talletab

Talletab is a modular user interface concept designed to organize small data records, such as tallies or counts, within a tabbed container. The name blends tally and tab, signaling its function of counting entries while keeping them grouped in separate tabs. In a talletab, each tab represents a category or dataset, and the surface shows summarized tallies with the option to expand into a detailed list. Entries can typically be added, edited, or removed, and the tab can be filtered by date, type, or value. Talletabs can be implemented in software as a component or in hardware as a control panel.

History and context: The concept emerged in discussions of data-entry interfaces and educational tools during the 2010s as a way to reduce screen clutter while maintaining quick access to grouped counts. It has been described in design patterns and user-interface literature as a practical example of organizing data in a tabbed format.

Variants and features: Some implementations include drag-and-drop reordering of tabs, inline editing, and export to CSV. Others emphasize accessibility, with keyboard navigation and screen-reader support. A talletab library may be offered as a UI component in web frameworks, or as a design pattern in application development.

Applications: Talletabs are used in survey instruments to collect per-category tallies, inventory counting, classroom assessment, and research data collection where rapid entry in a tabbed format is advantageous. They are valued for reducing visual clutter while preserving categorical organization of data.