= Customising a tab to contain a menu =

On the `#pyqt` channel on [[http://freenode.net|Freenode]], `rowinggolfer` asked if it was possible to put a pop-up menu in a tab bar. The following code shows one way to approach the problem.

{{{
#!python

import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt4.QtGui import *

if __name__ == "__main__":

    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    tabWidget = QTabWidget()
    tabWidget.addTab(QTextEdit(), "Hello")
    tabWidget.addTab(QCalendarWidget(), "World")
    
    tabBar = tabWidget.tabBar()
    menu = QMenu()
    menu.addAction("Open")
    menu.addAction("Close")
    menuButton = QToolButton()
    menuButton.setArrowType(Qt.DownArrow)
    menuButton.setMenu(menu)
    menuButton.setToolButtonStyle(Qt.ToolButtonFollowStyle)
    tabBar.setTabButton(0, QTabBar.RightSide, menuButton)
    
    tabWidget.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())
}}}