Default tab in a project appears as the first tab (or first tab becomes the default tab)

Has anyone noticed recently in the past few days:

  • when you make a tab the default tab in a project, it moves to the far left, before Overview?
  • and vice versa, if you move any tab to the far left, making it the first tab, it automatically gets set as the default tab.

I noticed this in two client spaces so I’m assuming it’s an A/B test..?

I must say I don’t find this useful and would prefer to keep this unchanged.

@ambforumleader @pforumleader what do you think?

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@Richard_Sather I haven’t seen this in my environments… I would say your assumption of an A/B test is probably spot on.

I don’t like the idea of it taking over the Overview position either. It could make it less likely that people will search there for key resources.

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Exactly, @Jeremy_Long ! The Overview tab then takes the awkward position of sitting between List and Board, or having to shift it further to the right. :confused:

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Agree! My career in UX/usability/interaction design tells me this is ill-advised because it takes control away from the user. It should be their option.

Thanks,

Larry

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I agree with the above comments; I haven’t seen it but don’t like the idea.

This; and also I think it creates more cognitive dissonance - instead of being able to expect a certain consistent placement of tabs (i.e. I know Overview always comes first, etc.), you now have to look and think about the order of tabs as you visit each particular project.

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I agree. I am very much NOT a fan of this change. I really like controlling the order of my tabs and also being able to control which one is default.

Of course, I would also very much welcome being able to have each user set their own default tab on a per user basis. :slight_smile:

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I totally agree, I also hope this test won’t be deployed more.

Glad to see we all agree! :smile:

@Forum-team , could you kindly pass on our feedback to the product team?

There may be more to come… @Bastien_Siebman , @Kelsea_Lopez , @Arthur_BEGOU, @Jan-Rienk, @Ka_Nishiyama ?

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having the default be visually distinct but not move (maybe bold?) would be better I think. I really like the consistency of always having overview, list, board as first tabs in that order rather than have the default shift without my consent. If I wanted it at the front I would have placed it there.

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Haven‘t seen this either but not a fan at all.
In my opinion users should be able to decide this themselves.

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Agree with my fellow forum leaders, I dislike the lack of flexibility.
:wink:
BTW, I also noticed this behavior in the new Team Overview page.

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I was welcomed with this popup this morning. Not a pleasant welcome, I must say. I agree with everyone that this is not very helpful. Unless they have other plans with the overview tab…

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Yes, I have that in my workspace for a week or two now. I am still not sure how I feel about it :slight_smile:

But I agree with everyone; it removes the flexibility for a self-decision on where they wish to land.

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Adding my vote here. We see this change in our space and my main problem is how the Overview tab now gets moved and put in a weird order. Hopefully the roll it back.

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Hi Everyone

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We’ll make sure to pass it along to the team. Just to set expectations, while we’ll share it promptly, implementing changes—especially those tied to A/B tests—can take some time. Typically, adjustments aren’t made until the experiment runs its full course.

Thank you so much for sharing this!

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Thanks @Julio_V for passing on our feedback.
Hopefully it is enough to cut this A/B short and roll things back to as they were, sooner than later :sweat_smile:

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never a fan of hardcoding a ui change that was previously a choice.

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It’s landed in my instance, and it threw me off much as I expected.

I rearranged the tabs as I noticed the order was off, which apparently changed the overview tab into the default tab.

So now my autistic ass is torn between keeping the “correct” order of tabs starting with Overview, List, and Board - the order all of my project tabs start with - or setting the default I want.

I am highly opposed to this change and I hope this gets reversed sooner rather than later.

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

See what I mean?!

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Hi everyone,

Many thanks for your feedback here! We appreciate you sharing your thoughts and understand the pain points this caused.

We’ve decided to roll back the experiment, and the changes have now been disabled.

Thanks again for your input!

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