acted on comments from jonathangreen

fedora_repository.module

@@ -1028,7 +1028,8 @@ function fedora_repository_get_items($pid = NULL, $dsId = NULL, $collection = NU
 // Add a 'manage object' tab for all objects, where detailed list of content is shown.
   $obj = new FedoraObjectDetailedContent($pid);
   
-  if(variable_get('fedora_repository_show_object_details_tab', FALSE)) {//can disable showing the object details tab in admin UI
+  //can disable showing the object details tab in admin UI
+  if (variable_get('fedora_repository_show_object_details_tab', TRUE)) {
    $object_details = $obj->showFieldSets();
    if ($object_details['fedora_object_details']['#selected'] == TRUE) {
      foreach ($cmodels_tabs as &$cmodel_tab) {

formClass.inc

@@ -301,16 +301,16 @@ class formClass {
       '#default_value' => variable_get('fedora_repository_title', 'Digital Repository'),
       '#description' => t('The title displayed when viewing collections and objects in  /fedora/repository. Leave blank to display no title. Note that the menus must be rebuilt after changing this variable.'),
     );
-    
-    $form['tabs'] = array(//have tabs options (like disable)
+    //have tabs options (like disable)
+    $form['tabs'] = array(
       '#type' => 'fieldset',
       '#title' => t('Tabs Configuration'),
       '#description' => t('Configure the tabs avaialble when viewing Fedora objects.'),
       '#collapsible' => TRUE,
       '#collapsed' => TRUE,
     );
-
-    $form['tabs']['fedora_repository_show_object_details_tab'] = array(//when checked show object details tab
+    //when checked show object details tab
+    $form['tabs']['fedora_repository_show_object_details_tab'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Show Object Details Tab'),
       '#default_value' => variable_get('fedora_repository_show_object_details_tab', TRUE),