# Add Tabs

**URL:** <https://community.anytype.io/t/add-tabs/1455>\
**Category:** Implemented\
**Tags:** Design-or-UI, Product, Workflow\
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/add-tabs/1455 "2021-07-28T04:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![C.c](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/c.c/32/10820_2.png) [@C.c](https://community.anytype.io/u/C.c)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/add-tabs/1455/41 "2024-04-05T10:51:48Z")

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Sliding panes are a different pane design, mimicking paper notes and physical files where you can you overlay one pane on another. It had changed and became a plugin in Obsidian which can no longer be found from Obsidian (in-app) community plugins.

> **[GitHub - deathau/sliding-panes-obsidian: Andy Matuschak Mode as a plugin](https://github.com/deathau/sliding-panes-obsidian)**
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> Andy Matuschak Mode as a plugin. Contribute to deathau/sliding-panes-obsidian development by creating an account on GitHub.

I really like the sliding pane concept. This would especially be help smooth reading with materials of vertical alignment ([top-to-bottom RTL](https://community.anytype.io/t/rtl-languages/7502/8), if ever implemented). The mindset and worldview to understand horizontal and vertical materials can be very different and enriching. (Just like doing maths division ÷ in horizontal equation vs long division)

Things I don’t like about Obsidian’s sliding pane’s implementation:

- Whenever I tried to reach the earlier opened pane, it slides all panes to the right to reveal it. ← What I would like is mimicking paper, when you pull the below paper out, it becomes the first in order. (More like paper notes; when the original implement is more like file and tabs)  
– This enables full paged reading for whichever comes on top for two stacks of paper. In other words, I suggest **keeping the modern concept of horizontal panes but flipping tabs**
- For Square characters (e.g. Chinese and Kanji) that meant to go top-to-bottom without rotating the characters are still rotated…

Note: Fellow stationary lovers should easily understand and would like the concept of sliding panes a lot.

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