Each contact controls editor displays the name and type of the contact controls that you are defining in the top panel of the dialog box. The format of the rest of the editor varies depending on whether you are defining controls for an Abaqus/Standard or an Abaqus/Explicit analysis.
You can display help on a particular feature of the editor by selecting from the main menu bar and then clicking the feature of interest. For more information, see Specifying contact controls in an Abaqus/Standard analysis, and Specifying contact controls in an Abaqus/Explicit analysis.