Forum:Tag Tabber versus Tabview Feature

So I both use the functions of Tag Tabber and the Tabview. I would just like to know what are the advantages/disadvantages of the two features so I can decide on which to use more than the other.

Here's an example of Tag Tabber:


 * http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Jhen_Mohran#Breakable_Parts

And here's Tabview:


 * http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MHP3rd:_Felyne_Comrade_Armors

I'd also like to know if tag tabber is color customizable. Mckrongs 01:45, October 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Tabber
 * Loads all the content on page load = no need to wait when switching tabs, but longer wait for the whole thing to load.
 * Adds less position styling = doesn't disrupt page layout much.
 * Allows easy nesting (tabber within a tabber).
 * Loads any content.
 * Ugly, fixed styling.
 * Tabview
 * Loads each tab content separately, which reduces overall page load time, but adds delay between loading tab content.
 * Sometimes disrupts page layout.
 * Tabs have dynamic styling, inherited from Theme Designer.
 * Last I checked it didn't load scripts for the contents of each tab but from what I see on your wiki that has changed and some scripts are loaded. Some, like for sortable tables or nested tabview, aren't. That means you might lose some of the functionality you have on the content pages.
 * Loads only content from separate pages


 * That's just a few that came to my mind. Generally I'd recommend tabview if you have large (load slowly) content pages to transclude, for every other occasion I would use tabber. You can style the tabber through Wikia.css, the whole sheet can be found here. — Sovq 06:58, October 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * I was in a slightly similar discussion on another wiki. One of the problems with TabView is that it doesn't display correctly in the Monobook or wikiaphone skins, but the amount of people using them is most likely a minimum. -- Deltaneos (talk) 12:07, October 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * In my experience, Tabview tends to get broken periodically by changes that Wikia makes. It has been broken severely at least three times in the roughly 1 3/4 years that I have been using it on BioShock Wiki. Of course, Wikia is usually quick to fix the problem once I have reported it. I haven't used Tabber at all, so I have no idea whether or not it has a similar history of breaking. --Gardimuer { ʈalk } 01:35, November 1, 2011 (UTC)