# How to change name of tabbed view layout?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-change-name-of-tabbed-view-layout/16500>\
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**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-change-name-of-tabbed-view-layout/16500 "2021-03-12T17:20:51Z")\
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Operating system:windows 10  
Slicer version:4.11

In the layout menu in the tabbed slices view option the tabs are named as Red, Green, yellow. Is there any way I can rename the tabs to - for example, axial, coronal, sagittal?

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-change-name-of-tabbed-view-layout/16500/2 "2021-03-14T05:58:54Z")

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You can either [create your own layout](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/ScriptRepository#Customize_viewer_layout) with view names you like or rename existing slice view nodes:

```python
sliceNodes=slicer.util.getNodesByClass('vtkMRMLSliceNode')
sliceNodes[0].SetName('Axial')
sliceNodes[1].SetName('Coronal')
sliceNodes[2].SetName('Sagittal')

```

Note that the user can set any slice viewer to any orientation, so nothing guarantees that the view that you name “Axial” view will always show axial slice.