Master Layout ============= Starting with an empty Main Window, if you right-click in it you can add a tool bar or remove the status bar .. image:: /images/layout-01.png :align: center Next, if you have some items you want visible all the time you can add a QFrame or QWidget then below that, add a QTabWidget .. image:: /images/layout-02.png :align: center Now that you have at least one widget in the main window, you can right-click and select the layout you want to use .. image:: /images/layout-03.png :align: center Example layout: .. image:: /images/layout-04.png :align: center To add more tabs to a tab widget, right click on the tab then select Insert Page and where you want it to be inserted .. image:: /images/layout-05.png :align: center To change the tab name, in the Property Editor QTabWidget section, change the currenTabText value to the new desired name. .. image:: /images/layout-06.png :align: center