on the same tab vs in the same tab

Both 'on the same tab' and 'in the same tab' are commonly used phrases in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'On the same tab' is typically used when referring to information or content displayed on a tab in a browser or software interface. On the other hand, 'in the same tab' is more general and can be used in various contexts to indicate that something is located within the same tab.

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on the same tab

This phrase is correct and commonly used in the context of information or content displayed on a tab in a browser or software interface.

This phrase is used to indicate that multiple pieces of information or content are displayed within the same tab in a browser or software interface.

Examples:

All the relevant data is on the same tab for easy access.
Make sure to keep all the related documents on the same tab for quick reference.

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Clicking successively onto the same tab will make the sidebar pop up or fold back into the border.
If the person who killed Monroe was able to get into the system to erase evidence, there's no reason he couldn't do the same thing to keep tabs on the investigation.
Start in same directory as current tab
After a preliminary assessment, the Commission had serious doubts that a market investor would have invested on the same terms and on the same scale as the Valencia Regional Government.
Coraline had exactly the same tattoo on the same shoulder.
(f) prior sanctions imposed by other authorities on the same undertaking and based on the same facts. 7.
Ryan was on the same site on the same night.
You must all go on the same day, but not on the same boat.
There were two cases of vandalism on the same night on the same block Amanda was attacked.
Well, that's what it's like now, but this is what it was like in the 1950s from the same boat in the same place on the same board on the same dock.
This means that, to an ever increasing extent, the same content can be prepared on the same hardware, be transferred along the same routes and be received on the same apparatus.
There's an unidentified ship tracking in on the same trajectory as the Farscape module.
Your thoughts are transmitted on the same frequency.
Not on the same channel, of course.
We're on the same side.
Polonski's child was born in the clinic on the same day.
You may even wonder why you're stuck on the same boat at all.
I can walk on the same street where she's walked.
Probably acting on the same data we got.
It was on the same shelf with the Insulin.

Alternatives:

on the tab
within the tab
displayed on the same tab
located on the same tab
shown on the same tab

in the same tab

This phrase is correct and can be used in various contexts to indicate that something is located within the same tab.

This phrase is more general and can be used to indicate that something is within the same tab, regardless of the specific content or information.