# Tab container: No child components configured **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-no-child-components-configured/22450 "2019-02-08T20:30:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sudipta.tripathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sudipta.tripathy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudipta.tripathy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-no-child-components-configured/22450/1 "2019-02-08T20:30:55Z")
How do I add components to a tab? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/c/c7dba5ba1c8db1591d569e6b852afb0792671777.png) ---
**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-no-child-components-configured/22450/2 "2019-02-08T20:55:25Z")
Think of each Tab as an empty View - you should add a Container to each Tab which dictates how the interior components will behave. ---
**Author:** ![Paul.Scott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul.scott/32/4578_2.png) [@Paul.Scott](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul.Scott)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-no-child-components-configured/22450/3 "2019-02-08T21:08:04Z")
> [@sudipta.tripathy](#): > > How do I add components to a tab? Double click on the container to Deep Select it. You should then be able to start dragging components into each tab.