topic Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab? in Civil 3D Forum

Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:07:31 GMT

Somehow, way more often than I want, while trying to do something else in the ribbon, I get this layout preview that pops up on my drawing tabs at the top of the screen. And somehow, it can select a tab without me even clicking anything, then the drawing starts trying to switch tabs (in a drawing where doing so is VERY slow). I don't really understand why it does that without even clicking on anything, and I'd really like to disable this preview as I never actually NEED to use it, it just happens accidentally. Is there any way to do that?

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

user181 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:22:10 GMT

You can set FILETABTHUMBOVER to 0 and it will not switch when you hover over the tabs but will show the preview

You can set FILETABPREVIEW to 0 and the preview will be gone.

You can set both to 0 and not see the preview or switch views

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:18:07 GMT

Exactly what I needed, thank you!

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

neilyj666 — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:03:44 GMT

FILETABTHUMBHOVER rather than FILETABTHUMBOVER...

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

neilyj666 — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:04:09 GMT

FILETABTHUMBHOVER rather than FILETABTHUMBOVER...

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

mcfarlie6996 — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:39:46 GMT

@user181 wrote:

You can set FILETABTHUMBOVER to 0 and it will not switch when you hover over the tabs but will show the preview

or

You can set FILETABPREVIEW to 0 and the preview will be gone.

or

You can set both to 0 and not see the preview or switch views

Wow, setting both of these to '0' does nothing and still shows tabs and the ability to switch tabs/layouts without clicking anything. This is driving me nuts.

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

user181 — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:59:55 GMT

Setting those to 0 will disable the preview and switching. Maybe you need to close and restart your autocad and check them again.

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

clukeDGNCC — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:34:09 GMT

Related question to this. Architecture 2025: I have changed the mentioned setting to "0" and those have helped. However, now, when I want to close this drawing tab, I want to click the "x" on the tab, but before I can get it selected, the list of tabs now pop up and I can't select the "X" quick enough and thus the drawing switches to the tab view that I inadvertently selected. Is there any way to turn off all these pop up menus so I can just select the "X"?

Re: Is there a way to disable the layout preview on the drawing tab?

carlos_chuecosC69H6 — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:42:34 GMT

Very useful, thanks!