Impulse Driven Home

1. Welcome to Impulse
   Features of Impulse
   System Requirements
   Upgrading
   Updates
   Location of Impulse
   Support
   Resources
   Documentation
2. Introduction
   Main Menu
   Navigation
   Impulse Account
   Impulse Anywhere
   Impulse Dock
   Activation vs. Registration
   Stardock Central (SDC)
3. Explore (Store)
   Navigation Bar
   Viewing Products
4. Community: My Impulse, News, Games, Achievements, Rankings
   Search
   Sub-Menu
   My Impulse
   News
   Games
   Achievements
   Rankings
5. Community: Friends, Chat, Forums, Community, Drivers
   Friends
   Chat
      Who is in the Room?
      Chat Commands
      Common Chat Commands
   Forums
   Community Tab
   Video Drivers
6. My Tabs
   Organize
   View
   Register a Product
   Tile View
      Information Panel
      Alpha/Beta Testing
      Links
   Right-Click Menu
7. Managing Tabs
8. Updates & Downloads
9. Help
10. Preferences
   General Tab
   Folders Tab
   Connection Tab
   Archive & Install
11. ImpulseNow
   Right-Click Menu
   Left-Click Menu
   Settings
Appendix A: Installation
   Creating a Login
   Running Impulse
Appendix B: Impulse Dock
   Modifying the Dock
Appendix C: FAQ

Managing Tabs

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Impulse gives you the ability to manage existing tabs on the main menu (i.e. Explore, Community, My Software, My Games), by changing the location, hiding/showing tab(s), creating new ones, and deleting unwanted tabs.  Locate the at the end of the main menu & click on it to display a menu: "Add tab...", and "Manage tabs...".

Adding a New Tab

Selecting "Add tab..." opens a dialog box asking for the "New name" of the tab, after typing one in (e.g. My Favorites), click .  (Click or to abort.)  The new tab will appear on the end of the main menu (far right).  You can also add a new tab on the "Manage tabs..." menu.

 

To add programs to your new tab, click on the tab, then locate the desired icon on the desktop, in Windows Explorer, etc. and drag it onto the open tab in Impulse and a shortcut will appear.  You can drag shortcuts for any program, not just those you downloaded through Impulse. 

After a program is on your new tab, right clicking on it will open a small menu with the following options:

• Run - launch the selected program. This is the same as the button in the lower, right corner.
• Rating - (None is default), allows you to give the program your own rating (1 to 5 stars), so you can sort programs by rating and keep track of good & bad ones.
• Rename Shortcut - allows you to rename the shortcut to a program you added to your tab. Change the name, then click to accept the change. (Click or to abort.)

• Remove Shortcut - deletes the selected shortcut from the tab. It does not ask for confirmation.
• Refresh - checks the Impulse server for updates to software purchased through Impulse.

Manage Tabs

The other menu option is to "Manage tabs..." which allows you to change the location, hide/show tab(s), creating new ones, and delete unwanted tabs. In the screen below a new tab was added (My Favorites) and was moved to the highest position possible under "Community" (to the right of "Community" on the menu bar) by selecting "My Favorites", then clicking the arrow.  Clicking will apply the changes to the menu, while clicking will cancel any changes.

 

Summary of buttons on the Manage Tabs menu:

• - add a new tab to main menu by typing in a title.

• - allows you to rename the selected tab.

• - delete the selected tab.

• - hides selected tab from being seen on menu.

• - un-hides the previously (Hidden) tab.

• - moves the selected tab up one (to the left of the previous tab on the menu).

• - moves the tab down one position (to the right on the main menu).

• - click when ready to apply changes. (Click to abort.)