Tabs

Prettify opens documents in tabs, like a browser. Each tab holds one document with its own format, view, and search. You can open as many tabs as you need. This page shows how to open, close, switch, and keep tabs, and how the Dashboard lists your recent documents.

Open a tab

Select the plus button at the end of the tab strip, or press Cmd+T (Mac) or Ctrl+T (Windows, Linux). A new empty tab appears.

On the web, the browser keeps this shortcut, so use the plus button there. The shortcut opens a Prettify tab in the desktop app.

A new tab is named Untitled 1, then Untitled 2, and so on. When you open a saved document, the tab takes the document's name.

The number of tabs is not limited.

Switch tabs

Select a tab to switch to it. You can also use the keyboard.

• Next tab: Cmd+Shift+] (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+] (Windows, Linux).
• Previous tab: Cmd+Shift+[ (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+[ (Windows, Linux).

On the web, the browser may keep these keys. Select a tab instead. They switch Prettify tabs in the desktop app.

Close a tab

Select the close button on the tab, or press Cmd+W (Mac) or Ctrl+W (Windows, Linux). This closes the active tab.

On the web, the browser keeps this shortcut, so use the close button there. It closes a Prettify tab in the desktop app.

If you close the last tab and it has content, Prettify replaces it with a new empty tab.

Rename, duplicate, and close many

Double-click a tab to rename it. You can also right-click a tab for more actions.

Action	Result
Close	Close this tab
Close Others	Close every other tab in this pane
Close All	Close all tabs in this pane and open one empty tab
Duplicate	Open a copy of this tab
Rename	Edit the tab's title

How tabs persist

Your open tabs survive navigation inside the app. Prettify saves them to sessionStorage, so moving to the Dashboard or History and back keeps every tab.

Prettify also saves a copy so your tabs reopen after you restart the browser. This copy has a size budget, so a very large tab may be left out. Its document still stays in History, so you do not lose it.

Tabs end with the browser session unless the restart copy restores them.

The Dashboard and recent documents

The Dashboard is the start page. It shows your recent documents, a card for each format, and quick actions to paste, open a file, or batch process.

Select a recent document to open it in the editor. Select View All to see every document on the History page. There you can rename, delete, or restore earlier versions.

Tabs in Split view

Split view shows two panes side by side. Each pane owns its own tabs. Close Others and Close All act on one pane only. Split view is Pro.

Related pages

Getting started, History, Split view, Keyboard shortcuts, Views.