Disable vertical tabs by content type or user role Some users may only have the ability to edit one of the fieldsets that shows up in vertical tabs on the node edit form. In such a case it looks rather silly to be using vertical tabs since there is only one vertical tab to choose from. See screenshot:



So, is it possible to disable vertical tabs by user role? Or, barring that, disable them altogether for certain content types? For my use case I just want Location to not be displayed in vertical tabs. 

I tried Renderable Fields and Field Group together but they managed the form incorrectly (buggy, I think). Arrange Fields can't separate out Vertical Tabs.
There are few ways to do this:


You can use the Renderable Elements module (as you mentioned above). It enables you to register any piece of build on your installation and manage the display through Field UI. It will make (additional) elements available of existing entities on the manage forms/display screens or you can for example register the contact form and rearrange the fields through Field UI. Works currently fine on forms, support for other is coming in a second iteration.
Or add the following to your custom module:

$config['yourcontenttype_node_form'] = FALSE;
variable_set('vertical_tabs_forms', $config);

A sandbox module that disables vertical tabs


Here is this core issue that refers to this.