Arvid Tomayko

I've been dissapointed that Max 7 removed the ability to show mouseover and specify a separate text color for the active tab. But its turns out you can accomplish it with 3 separate tab objects in Max 7.x:

Here's an example (try it in presentation mode):

I was happy to figure this out - hope it is helpful to others!

But I would be even happier if C74 could build that original functionality back into the tab object…

main tab object has background colors you want, but text color set to transparent

connect left outlet of main tab to a 2nd tab object that has "Use Color For Text" and "Ignore Click" checked, with all colors transparent except Selected and Unselected tab colors. This allows the custom selected text color

connect right outlet of main tab to a 3rd  tab object that has "Ignore Click" checked, with all colors transparent except Tab Color (Selected) which is only slightly opaque (I used black at 5% opacity). This makes the rollover.

stack them all exactly in presentation view.

Hi,
I've been dissapointed that Max 7 removed the ability to show mouseover and specify a separate text color for the active tab. But its tu

Tab object with mouseover and selected text color in Max 7.x: How-To