Tab

A Tab element represents a single tab within a TabView. In a window or menu, you can use a tab to group related content.

Make a Tab closable

To make it so a Tab can be closed, set the closable property to true. When a Tab is closable, a close icon appears on the Tab. If a user selects the close icon, the Tab closes.

Add an icon to a Tab

You can add an icon to your Tab to make it more visually appealing. Icons can be image assets that exist in your project such as a Texture, Render TextureA special type of Texture that is created and updated at runtime. To use them, first create a new Render Texture and designate one of your Cameras to render into it. Then you can use the Render Texture in a Material just like a regular Texture. More info
See in Glossary, SpriteA 2D graphic objects. If you are used to working in 3D, Sprites are essentially just standard textures but there are special techniques for combining and managing sprite textures for efficiency and convenience during development. More info
See in Glossary, or Vector. For information on how to reference an image asset, refer to AssetsAny media or data that can be used in your game or project. An asset may come from a file created outside of Unity, such as a 3D Model, an audio file or an image. You can also create some asset types in Unity, such as an Animator Controller, an Audio Mixer or a Render Texture. More info
See in Glossary.

Do one of the following to add an icon to a Tab with UI Builder:

• From the Tab’s InspectorA Unity window that displays information about the currently selected GameObject, asset or project settings, allowing you to inspect and edit the values. More info
  See in Glossary panel, select an icon from the Icon Image dropdown list.
• Drag an icon from the Assets window to the Icon Image field located in the Tab’s Inspector panel.

To add an icon for a Tab with UXML, add the source of the image to the icon-image attribute:

<ui:Tab name="Tab" label="Tab text" icon-image="/path/to/image-file.png" />

To add an icon for a Tab with C#, assign the image source to the iconImage property:

Tab myTab = new Tab("Tab text");
var TabIconImage = Resources.Load<Texture2D>("image-file");

myTab.iconImage = TabIconImage;

Examples

The following UXML example creates a TabView with Tabs:

<UXML xmlns="UnityEngine.UIElements" xmlns:uie="UnityEditor.UIElements">
    <TabView>
       <Tab label="UXML Tab A">
           <Label text="UXML tab: This is some content for the first Tab." />
       </Tab>
       <Tab label="UXML Tab B">
           <Label text="UXML tab: This is some content for the second Tab." />
       </Tab>
    </TabView>
</UXML>

The following C# example illustrates some of the customizable functionalities of the TabView and its Tabs:

/// <sample>
// Create a TabView with Tabs that only contains a label.
var csharpTabViewWithLabels = new TabView() { style = { marginTop = 15 } }; // marginTop not required, only for demonstration purposes.
var tabOne = new Tab("One");
tabOne.Add(new Label("Tab with labels only: This is some content for the first Tab.") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpTabViewWithLabels.Add(tabOne);
var tabTwo = new Tab("Two");
tabTwo.Add(new Label("Tab with labels only: This is some content for the second Tab.") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpTabViewWithLabels.Add(tabTwo);
container.Add(csharpTabViewWithLabels);

// Create a TabView with Tabs that only contains an icon.
var csharpTabViewWithIcons = new TabView() { style = { marginTop = 15 } }; // marginTop not required, only for demonstration purposes.
var tabIconConnect = new Tab(EditorGUIUtility.FindTexture("CloudConnect"));
tabIconConnect.Add(new Label("Tab with icons only: This is some content for the first Tab.") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpTabViewWithIcons.Add(tabIconConnect);
var tabIconStore = new Tab(EditorGUIUtility.FindTexture("Asset Store"));
tabIconStore.Add(new Label("Tab with icons only: This is some content for the second Tab.") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpTabViewWithIcons.Add(tabIconStore);
container.Add(csharpTabViewWithIcons);

