Integration: docs list the Tabs panel as present (#343, #326)

gaps.md gap 11, typography-parity.md (Tabs row), target-app-parity.md (typography row) and ui-parity.md (panels row) described the Tabs panel as missing.
2026-10-24 10:16:59 -06:00 · 2026-10-12 17:24:40 +00:00
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 # Where DesignCraft falls short of InDesign

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (gap 0 shrunk: text threads by hand; threading gaps added; Optical kerning from outlines (#181); gap 6: macOS lists fonts that font services and managers activate; shared print spooler; image clipping paths from IDML) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (gap 0 shrunk: text threads by hand; threading gaps added; Optical kerning from outlines (#181); gap 6: macOS lists fonts that font services and managers activate; shared print spooler; image clipping paths from IDML; Tabs panel listed as present (#343)) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)

 Every known shortfall against InDesign 2026, one entry each, ranked by how much it stops an
 InDesign professional from doing real work. This is the work list: agents pick from the top.
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ Kind: **F** feature · **U** UI/UX · **T** typography · **FF** file format ·
 - **Estimate:** 25–45 h. **Doc:** [hardware-parity.md](hardware-parity.md)

 ### 11. Paragraph and character style editing reliability (F)
- **Missing:** saving edits and deleting a paragraph style reported failing (#169); Tabs panel
-  for setting tab stops (#326).
+- **Missing:** saving edits and deleting a paragraph style reported failing (#169).
+- **Have:** the Tabs panel (Type › Tabs: a ruler over the text column, alignment, leader and
+  Align On) and a Tabs section in Paragraph Style Options (#343).
 - **Estimate:** 10–20 h. **Doc:** [ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md)

 ### 12. Tables in depth (F)
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 # DesignCraft parity with Adobe InDesign

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (text threads by hand; image clipping paths from IDML; anchored objects wrap text) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6.0.57, macOS)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (text threads by hand; image clipping paths from IDML; anchored objects wrap text; Tabs panel listed as present (#343)) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6.0.57, macOS)

 The authoritative assessment of how close DesignCraft is to Adobe InDesign. [ROADMAP.md](../ROADMAP.md)
 summarizes it; [gaps.md](gaps.md) lists every known shortfall one at a time; the feature-by-feature
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 |---|---|---|---|
 | Document setup: pages, margins, columns, parents, sections | 10% | 65% | features area table |
 | Text frames: type, select, edit, thread, autoflow | 15% | 45% | threading by hand, autoflow; Primary Text Frame adds pages users can't delete (#165) |
-| Typography: composer, H&J, OpenType, tabs, lists, keeps | 15% | 65% | typography-parity.md: 18 ✓ / 16 ~; Tabs panel missing; InDesign-identical breaks counted under exchange |
+| Typography: composer, H&J, OpenType, tabs, lists, keeps | 15% | 65% | typography-parity.md: 18 ✓ / 16 ~; InDesign-identical breaks counted under exchange |
 | Paragraph, character and object styles | 10% | 65% | dialogs, based-on, nested/GREP, Quick Apply |
 | Frames, shapes, transform, arrange, align | 10% | 70% | full tool set; copy/paste problems counted under interaction |
 | Colour, swatches, stroke | 8% | 60% | hex entry, CMS depth |
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 # Typography and composition parity

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (Optical kerning from outlines (#181); macOS lists fonts that font services and managers activate; Justification dialog for the selected paragraphs; anchored objects wrap text) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (Optical kerning from outlines (#181); macOS lists fonts that font services and managers activate; Justification dialog for the selected paragraphs; anchored objects wrap text; Tabs panel listed as present (#343)) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)

 Typesetting is what InDesign is bought for. A feature can exist and still set text differently
 from InDesign: different line breaks, different page count, overset where InDesign fits. This
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 | Keep options and breaks | keep with next, lines together, start in next column/frame/page/odd/even | ✓ | ✓ | break characters end paragraphs (#285); the line before a break is a last line (#283) |
 | Drop caps, nested, line and GREP styles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
 | Bullets and numbering | lists, levels, formats, restart, across stories | ✓ | ~ | numbering expressions from IDML (#298); Convert Bullets/Numbering to Text missing |
-| Tabs | left/center/right/decimal/align-on, leaders, right-indent tab | ✓ | ~ | **Tabs panel missing** (#326); wrapping of lines with tabs fixed (#282) |
+| Tabs | left/center/right/decimal/align-on, leaders, right-indent tab | ✓ | ~ | Tabs panel with a ruler over the text column, and a Tabs section in Paragraph Style Options (#343); wrapping of lines with tabs fixed (#282) |
 | Paragraph rules, borders, shading | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
 | Balance ragged lines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
 | Optical margin alignment | ✓ | ✓ (hang table of our own) | ~ | hang amounts are ours, InDesign's unknown |
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 # UI and interaction parity

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (live corners work; document views row: scrollbars, Alt pans while editing text) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6, Medium Dark, macOS)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** minor (live corners work; document views row: scrollbars, Alt pans while editing text; Tabs panel listed as present (#343)) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6, Medium Dark, macOS)

 Tools, handles, snapping, nudging, modifiers, shortcuts, panels, menus, context menus and feel,
 against InDesign 2026. The look was measured from the running app
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ basics of editing fail for too many users on Windows and Linux.
 | Quick Apply | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
 | Numeric fields: units, arithmetic, scrubbing | ✓ | 21 pt spinner fields with arithmetic | ✓ | |
 | Colour fields: hex, picker from any swatch field | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | hex entry and picker issues (#323, #190) |
-| Panels: Pages, Layers, Swatches, Color, Stroke, Character, Paragraph, Styles, Links, Effects, Text Wrap, Align, Pathfinder, Table, Index, TOC, Hyperlinks, Bookmarks, Articles, Tags, Notes, Track Changes, Object States, Buttons and Forms, Preflight, Data Merge, Library, Scripts, Glyphs, Info | ✓ | all present | ~ | **Tabs panel missing** (#326); Navigator, Trap Presets, Animation, Timing missing; pull-down panels can't scroll on Linux (#267) |
+| Panels: Pages, Layers, Swatches, Color, Stroke, Character, Paragraph, Styles, Links, Effects, Text Wrap, Align, Pathfinder, Table, Index, TOC, Hyperlinks, Bookmarks, Articles, Tags, Notes, Track Changes, Object States, Buttons and Forms, Preflight, Data Merge, Library, Scripts, Glyphs, Info, Tabs | ✓ | all present | ~ | Navigator, Trap Presets, Animation, Timing missing; pull-down panels can't scroll on Linux (#267) |
 | Dialogs: New Document, Document Setup, Preferences (all pages), Paragraph/Character/Object/Table/Cell Style Options, Export PDF, Print, Package, Find/Change | ✓ | present | ~ | generated command dialogs fill the long tail; depth varies |
 | Workspaces | Essentials, Advanced, Book, Digital Publishing, Interactive for PDF, Printing and Proofing, Typography, Touch | ✓ named workspaces + custom | ~ | tab bar overlaps menus in Book/Advanced (#182) |
 | Story Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | style-name column, depth ruler missing |