diff --git a/dlanguilib.visualdproj b/dlanguilib.visualdproj
index c53bae16..94f5d5d5 100644
--- a/dlanguilib.visualdproj
+++ b/dlanguilib.visualdproj
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\layouts.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\lists.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\styles.d" />
+     <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\tabs.d" />
      <File path="src\dlangui\widgets\widget.d" />
     </Folder>
     <File path="src\dlangui\all.d" />
diff --git a/examples/example1/main.d b/examples/example1/main.d
index 8f2901d6..a0924eb3 100644
--- a/examples/example1/main.d
+++ b/examples/example1/main.d
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 	
 	static if (true) {
 		LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout();
+
+        TabWidget tabs = new TabWidget("TABS");
+        tabs.addTab("id1", "Tab 1"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id2", "Tab 2 label"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id3", "Tab 3 label"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id4", "Tab 4 label"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id5", "Tab 5 label"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id6", "Tab 6 label"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id7", "Tab 7 label"d);
+        tabs.addTab("id8", "Tab 8 label"d);
+        layout.addChild(tabs);
+
 		layout.addChild((new TextWidget()).textColor(0x00802000).text("Text widget 0"));
 		layout.addChild((new TextWidget()).textColor(0x40FF4000).text("Text widget"));
 		layout.addChild((new Button("BTN1")).textResource("EXIT")); //.textColor(0x40FF4000)
diff --git a/examples/example1/res/close.png b/examples/example1/res/close.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1aca4b79
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diff --git a/examples/example1/res/tab_more.png b/examples/example1/res/tab_more.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..badc2a6a
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/example1/res/tab_more.png differ
diff --git a/src/dlangui/all.d b/src/dlangui/all.d
index aed7e822..5d271c0b 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/all.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/all.d
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ public import dlangui.widgets.widget;
 public import dlangui.widgets.controls;
 public import dlangui.widgets.layouts;
 public import dlangui.widgets.lists;
+public import dlangui.widgets.tabs;
 public import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
 public import dlangui.core.i18n;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d b/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d
index fa9b2e01..ee90466d 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/i18n.d
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@ import std.utf;
 /// container for UI string - either raw value or string resource ID
 struct UIString {
     /// if not null, use it, otherwise lookup by id
-    dstring _value;
+    private dstring _value;
     /// id to find value in translator
-    string _id;
+    private string _id;
+
+    /// create string with i18n resource id
+    this(string id) {
+        _id = id;
+    }
+    /// create string with raw value
+    this(dstring value) {
+        _value = value;
+    }
+
+
+
     @property string id() const { return _id; }
     @property void id(string ID) {
         _id = ID;
@@ -145,13 +157,14 @@ class UIStringList {
         }
         return count > 0;
     }
+
     /// load strings from file (utf8, id=value lines)
     bool load(string filename) {
         import std.stream;
         import std.file;
         try {
             Log.d("Loading string resources from file ", filename);
-            if (!exists(filename) && isFile(filename)) {
+            if (!exists(filename) || !isFile(filename)) {
                 Log.e("File does not exist: ", filename);
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
index 51ee98b6..0891a03e 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ class TextWidget : Widget {
         requestLayout();
 		return this;
     }
+    /// set text to show
+    @property Widget text(ref UIString s) { 
+        _text = s; 
+        requestLayout();
+		return this;
+    }
     /// set text resource ID to show
     @property Widget textResource(string s) { 
         _text = s; 
@@ -575,9 +581,3 @@ class ScrollBar : AbstractSlider, OnClickHandler {
     }
 }
 
-class TabItem {
-}
-
-class TabWidget {
-
-}
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d
index 7b1cf9ca..9c716918 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/layouts.d
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module dlangui.widgets.layouts;
 
-import dlangui.widgets.widget;
+public import dlangui.widgets.widget;
 
 /// helper for layouts
 struct LayoutItem {
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
index df8f679b..ea389697 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ struct WidgetList {
     protected Widget[] _list;
     protected int _count;
     /// returns count of items
-    @property int count() { return _count; }
+    @property int count() const { return _count; }
     /// get item by index
     Widget get(int index) {
         assert(index >= 0 && index < _count, "child index out of range");
@@ -549,6 +549,18 @@ struct WidgetList {
         _list[_count++] = item;
         return item;
     }
+    /// add item to list
+    Widget insert(Widget item, int index = -1) {
+        if (index > _count || index < 0)
+            index = _count;
+        if (_list.length <= _count) // resize
+            _list.length = _list.length < 4 ? 4 : _list.length * 2;
+        for (int i = _count; i > index; i--)
+            _list[i] = _list[i - 1];
+        _list[index] = item;
+        _count++;
+        return item;
+    }
     /// find child index for item, return -1 if not found
     int indexOf(Widget item) {
         for (int i = 0; i < _count; i++)