What are the maximum levels of tabs we can have in a web application..? I am working on financial application where i have display project information which will need atleast 3-5 levels of tabs to show information.
The problem what i am facing here is: i have to show types of factories under a project and each factory will have its own subfactories and it own financial information. The problem is coming here when i have show financial information which will have different fundingtypes and each funding type will have sub funding types.
So, it is going 3-5 levels of tabs. My question is can have that many levels of tabs in application interface.? 
Answer
I would consider using a faceted navigation over trees or nested tabs in this instance.
The pattern is flexible enough to adapt to lots of different scenarios, but powerful enough to reduce many layers of nesting down to what in the user's mind is a flatter interface and therefore easier to deal with conceptually.
It's also more space efficient and consistent than ever decreasing presentation areas that you will find using nested tabs.
Also see Mike Madaio's slideshare on Better Faceted Navigation: Advanced Design Techniques
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