diff --git a/include/osgUI/TabWidget b/include/osgUI/TabWidget
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2e2f06e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osgUI/TabWidget
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2014 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OSGUI_COMBOBOX
+#define OSGUI_COMBOBOX
+
+#include <osgUI/Popup>
+#include <osg/Switch>
+#include <osgText/Text>
+
+namespace osgUI
+{
+
+class OSGUI_EXPORT Tab : public osg::Object
+{
+public:
+
+    Tab() : _color(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,0.0f) {}
+    Tab(const std::string& str) : _text(str), _color(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,0.0f) {}
+    Tab(const std::string& str, const osg::Vec4& col) : _text(str), _color(col) {}
+    Tab(const osg::Vec4& col) : _color(col) {}
+
+    Tab(const Tab& item, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osg::Object(item,copyop), _text(item._text), _color(item._color) {}
+
+    META_Object(osgUI, Tab);
+
+    void setText(const std::string& text) { _text = text; }
+    std::string& getText() { return _text; }
+    const std::string& getText() const { return _text; }
+
+    void setColor(const osg::Vec4f& color) { _color = color; }
+    osg::Vec4f& getColor() { return _color; }
+    const osg::Vec4f& getColor() const { return _color; }
+
+    void setWidget(osgUI::Widget* widget) { _widget = widget; }
+    osgUI::Widget* getWidget() { return _widget.get(); }
+    const osgUI::Widget* getWidget() const { return _widget.get(); }
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~Tab() {}
+
+    std::string                 _text;
+    osg::Vec4                   _color;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgUI::Widget> _widget;
+};
+
+class OSGUI_EXPORT TabWidget : public osgUI::Widget
+{
+public:
+    TabWidget();
+    TabWidget(const TabWidget& combobox, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+    META_Node(osgUI, TabWidget);
+
+    void addTab(Tab* item) { _tabs.push_back(item); dirty(); }
+
+    void setTab(unsigned int i, Tab* item) { _tabs[i] = item; dirty(); }
+    Tab* getTab(unsigned int i) { return _tabs[i].get(); }
+    const Tab* getTab(unsigned int i) const { return _tabs[i].get(); }
+
+    void clear() { _tabs.clear(); dirty(); }
+    void removeTab(unsigned int i) { _tabs.erase(_tabs.begin()+i); dirty(); }
+    unsigned int getNumTabs() { return static_cast<unsigned int>(_tabs.size()); }
+
+    typedef std::vector< osg::ref_ptr<Tab> > Tabs;
+
+    void setTabs(const Tabs& items) { _tabs = items; }
+    Tabs& getTabs() { return _tabs; }
+    const Tabs& getTabs() const { return _tabs; }
+
+    void setCurrentIndex(unsigned int i);
+    unsigned int getCurrentIndex() const { return _currentIndex; }
+
+    virtual void currrentIndexChanged(unsigned int i);
+    virtual void currentIndexChangedImplementation(unsigned int i);
+
+
+    virtual bool handleImplementation(osgGA::EventVisitor* ev, osgGA::Event* event);
+    virtual void createGraphicsImplementation();
+    virtual void enterImplementation();
+    virtual void leaveImplementation();
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~TabWidget() {}
+
+    Tabs                        _tabs;
+    unsigned int                _currentIndex;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/osgUI/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgUI/CMakeLists.txt
index fea8864d5..95739fe6c 100644
--- a/src/osgUI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SET(TARGET_H
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Style
     ${HEADER_PATH}/AlignmentSettings
     ${HEADER_PATH}/FrameSettings
+    ${HEADER_PATH}/TabWidget
     ${HEADER_PATH}/TextSettings
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Validator
 )
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ SET(TARGET_SRC
     Style.cpp
     AlignmentSettings.cpp
     FrameSettings.cpp
+    TabWidget.cpp
     TextSettings.cpp
     Validator.cpp
     ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSIONINFO_RC}
diff --git a/src/osgUI/TabWidget.cpp b/src/osgUI/TabWidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..132e63a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgUI/TabWidget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2014 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+
+#include <osgUI/TabWidget>
