A custom tab is used to display the object data or other contents embedded in the application. Custom tabs have a unique tab style. We can choose the color and icon for the tab.
The following screenshot shows the different types of tabs:
We cannot create tabs for standard objects. There are three types of custom tabs:
Custom Object tabs:
They provide the options to Create, Read, Update, and Delete (also called CRUD rights) an object.
The plural name of the object is given to the tab by default.
Users can see the buttons to
EDIT
,DELETE
, or addNEW
records on the page layouts, depending on their permissions to the object. We will learn how to control the user settings in Chapter 7, Application Administration.
Web tabs: