---
title: "addTab"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun16/13340717/addTab"
format: markdown
---
# Description

Adds an additional tab to the already created tab controller

## Functional area

User Window

# Command syntax

## Syntax

|  |
| --- |
| `addTab userControlID "itemString"` |

### Arguments

| **Name** | **Type** | **Required** | **Comments** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `itemString` | string | no | The name of the tab to be added |
| `userControlId` | int | yes | ID of user window to place the control on. |

### Flags

None

## Return value

integer 

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

## Examples

```plaintext
// Create a Tab control and add two tabs 
int $windowId;
int $tabControl;
int $firstTab;
int $secondTab;
 
// First create a User Window to place the Control on
$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`;
 
//create a tab control
$tabControl = `createTab $windowId`;
 
//add tabs$firstTab = `addTab $tabControl "First"`;
$secondTab = `addTab $tabControl "Second"`;
```

# Additional information

## Related commands

- [createTab](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13339800)
- [deleteAllTabItems](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13339836)
- [deleteTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13339887)
- [findTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13339779)
- [getTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341476)
- [getTabSelItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341506)
- [selectTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340386)
- [setTabHandler](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341818)