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description: "Learn more about: Using CTabCtrl"
title: "Using CTabCtrl"
ms.date: "11/04/2016"
helpviewer_keywords: ["CTabCtrl class [MFC], using", "tab controls [MFC], using"]
ms.assetid: 6bda6798-0085-4c09-a5ea-fe0e97af5c95
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# Using CTabCtrl

A "tab control" is analogous to the dividers in a notebook or the labeled folders in a file cabinet. Use the tab control, represented by class [CTabCtrl](../mfc/reference/ctabctrl-class.md), to show multiple pages of information or controls to a user, one at a time, in a format that suggests a peer or logical relationship between each page.

For more information on tab controls, see [Tab Controls](/windows/win32/Controls/tab-controls) in the Windows SDK.

## What do you want to know more about

- [Tab Controls and Property Sheets](../mfc/tab-controls-and-property-sheets.md)

- [Tabs and Tab Control Attributes](../mfc/tabs-and-tab-control-attributes.md)

- [Making Owner-Drawn Tabs](../mfc/making-owner-drawn-tabs.md)

- [Working with a Tab Control](../mfc/working-with-a-tab-control.md)

- [Creating the Tab Control](../mfc/creating-the-tab-control.md)

- [Adding Tabs to a Tab Control](../mfc/adding-tabs-to-a-tab-control.md)

- [Processing Tab Control Notification Messages](../mfc/processing-tab-control-notification-messages.md)

## See also

[Controls](../mfc/controls-mfc.md)