---
name: "XmTab"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "openmotif"
version: "2.3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XmTab"
---

# XmTab(3)

Data type for a tab stop

## NAME

**XmTab** — Data type for a tab stop

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
XmTab
```

## DESCRIPTION

**XmTab** is a data structure that specifies a tab stop to be used in rendering an **XmString** containing tab components. An **XmTab** value contains a value, a unit type, an offset model (either **XmABSOLUTE** or **XmRELATIVE**), an alignment model (**XmALIGNMENT\_BEGINNING**), and a decimal point character. The resource file syntax for **XmTab** is specified in the **XmTabList** reference page.

## RELATED

[**XmTabCreate**(3)](/XmTabCreate/3.md), [**XmTabFree**(3)](/XmTabFree/3.md), [**XmTabGetValues**(3)](/XmTabGetValues/3.md), [**XmTabList**(3)](/XmTabList/3.md), and [**XmTabSetValue**(3)](/XmTabSetValue/3.md).