+#include <osgText/String>
+#include <osgText/Font>
+#include <osgText/Text>
+#include <osg/Notify>
+#include <osg/ValueObject>
+#include <osg/io_utils>
+
+using namespace osgUI;
+
+TabWidget::TabWidget():
+    _currentIndex(0)
+{
+}
+
+TabWidget::TabWidget(const osgUI::TabWidget& tabwidget, const osg::CopyOp& copyop):
+    Widget(tabwidget, copyop),
+    _tabs(tabwidget._tabs)
+{
+}
+
+bool TabWidget::handleImplementation(osgGA::EventVisitor* ev, osgGA::Event* event)
+{
+    // OSG_NOTICE<<"TabWidget::handleImplementation"<<std::endl;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+void TabWidget::enterImplementation()
+{
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"TabWidget enter"<<std::endl;
+}
+
+
+void TabWidget::leaveImplementation()
+{
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"TabWidget leave"<<std::endl;
+}
+
+void TabWidget::setCurrentIndex(unsigned int i)
+{
+    // OSG_NOTICE << "TabWidget::setCurrentIndex("<<i<<")"<<std::endl;
+    if (_currentIndex==i) return;
+
+    _currentIndex = i;
+
+    currrentIndexChanged(_currentIndex);
+}
+
+void TabWidget::currrentIndexChanged(unsigned int i)
+{
+    osg::CallbackObject* co = getCallbackObject(this, "currentIndexChanged");
+    if (co)
+    {
+        osg::Parameters inputParameters, outputParameters;
+        inputParameters.push_back(new osg::UIntValueObject("index",i));
+        if (co->run(this, inputParameters, outputParameters))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    currentIndexChangedImplementation(i);
+}
+
+void TabWidget::currentIndexChangedImplementation(unsigned int i)
+{
+  OSG_NOTICE<<"TabWidget::currentIndexChangedImplementation("<<i<<")"<<std::endl;
+}
+
+
+
+void TabWidget::createGraphicsImplementation()
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgUI/Tab.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgUI/Tab.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5d8f3cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgUI/Tab.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include <osgUI/TabWidget>
+#include <osg/ValueObject>
+#include <osgDB/ObjectWrapper>
+#include <osgDB/InputStream>
+#include <osgDB/OutputStream>
+
+
+REGISTER_OBJECT_WRAPPER( Tab,
+                         new osgUI::Tab,
+                         osgUI::Tab,
+                         "osg::Object osgUI::Tab" )
+{
+    ADD_STRING_SERIALIZER(Text, "");
+    ADD_VEC4F_SERIALIZER(Color, osg::Vec4(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,0.0f));
+    ADD_OBJECT_SERIALIZER(Widget, osgUI::Widget, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgUI/TabWidget.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgUI/TabWidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be43dceed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgUI/TabWidget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include <osgUI/TabWidget>
+#include <osg/ValueObject>
+#include <osgDB/ObjectWrapper>
+#include <osgDB/InputStream>
+#include <osgDB/OutputStream>
+
+struct TabWidgetCurrentIndexChangedImplementation : public osgDB::MethodObject
+{
+    virtual bool run(void* objectPtr, osg::Parameters& inputParameters, osg::Parameters& outputParameters) const
+    {
+        if (inputParameters.empty()) return false;
+
+        osg::Object* indexObject = inputParameters[0].get();
+
+        unsigned int index = 0;
+        osg::DoubleValueObject* dvo = dynamic_cast<osg::DoubleValueObject*>(indexObject);
+        if (dvo) index = static_cast<unsigned int>(dvo->getValue());
+        else
+        {
+            osg::UIntValueObject* uivo = dynamic_cast<osg::UIntValueObject*>(indexObject);
+            if (uivo) index = uivo->getValue();
+        }
+        osgUI::TabWidget* cb = reinterpret_cast<osgUI::TabWidget*>(objectPtr);
+        cb->currentIndexChangedImplementation(index);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+REGISTER_OBJECT_WRAPPER( TabWidget,
+                         new osgUI::TabWidget,
+                         osgUI::TabWidget,
+                         "osg::Object osg::Node osg::Group osgUI::Widget osgUI::TabWidget" )
+{
+    ADD_UINT_SERIALIZER(CurrentIndex, 0);
+    ADD_VECTOR_SERIALIZER( Tabs, osgUI::TabWidget::Tabs, osgDB::BaseSerializer::RW_OBJECT, 0 );
+    ADD_METHOD_OBJECT( "currentIndexChangedImplementation", TabWidgetCurrentIndexChangedImplementation );
+}