Tabbed forms by default?

[#1]

I'm a big fan of the new tabbed forms functionality 🙂

Is there a way to enable tabbed forms preference on all instance users by default? I see on the wiki that it is set as a user preference, but I'm not particularly keen on doing a load-in for several thousand users. I'm also leaning towards preventing users from changing the tabbed view on and off, in order to keep the UI layout consistent between all users and training material.

http://wiki.service-now.com/index.php?title=Tabs

Is there some way to hook into the tabs via client scripting, like toggleActivity() does?

http://wiki.service-now.com/index.php?title=Useful_Scripts#Collapse.2FExpand_Activity_section_on_tas...

Or any better ideas? Many thanks.

[CapaJC]

User Administration --> User Preferences, look for one with name = "tabbed.forms" and the System checkbox checked ("true"). That's the system preference. Set the value to "true", and you should be good to go for all users on their next session.

Dunno about the client script, tho. I think it's possible (or will be with the Winter Stable 1 build in February). Maybe someone else has better info.

[#3]

I didn't have a tabbed.forms system preference, but after creating one for my instance, it now works a treat.

Thanks once again J.