# Tab Navigation & Views

Exaplay 3 has two levels of tab navigation: the **main view tabs** in the header bar and the **sub-header tabs** inside the Main Editor view.

## Main View Tabs (Header)

The header bar contains up to five tabs that switch the entire page:

| Tab                | Path         | Purpose                                                                    | Visibility                  |
| ------------------ | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| **PRODUCE & PLAY** | `/`          | Full composition editor — programming and design                           | Always                      |
| **CONTROL**        | `/control`   | Operator control view — show running                                       | Hidden in ControlBuddy mode |
| **OUTPUTS**        | `/outputs`   | Display and output configuration                                           | Hidden in Easy Mode         |
| **WARP & BLEND**   | `/warpblend` | Warp and blend editor for projection calibration                           | Debug mode only             |
| **NETWORK**        | `/systems`   | Networked Exaplay instances — discovery, sync, and multi-client management | Hidden in Easy Mode         |

The active tab is highlighted with the primary accent colour and a glowing underline.

## Sub-Header Tabs (Inside PRODUCE & PLAY)

When you are in the PRODUCE & PLAY view, the sub-header below the canvas switches the bottom working panel:

| Tab          | What it shows                           |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| **Timeline** | Clip arrangement across tracks and time |
| **CueList**  | List of discrete show cues              |

Click any sub-header tab to switch. The last-used tab is remembered between sessions.

## Control View Tabs

Inside the Operator Control view (`/control`) a horizontal tab bar provides access to:

| Tab (Normal Mode) | Tab (Simple Mode) | Purpose                                    |
| ----------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Compositions      | ▶️ Playback       | Composition and playlist playback controls |
| Custom Controls   | 🎚️ Controls      | Custom sliders, toggles, and buttons       |
| TCP Devices       | 📺 Devices        | PJLink projectors and TCP device control   |
| Scheduler         | 📅 Schedule       | Time-based automatic scheduling            |
| User Panels       | 🎨 Custom Panels  | Build and manage end-user panels           |

### Simple Mode

Toggle **Simple Mode** (checkbox in the top-right of the Control View header) to replace technical terminology with friendlier labels and hide advanced options like REST API snippets and raw IP addresses. See [Simple Mode](/v3/features/simple-mode.md).

## Outputs View

The OUTPUTS view contains two section switcher buttons:

| Section              | Purpose                                                                  |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Screens & Fields** | Configure virtual screens and composition fields                         |
| **Outputs**          | Map screens to physical display outputs, set resolution and refresh rate |

## Network View

The NETWORK view shows all Exaplay instances discovered on the local network. See [Multi-Client Setup](/v3/features/multi-client.md) for a full guide.

Key features:

* **Systems list** — auto-discovered remote Exaplay instances with UP/DOWN status
* **Active Sync** — automatically push media files to remotes every 10 seconds
* **Copy Files** — manually copy the sync folder contents to all online remotes
* **Per-remote status** — see sync status (idle, syncing, ok, error) for each machine

## User View Tabs

The User View (`/user`) shows a dynamic tab strip — one tab per User Panel configured by the operator. Tabs are colour-coded with the panel's accent colour.

If no panels have been configured, the User View shows a prompt to visit the Control Panel to create panels.


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