# Quick Start

## Content



The quick start guides you through the steps of adding the TabPanel control to your MVC web application and adding data to it.

Follow the steps given below to get started:

![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/9b6a6cfe-b8e8-42e9-8a04-da6cb7762977/images/tabpanelqs.gif)

### Create an MVC Application

Create a new MVC application using the ComponentOne or VisualStudio templates. For more information about creating an MVC application, see [Configuring your MVC Application](/componentone/docs/mvc/online-mvc-core/Configuring-your-MVC-Application) topic.

### Add a TabPanel control and add data

Steps to add a TabPanel control to the application, are as follows:

**Add a new Controller**

1.  In the **Solution Explorer**, right click the folder **Controllers.**
2.  From the context menu, select **Add | Controller**. The **Add Scaffold** dialog appears.
3.  In the **Add Scaffold** dialog, follow these steps:
    1.  Select the **Empty MVC Controller** template.
    2.  Set name of the controller (For example: `TabPanelController`).
    3.  Click **Add**.
4.  Replace the **Index()** method with the following method.
    
    ```csharp
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
       return View();
    }
    ```
    

**Add a View for the Controller**

1.  From the **Solution Explorer**, expand the folder **Controllers** and double click the `TabPanelController.`
2.  Place the cursor inside the method `Index()`.
3.  Right click and select **Add View**. The **Add View** dialog appears.
4.  In the **Add View** dialog, verify that the View name is **Index** and View engine is **Razor (CSHTML).**
5.  Click **Add** to add a view for the controller, and then copy the following code and paste it inside **Index.cshtml**.<br /><br />The markup used to initialize the TabPanel control is a nested collection of **div** tags. The first div tag in the markup represents the TabPanel control. In this parent div tag, there exist few more div tags where each set of div tag represents a tab. Inside every **div** tag at this level, there is an **a** tag that renders the tab header and a div tag that renders the content pane.
    
    ```razor
    <c1-tab-panel id="tabPanel">
    <div id="tabPanel" style="width:500px">
        <div>
            <a>Product</a>
            <div>
                <p style="font-size:large"><b>FlexChart for MVC</b></p>
                <!--Add a custom image-->
                <img src="~/flexchart.png" />
            </div>
        </div>
        <div>
            <a>Overview</a>
            <div>
                <p><b>FlexChart</b>—a powerful data visualization control for Web—lets you add feature-rich and visually appealing charts to your MVC applications.
                The control empowers end-users to visualize data that resonates with their audiences. The FlexChart control provides you with numerous 2D chart types, 
                built-in tools for chart interactivity, and diversified formats for chart rendering.Whether it is storytelling with data or interpreting complex data,
                FlexChart helps you accomplish everything seamlessly.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div>
            <a>Resources</a>
            <div>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="http://developer.mescius.com/componentone/docs/win/online-flexchart/overview.html">Documentation</a></li>
                    <li><a href="https://developer.mescius.com/en/demos">Demo</a></li>
                    <li><a href="https://developer.mescius.com/en/forums">Forums</a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    </c1-tab-panel>
    ```

### Build and Run the Project

1.  Click **Build | Build Solution** to build the project.
2.  Press **F5** to run the project. 
	> type=note
	> Append the folder name and view name to the generated URL (for example: http://localhost:1234/**TabPanel/Index**) in the address bar of the browser to see the view.