---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.TabControl.SelectedTab"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.TabControl"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/TabControl/SelectedTab/"
---

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

# TabControl.SelectedTab

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

## SelectedTab

Gets or sets the SelectedTab.

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 TabItem SelectedTab {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
tabControl.SelectedTab: TabItem
```

### Returns

`TabItem` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.2.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var tabControl = new TabControl();
var settingsTab = new TabItem { Header = new TextBlock { Text = "Settings" }, Content = new TextBlock { Text = "Risk: 1%" } };
tabControl.AddTab(new TabItem { Header = new TextBlock { Text = "Trade" } });
tabControl.AddTab(settingsTab);
tabControl.SelectedTab = settingsTab;
Chart.AddControl(tabControl);
```

Python:

```python
tabControl = TabControl()
header = TextBlock()
header.Text = "Settings"
settingsTab = TabItem()
settingsTab.Header = header
tabControl.AddTab(settingsTab)
tabControl.SelectedTab = settingsTab
api.Chart.AddControl(tabControl)
```