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title: "How to: Add a Control to a Tab Page Using the Designer"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords:
  - "TabPage control"
  - "tab controls [Windows Forms], tab order"
  - "tab pages [Windows Forms], adding controls"
ms.assetid: 7ee734e1-e31e-4ed0-bbc0-a7e8a1f20fef
---
# How to: Add a Control to a Tab Page Using the Designer
The use of the Windows Forms <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl> is to display other controls in an organized fashion. You can use these instructions to display a picture on the main part of a tab page. For information about adding an icon to the label part of a tab page, see [How to: Change the Appearance of the Windows Forms TabControl](how-to-change-the-appearance-of-the-windows-forms-tabcontrol.md).

 The following procedure requires a **Windows Application** project with a form containing a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl> control. For information about setting up such a project, see [How to: Create a Windows Forms application project](/visualstudio/ide/step-1-create-a-windows-forms-application-project) and [How to: Add Controls to Windows Forms](how-to-add-controls-to-windows-forms.md).

## To add a control using the designer

1. Click the appropriate tab page so that it appears on top.

2. Draw the control on the tab page.

## See also

- [TabControl Control](tabcontrol-control-windows-forms.md)
- [TabControl Control Overview](tabcontrol-control-overview-windows-forms.md)
- [How to: Change the Appearance of the Windows Forms TabControl](how-to-change-the-appearance-of-the-windows-forms-tabcontrol.md)
- [How to: Disable Tab Pages](how-to-disable-tab-pages.md)
- [How to: Add and Remove Tabs with the Windows Forms TabControl](how-to-add-and-remove-tabs-with-the-windows-forms-tabcontrol.md)