The Format Tab is one of the three tabs that determine the appearance of workspace objects. The other two are the View Tab and the Specialize Tab.

Generally the Format Tab contains controls that control the styling of workspace objects, including colors, line styles and sizes, and axis ranges and labels. Conversely, the View Tab contains controls that determine which variables are displayed by a workspace object and the Specialize Tab contains advanced controls to create more complicated graphics.

Each workspace object has a different format tab. For details on a specific object's Format Tab, follow the link below:

Discrete Visualizations

• Format Tab: Line Plot
• Format Tab: Scatter Plot
• Format Tab: 3D Scatter Plot
• Format Tab: Scatter Plot Matrix
• Format Tab: Density Plot
• Format Tab: Parallel Coordinates Plot
• Format Tab: Histogram
• Format Tab: 3D Histogram
• Format Tab: Cumulative Distribution Plot
• Format Tab: Heat Map
• Format Tab: Bar Chart (Categorical Stacking)
• Format Tab: Area Chart (Categorical Stacking)
• Format Tab: Bubble Plot (Categorical Grouping)
• Format Tab: Box Plot
• Format Tab: Ternary Scatter Plot

Continuous Visualizations

• Format Tab: Prediction Profiler
• Format Tab: Two-Axis Carpet Plot
• Format Tab: Contour Plot
• Format Tab: Plane Profiler
• Format Tab: Contour Plot Matrix
• Format Tab: Surface Profiler

Special Workspace Objects

• Format Tab: Bitmap Image
• Format Tab: Blank Axes
• Format Tab: Blank Axes 3D
• Format Tab: Overlay Scatter Plot
• Format Tab: Map
• Format Tab: Route Map
• Format Tab: Self Organizing Map
• Format Tab: Function Dependency Network
• Format Tab: Model Fit Report
• Format Tab: WATE Engine Cross Section

Tables

• Format Tab: Data Table
• Format Tab: Single Point Table
• Format Tab: Statistics Table

Annotations

• Format Tab: Background Frame
• Format Tab: Tabbed Frame
• Format Tab: Text Box
• Format Tab: Calculated Value
• Format Tab: Scrollable Text Box
• Format Tab: Colorbar
• Format Tab: Java HTML Pane
• Format Tab: Java M-Code Editor

Controls

• Format Tab: Independent Variable Sliders
• Format Tab: Preference Sliders
• Format Tab: Filters
• Format Tab: Discrete Filter (Listbox)
• Format Tab: Axis Selection Controls
• Format Tab: Dataset/Analysis Selection
• Format Tab: Row Listbox
• Format Tab: Row State Controls
• Format Tab: Rotate 3D Button
• Format Tab: Add Current Point Button
• Format Tab: Custom Button
• Format Tab: Custom Sliders
• Format Tab: Custom Popup Menu
• Format Tab: Custom Listbox