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

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# TabControlSelectedTabChangedEventArgs.SelectedTab

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

## SelectedTab

Gets selected tab item.

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

- CLI: Never raised in the CLI: the events that pass it never fire there (TabControl.SelectedTabChanged).
- Cloud: Never raised in the cloud: the events that pass it never fire there (TabControl.SelectedTabChanged).

C#:

```csharp
public TabItem SelectedTab {get;}
```

Python:

```python
tabControlSelectedTabChangedEventArgs.SelectedTab: TabItem
```

### Returns

`TabItem` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.2.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
private TabItem _ordersTab;

protected override void OnStart()
{
    var tabControl = new TabControl();
    _ordersTab = new TabItem { Header = new TextBlock { Text = "Orders" } };
    tabControl.AddTab(new TabItem { Header = new TextBlock { Text = "Positions" } });
    tabControl.AddTab(_ordersTab);
    tabControl.SelectedTabChanged += OnSelectedTabChanged;
    Chart.AddControl(tabControl);
}

private void OnSelectedTabChanged(TabControlSelectedTabChangedEventArgs args)
{
    if (args.SelectedTab == _ordersTab)
        Print("Orders tab selected, pending orders: {0}", PendingOrders.Count);
}
```

Python:

```python
def on_start(self):
    tabControl = TabControl()
    positionsHeader = TextBlock()
    positionsHeader.Text = "Positions"
    positionsTab = TabItem()
    positionsTab.Header = positionsHeader
    ordersHeader = TextBlock()
    ordersHeader.Text = "Orders"
    self.ordersTab = TabItem()
    self.ordersTab.Header = ordersHeader
    tabControl.AddTab(positionsTab)
    tabControl.AddTab(self.ordersTab)
    tabControl.SelectedTabChanged += self.on_selected_tab_changed
    api.Chart.AddControl(tabControl)

def on_selected_tab_changed(self, args):
    if args.SelectedTab == self.ordersTab:
        api.Print(f"Orders tab selected, pending orders: {api.PendingOrders.Count}")
```