# Enable or Disable Focus Cues

Learn how to enable or disable focus cues (focus rectangles) using DockingTab API.

## Content



DockingTab allows you to set a value indicating whether tabs can display rectangles (or cues) on focusing with the mouse cursor. The focus cues can be easily enabled or disabled for the DockingTab using the [TabsShowFocusCues](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/) property of **C1DockingTab** class. By default, this property is set to false.

![Focus cues in Tab page](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1086a5ae-7197-4f26-942b-edb381682c69/images/rectangles-focuscues.gif)

### In Design Time

In the Properties window, set the C1DockingTab.TabsShowFocusCues to true.

### In Code

The code snippet below shows how to set the TabsShowFocusCues property in DockingTab.

```csharp
c1DockingTab1.TabsShowFocusCues = true;
```

### Prevent Tabs from Receiving Focus

To prevent the tabs from receiving focus, use the **TabsCanFocus** property. Setting this property to False will prevent the tabs from receiving focus on Mouse click.