Tabs and visibility
How the editor is laid out and where the tabs you cannot see are hiding.
On this page
Opening a project puts you in the editor. Chat runs down the left, and the rest of the window is one work area that switches between tabs.
The tab strip
The tab strip is the rounded pill at the top of the work area. It holds four tabs plus a More button:
- Preview
- CMS
- Analytics
- Storage
- More
A tab shows its icon only until you select it, and then its name appears next to the icon. More always shows its name.
Each tab has its own address, so the URL always tells you where you are. The Preview tab is /dashboard/projects/<your-project>, and the others add a segment such as /versions or /logs. Reloading the page or sharing the link with a teammate lands on the same tab.
What is behind More
Nine more tabs live behind More. They are not on the strip because most sessions never need them:
| Tab | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Secrets | API keys and environment values your site reads at runtime |
| File Explorer | Browse and read the source files of your site |
| Versions | The automatic snapshot history, and restore |
| Publishes | The record of every publish of this project |
| Webhooks | Endpoints your site calls out to, and their deliveries |
| Crons | Scheduled jobs that belong to your site |
| Logs | Console and server output from the preview, production and publishing |
| Domain | The addresses this site answers on |
| Settings | Project name, description, category, region, thumbnail and the Danger zone |
Click More and the work area switches to one of them, with all nine listed down the left so you can move between them. The first time you use it you land on Secrets, and after that More reopens whichever of the nine you used last.
When the work area is narrow, More opens the list of nine as a drawer over the content instead. Picking one closes the drawer.
The chat panel
The panel on the left is chat. The sidebar icon next to the project name collapses it, and the tooltip reads Hide chat or Show chat. Collapsing gives the work area the full window width. If you have the comment tool on, that panel shows comments instead, and the tooltip changes to Hide comments.
On a phone the layout stacks, and a Chat tab joins the tab strip so you can swap between the conversation and the work area.
Shared and public projects
Someone opening a public link to your project gets the Preview tab and nothing else. There is no More button for them, so no files, logs, secrets or settings.
Next
- Use the preview covers the tab you will spend most of your time in.
- Site chat is the panel on the left.
- Versions explains the snapshot history behind More.
- Project settings covers the last tab in the list, and the Danger zone in it.