// Create a TabView with Tabs that only contains an icon and a label.
var csharpTabViewWithIconsAndLabels = new TabView() { style = { marginTop = 15 } }; // marginTop not required, only for demonstration purposes.
var tabConnect = new Tab("Connect", EditorGUIUtility.FindTexture("CloudConnect"));
tabConnect.Add(new Label("Tab with an icon and a labels: This is some content for the first Tab.") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpTabViewWithIconsAndLabels.Add(tabConnect);
var tabStore = new Tab("Store", EditorGUIUtility.FindTexture("Asset Store"));
tabStore.Add(new Label("Tab with an icon and a labels: This is some content for the second Tab.") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpTabViewWithIconsAndLabels.Add(tabStore);
container.Add(csharpTabViewWithIconsAndLabels);

// Create a TabView that allows re-ordering of the tabs.
var csharpReorderableTabView = new TabView() { reorderable = true, style = { marginTop = 10 } }; // marginTop not required, only for demonstration purposes.
var tabA = new Tab("Tab A");
tabA.Add(new Label("Reorderable tabs: This is some content for Tab A") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpReorderableTabView.Add(tabA);
var tabB = new Tab("Tab B");
tabB.Add(new Label("Reorderable tabs: This is some content for Tab B") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpReorderableTabView.Add(tabB);
var tabC = new Tab("Tab C");
tabC.Add(new Label("Reorderable tabs: This is some content for Tab C") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
csharpReorderableTabView.Add(tabC);
container.Add(csharpReorderableTabView);

// Create a TabView with closeable tabs.
var closeTabInfoLabel = new Label($"Last tab closed: None");
void UpdateLabel(string newLabel) => closeTabInfoLabel.text = $"Last tab closed: {newLabel}";
var cSharpCloseableTabs = new TabView() { style = { marginTop = 10 } }; // marginTop not required, only for demonstration purposes.
var closeableTabA = new Tab("Title A") { closeable = true };
closeableTabA.closed += (tab) => { UpdateLabel(tab.label); };
closeableTabA.Add(new Label("Closeable tabs: This is some content for Tab A") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
cSharpCloseableTabs.Add(closeableTabA);
var closeableTabB = new Tab("Title B") { closeable = true };
closeableTabB.closed += (tab) => { UpdateLabel(tab.label); };
closeableTabB.Add(new Label("Closeable tabs: This is some content for Tab B") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
cSharpCloseableTabs.Add(closeableTabB);
var closeableTabC = new Tab("Title C") { closeable = true };
closeableTabC.closed += (tab) => { UpdateLabel(tab.label); };
closeableTabC.Add(new Label("Closeable tabs: This is some content for Tab C") { style = { marginTop = 10 } });
cSharpCloseableTabs.Add(closeableTabC);
container.Add(cSharpCloseableTabs);
container.Add(closeTabInfoLabel);

// Create a TabView and apply custom styling to specific areas of their tabs.
var csharpCustomStyledTabView = new TabView() { style = { marginTop = 15 }, classList = { "some-styled-class" }}; // marginTop not required, only for demonstration purposes.
var customStyledTabOne = new Tab("One");
customStyledTabOne.Add(new Label("Custom styled tabs: This is some content for the first Tab."));
csharpCustomStyledTabView.Add(customStyledTabOne);
var customStyledTabTwo = new Tab("Two");
customStyledTabTwo.Add(new Label("Custom styled tabs: This is some content for the second Tab."));
csharpCustomStyledTabView.Add(customStyledTabTwo);
container.Add(csharpCustomStyledTabView);
/// </sample>

To try this example live in Unity, go to Window > UI Toolkit > Samples.

For more examples, refer to the following:

-Create a tabbed menu.

C# base class and namespace

C# class: Tab
Namespace: UnityEngine.UIElements
Base class: VisualElement

Member UXML attributes

This element has the following member attributes:

Inherited UXML attributes

This element inherits the following attributes from its base class:

This element also inherits the following attributes from VisualElement:

USS classes

The following table lists all the C# public property names and their related USS selector.

You can also use the Matching Selectors section in the Inspector or the UI Toolkit Debugger to see which USS selectors affect the components of the VisualElement at every level of its hierarchy.

Additional resources

• TabView