Lightburne manual tabs, not working in colour section

LightBurn Software Questions
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Hello, I have been using Lightburne for over a year now and often use tabs which I manually place in the colour layer section For some reason I cannot manually place tabs. I can automatically place tabs, but they will not. Let me move them to make them manual. If I select manual, all my tabs disappear.
I have used this function a lot, and for some reason it’s not working any more. Could this possibly be an update? I have tried multiple computers and the same thing is happening.
They still show up in the older files that I made, but will not let me make new additions.

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Could it be that you have your shape in fill mode?

IF the shape is in fill mode, the TAB tool will not work

If Shape in LINE mode, the tab tool will work

Small video

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Hey mate, thanks for the reply
No, it’s definitely in line mode. I’ve cut thousands of these things and it will let me put tabs on it even now, but only automatically not manual. If I go into manual on the main screen, it will let me put them in but doesn’t transfer over when I go to cut

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Check video edit i did on previous post

I am not very familiar with tabs but seems to work as intended.
Could you maybe explain your workflow or share a LBRN file so we can replicate?

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As you can see there is tabs when it’s on automatic, but when I flick to manual, they go missing

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As far as i can understand, this is expected behaviour

The moment you change to MANUAL mode, the automatic tabs are cleared. Then you must use the TAB tool and click the tabs you want in place.

I am unsure though if the previous version behavior was different.

Maybe @Colin @JohnJohn or someone could give their input?

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As you can see when I haven’t got the screen up, it shows the tabs I manually put in when I bring the screen up. It’s removed them. Normally it shows them

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i see what you mean.

For me it only shows me tabs if
a) i have layer open (Cut Settings Editor)
b) i have the shape selected and i am in tab tool mode

https://i.imgur.com/P55BC5g.mp4

Again though, its possible that behaviour changed, i dont use tabs much

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Does LightBurn remove the Tabs or remove the Green Dots indicating the Tabs? I don’t recall any changes to the Tabs feature but I’ll check the release notes to see if something has changed.

Please confirm the presence, or absence, of the tabs in the Preview window.

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