# Tabs in Theme Studio **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [May 4, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390 "2025-05-04T05:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![majobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@majobo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/majobo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/1 "2025-05-04T05:12:35Z")
Hi, I just started a new project using Elements. While setting up the theme studio, I noticed it has tabs (menu, view, show tab bar). However, if you add a new tab, it seems to open e new project page in the theme studio. That seems counter-intuitive. Is that a bug or a feature? Best, Matthias ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/2 "2025-05-04T14:24:36Z")
Oh that’s a bug. You can create new tabs in the main projects window, to create new projects, but you shouldn’t be able to do that in the Theme Studio 😅 We’ll get that fixed! ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/3 "2025-05-05T00:00:41Z")
> [@dan](#): > > Oh that’s a bug. You can create new tabs in the main projects window, to create new projects, but you shouldn’t be able to do that in the Theme Studio 😅 @dan Oh, wait, I thought that was a feature. I use this all the time if I have two projects open I can open the theme studio in both of them. Their settings then appear in tabs within the studio making it a lot easier to compare settings from one project to another. Or to copy settings from one to another. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/4 "2025-05-05T17:41:24Z")
> [@handshaper](#): > > I use this all the time if I have two projects open I can open the theme studio in both of them. Their settings then appear in tabs within the studio making it a lot easier to compare settings from one project to another. Or to copy settings from one to another. No, there’s a bug where you can open a document in the theme projects window 😬 However if you have multiple documents open, you can still have tabs in the theme studio, this is okay 👌 ---
**Author:** ![RussOggi255](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/5 "2025-05-06T17:27:50Z")
It might be a stupid question but how do you add extra tabs to the Theme Studio? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/6 "2025-05-06T20:48:48Z")
I think it’s because I have the “Prefer tabs when opening documents” option switched on in the System Preferences… ![CleanShot 2025-05-06 at 9 .45.39@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/a/8/a8ecc8b92a90633044820637aa075a73b94f8bc5.jpeg) Alternatively you can use the “Merge all Windows” option, this works for both documens and theme studio windows. ![CleanShot 2025-05-06 at 9 .47.57@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/2/c/2c710e5b7cf28c4fe991c32e42e93fb885effd10.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RussOggi255](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/7 "2025-05-07T06:52:04Z")
That seems to work but I don’t get the ‘+’ at the end of the top one in Theme Inspector, or is that different to Theme Studio? This is from your video; ![Screenshot 2025-05-07 at 07.49.16](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/4/2/429562b53d18f7f2a3e9f196b0213df01519d4e9.png) This is from my screen; ![Screenshot 2025-05-07 at 07.51.50](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/c/bcedf733003766fb9c35fba0154b4f53035d42a4.png) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/8 "2025-05-07T08:00:55Z")
It’s a macOS thing, so I’m not 100% sure on the settings… did you try restarting [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/)? ---
**Author:** ![RussOggi255](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/9 "2025-05-07T08:35:47Z")
No, but I did notice you are suing a Pro license. Is that the issue as I am on Plus? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabs-in-theme-studio/47390/10 "2025-05-07T08:48:13Z")
No, it’s a macOS thing. Will dig into it later and find out what macOS setting to enable to get the + icon. A quick google will probably give you the answer!