---
title: "findTabItem"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/ShogunPost121/1253738418/findTabItem"
format: markdown
---
# Description

Get the index of the specified tab for further manipulation.

## Functional area

User Window

# Command syntax

## Syntax

> Macro (scroll-tablelayout)

|  |
| --- |
| `findTabItem userControlID "itemString"[-start integer]` |

### 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

| Name | Flag arguments | Argument type | Exclusive to | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `start` | 1 | integer | — | Offset the index from which the command starts |

## Return value

integer

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

## Examples

```plaintext
// Create a Tab and add and additional tab to the Main Tab.
int $windowId;
int $mainTab;
 
// First create a User Window to place the Control on
$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`;
 
//create a main tab controller then add a second tab the main tab
$mainTab = `createTab $windowId "Main" "Second" "Third"`;
int $secondTab = `addTab $mainTab "Fourth"`;
int $ThirdTab = `findTabItem $mainTab "Third"`;
print $ThirdTab;
```

# Additional information

## Related commands

- [addTab](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253738413)
- [createTab](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253736857)
- [deleteAllTabItems](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253737096)
- [deleteTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253737436)
- [getTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253738257)
- [getTabSelItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253736870)
- [selectTabItem](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253737385)
- [setTabHandler](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunPost121/pages/1253739964)