---
title: "getActiveShelfTab"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun113/84220035/getActiveShelfTab"
format: markdown
---
# Description

Returns the name of the shelf tab which is currently selected and active in the GUI.

## Functional area

Interface

# Command syntax

## Syntax

|  |
| --- |
| `getActiveShelfTab` |

### Arguments

None

### Flags

None

## Return value

string

## Examples

```plaintext
// Print the active tab name to the command line 
string $temp = `getActiveShelfTab`;
print $temp;
```

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

# Additional information

## Related commands

- [addTab](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84217949)
- [deleteAllTabItems](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84222152)
- [deleteTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84221268)
- [findTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84221123)
- [getTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84220106)
- [getTabSelItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84224110)
- [selectTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84223308)
- [setTabHandler](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun113/pages/84213781)