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How to exclude tabs and files

This page explains how you can customize the appearance of the content tabs in the Validate UI.

Overview​

  • The General Workspace has the following tabs displayed by default: Metadata, Media and Markers
  • The Audio Workspace has the following tabs displayed by default: Audio and Phase + the General Workspace tabs
  • The Ad Break Workspace has the following tabs displayed by default: Program, Media, and Markers

To customize which tabs are displayed, use the following settings:

  • excludeTabs - Control which tabs are hidden in the UI
  • filesTabAllowedFileTypes - Decide which file types are displayed in the Files tab

Using excludeTabs​

  • Allows you to hide specific tabs from the UI
  • The default value is ["files"], which means that the Files tab in the General Workspace is initially hidden
  • To show all tabs you can use an empty array: []

Example: Show all tabs​

Using an empty array will show all tabs in all workspaces, including the files tab:

{
  "excludeTabs": []
}

Exclude no tabs

Example: Hide specific tabs​

This configuration hides the Markers tab from all workspaces, while showing the Metadata, Media, and Files tabs in the workspaces that support them:

{
  "excludeTabs": ["markers"]
}

Using filesTabAllowedFileTypes​

  • It allows you to filter out specific file types from the Files tab in the General Workspace
  • The default value is ["VIDEO", "AUDIO"], which means that video and audio files are displayed by default
note

This setting only works when the files tab is visible (i.e., when excludeTabs is used and doesn't explicitly filter out ["files"]).

Example: Show only video files​

This example shows what the General Workspace looks like with only video files displayed in the Files tab.

{
  "excludeTabs": [],
  "filesTabAllowedFileTypes": ["VIDEO"]
}

Show Files Tab With Only Video Files

Combined example​

In this example all tabs except the Files tab are hidden, and only video and subtitle files are displayed in the tab:

{
  "excludeTabs": ["metadata", "audio","media", "markers", "program", "phase"],
  "filesTabAllowedFileTypes": ["VIDEO", "SUBTITLE"]
}

Show Only Files Tab, With Video and Subtitle Files

Try it out

Reference​

See reference for more technical details: Launch template settings › Files and Tabs.