Body: <p>I need to make a tab with a LOT of custom fields and making it usable will require some careful design. These fields will be relevant only for a small subset of users in my database so I prefer to keep it off the summary page altogether. My ideal design is to have a tab on the contact record that I can design using the functionality of the Contact Layout Editor.</p>
  <p>However, I am currently in a CiviSpark instance and so installing the extension will require migration to a new instance, managing my own hosting, etc. I have other reasons for making this change eventually, am not quite ready, but the Contact Layout Editor could push me toward doing it.</p>
  <p>I have read the <a href="https://github.com/civicrm/org.civicrm.contactlayout" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documentation</a> but can't tell from that.</p>
  <p>Experienced users of this extension, can you tell me if I can use it to create layouts for contact tabs, or does it create layout options for the summary page only?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: "These fields will be relevant only for a small subset of users in my database so I prefer to keep it off the summary page altogether". if you had your subset set up as a 'sub type' then they would only show on the summary page for those types - just fyi
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
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Comments.Text: "or does it create layout options for the summary page only", I believe yes only the summary page. but combined with using sub-types you may still easily achieve what you want
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
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Comments.CreationDate: 2021-07-09T23:28:11.927Z
Comments.Text: Thanks @petednz-fuzion! This is a good idea and I will do it if it is my only option (I would not to because they are not mutually exclusive to other types so I would be limiting myself, but it probably is worth it).
Comments.UserDisplayName: Lisa J
Tags: <contact-layout-editor>
Title: Does the Contact Layout Editor extension allow creation of tab layouts?
ThreadText: # Does the Contact Layout Editor extension allow creation of tab layouts?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-08)
  
  I need to make a tab with a LOT of custom fields and making it usable will require some careful design. These fields will be relevant only for a small subset of users in my database so I prefer to keep it off the summary page altogether. My ideal design is to have a tab on the contact record that I can design using the functionality of the Contact Layout Editor.
  
  However, I am currently in a CiviSpark instance and so installing the extension will require migration to a new instance, managing my own hosting, etc. I have other reasons for making this change eventually, am not quite ready, but the Contact Layout Editor could push me toward doing it.
  
  I have read the [documentation](https://github.com/civicrm/org.civicrm.contactlayout) but can't tell from that.
  
  Experienced users of this extension, can you tell me if I can use it to create layouts for contact tabs, or does it create layout options for the summary page only?
  
  **Tags:** contact-layout-editor
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: "These fields will be relevant only for a small subset of users in my database so I prefer to keep it off the summary page altogether". if you had your subset set up as a 'sub type' then they would only show on the summary page for those types - just fyi  
  > **username_1**: "or does it create layout options for the summary page only", I believe yes only the summary page. but combined with using sub-types you may still easily achieve what you want  
  > **username_0**: Thanks @username_1! This is a good idea and I will do it if it is my only option (I would not to because they are not mutually exclusive to other types so I would be limiting myself, but it probably is worth it).  
  
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