# Doublesidebar\_tab

**Reusable name:** doublesidebar\_tab

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**Overview:** Used as sidebar tabs in [Double Sidebar Portal](/canvas/canvas-library/page-templates/double-sidebar-portal-page-template.md) page templates. You can copy and paste an existing doublesidebar\_tab and define the [reusable element properties](https://manual.bubble.io/core-resources/elements/reusable-elements#reusable-element-properties) below:

**Icon**\
Tab feather icon\
If empty, the icon will be hidden

**Section text**\
Section name (e.g. Home or Calendar from the image above)\
This will be used as the section tab's name and as a parameter in the url (\&sec=Section text)

**Default tab color**\
Default tab background color

**Selected tab color**\
Tab background color for a selected tab (e.g. Blue tab in image above)

**Hovered tab color**\
Tab background color for a hovered tab (e.g. Gray tab in image above)

**Selected font color**\
Font and icon color for select tab

**Hovered font color**\
Font and icon color for hovered tab

**Show subtab (y/n)**\
If selected, a chevron icon will show next to the Section text

**Subtabs (string of text)**\
Utilize Bubble's `arbitrary text` to pass and parse a string of subtab text

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**Notifications (number)**\
If this value is not empty, a notifications badge with a count number will show

**Workflows**: Workflows to navigate to a section and subtab are included in this reusable element:

* Clicking on a tab will append sec=**Section text** and sub=**Subtab text** to the url


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