---
id: "M:cAlgo.API.TabControl.AddTab(cAlgo.API.TabItem)"
kind: "method"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.TabControl"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/TabControl/AddTab/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# TabControl.AddTab

Member of [TabControl](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/TabControl/index.md).

## AddTab(TabItem tab)

Adds a new tab.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.
- Cloud: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.

C#:

```csharp
public void AddTab(TabItem tab)
```

Python:

```python
tabControl.AddTab(tab: TabItem) -> None
```

### Parameters

- `tab` (`TabItem`, Python `TabItem`): Tab

Available since cAlgo.API 5.2.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var tabControl = new TabControl { Width = 250, Height = 120 };
var tab = new TabItem { Header = new TextBlock { Text = SymbolName }, Content = new TextBlock { Text = "Bid: " + Symbol.Bid } };
tabControl.AddTab(tab);
Chart.AddControl(tabControl);
```

Python:

```python
tabControl = TabControl()
header = TextBlock()
header.Text = api.SymbolName
content = TextBlock()
content.Text = f"Bid: {api.Symbol.Bid}"
tab = TabItem()
tab.Header = header
tab.Content = content
tabControl.AddTab(tab)
api.Chart.AddControl(tabControl)
```