---
title: TabBarMode
summary: API reference for TabBarMode.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Documentation Team
last_reviewed: 2026-08-17
library: SAIF.Presentation.Web.Controls.V2
reference_type: package
---

# TabBarMode

`TabBarMode` selects between the two rendering/selection behaviors supported by `SAIFTabBar`: mutually-exclusive standard tab-bar selection, or sequential wizard-style tab progression.

## Purpose
- Let `SAIFTabBar.Mode` switch between mutually-exclusive tab selection ([BR-V2-006](../../business-rules.md#br-v2-006-saiftabbar-tab-selection-is-mutually-exclusive-in-tabbar-mode)) and wizard-style sequential tab styling.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Presentation.Web.Controls.V2`
- Assembly/package: Compiled into `SAIF.BOF.Presentation.Web.Infragistics103`*

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `TabBar` | `TabBar = 1` | Standard mode: clicking a tab deselects all others first, enforcing mutual exclusivity per [BR-V2-006](../../business-rules.md#br-v2-006-saiftabbar-tab-selection-is-mutually-exclusive-in-tabbar-mode). This is the default mode. |
| `WizardTabBar` | `WizardTabBar = 2` | Wizard mode: selection exclusivity is not enforced; instead, the tab following the selected one is styled as a "selected sibling" to visually suggest progression. |

## Behavioral notes
- Read by both `SAIFTabBar.RaiseTabClickedEvent` (to decide whether to deselect other tabs) and `SAIFTabBar.RenderControl` (to decide which CSS class set to apply, `SAIFTabBar` vs. `SAIFWizardTabBar`).

## Sources
- SAIF.Presentation.Web.Controls.V2\SAIFTabBar.vb