AddTab

Description

Creates a new tab and adds it to the collection of tabs.

Syntax

// shellPaneContainer points to instance of IShellPaneContainer
const result = await shellPaneContainer.AddTab(
  TabId,
  tabTitle,
  insertBeforeTabId,
  icon,
);

Parameters

Name	Optionality	Type	Description
TabId	Required	string	The id of the new tab.
tabTitle	Required	string	The title of the new tab.
insertBeforeTabId	Required	string	The id of the tab before which the new tab should be inserted.
icon	Required	string	Header tab image name. Can refer to built-in tab or another custom-created tab. See Using Tabs in Shell Frame Side Pane Tabs for a list of built-in tab identifiers.

Return type

Type	Description
Promise < null | IShellPaneTab >	Returns the newly created tab, which is IShellPaneTab instance.