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Appearance
Updated on Dec 10, 2025
In this article, you will find information about the styling options and rendering of the Kendo UI TabStrip.
For a live example, visit the Appearance Demo of the TabStrip.
Options
The Kendo UI TabStrip supports the following styling options:
tabSize—configures the overall size of the tabs.tabAlignment—specifies the alignment of the tabs.
Tab Size
The tabSize option controls how big or small the rendered tabstrip looks.
The following values are available for the size option:
small—small sizemedium—medium sizelarge—large size
The default tab size value is medium.
Tabs Alignment
You can control the alignment of the tabs by setting the tabAlignment property of the TabStrip. The following values are available for the tabAlignment option:
startendcenterstretchedjustify
The default alignment of the tabs is start.