kind accomplish Tab non-stack by this snippet: ```auto body { --tab-stacked-pane-width: 100px; } ``` Note it is `100px` not `100%`. That _should_ result in very skinny tabs but it doesn’t. It just result in all tabs dividing the full width, without stacking. Hope this helps for now. ---
**Author:** ![Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Jopp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/33 "2023-04-10T10:28:34Z")
Furthermore, i would like to add to the original post that newly created tabs added with the plus button (top bar) should always open on the left/right side of the current tab position, like when we create a new note Currently, creating a new tab unfolds all stacked tabs on the right side (esp visible if you have lots of tabs on the right side but your current tab is more at the beginning / left side of your stacked tabs) , which seems like a bug to me. In stacked tab view, creating a new (empty) tab should behave the same way as creating a be note - open after of before the current tab ---
**Author:** ![biscotty](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@biscotty](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/biscotty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/34 "2023-05-11T11:37:34Z")
Stacked tabs view makes some Excalidrawings unusable since I can’t get full width on my landscape-shaped drawings. I’m not sure how to include an attachment. ---
**Author:** ![Wooork](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@Wooork](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Wooork)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/35 "2023-07-20T03:15:12Z")
Wow, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Marc-A](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Marc-A](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Marc-A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/36 "2023-08-08T15:43:15Z")
I’m using the Minimal theme. In Style Settings Minimal\>Tab Stacks my “Stacked Width” is set to 1500 pixels (rather than the default 700). I believe to achieve exactly the behaviour suggested by the OP without any CSS snippets (as suggested further down in the thread). ---
**Author:** ![bugger](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bugger](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/bugger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/37 "2023-08-08T16:23:17Z")
I’m confused, I thought you were someone people would ask to actually implement features as part of the Obsidian Team. Are you not a developer on the Obsidian Team (possibly some other role)? I don’t mean to be rude but I just thought your replies in other threads indicated you would be in the position to implement features (and not need to make feature requests of your own). ---
**Author:** ![Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jopp](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Jopp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/38 "2023-08-21T09:39:00Z")
Do you mean the default tab view? If so, just open a bug report on excalidraws github page ---
**Author:** ![tumole](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@tumole](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/tumole)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/39 "2023-09-05T14:10:09Z")
Thanks to @DavidMcKidev for providing a quick fix. I also support an official implementation of this feature! ---
**Author:** ![ziggy](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e79b87/32.png) [@ziggy](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ziggy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/40 "2023-09-23T13:42:53Z")
One more support. I use the panes on my laptop and i always see two active panes taking up the screen. This means i cant see the full text on each of the window because the wrapping gets messy. ---
**Author:** ![clabruno](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/clabruno/32/55055_2.png) [@clabruno](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/clabruno)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036/41 "2023-10-10T17:43:29Z")
Great suggestion! Works wonderfully! [Previous page](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/tab-stacks-sliding-mode-add-option-to-show-only-one-tab-a-time-with-two-collapsed-stacks-on-the-sides-full-width-tab/45036.md?page=3)