# Header Menu | WPF Controls | DevExpress Documentation

[DXTabControl](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXTabControl) provides a popup menu (Header Menu), allowing the selection of tab items. To invoke this menu, click the Arrow button displayed in the top left corner of the tab control.

![TabControl_HeaderMenu_HiddenItems](/WPF/images/tabcontrol_headermenu_hiddenitems11755.png)

The Arrow button visibility is specified by the [TabControlViewBase.ShowHeaderMenu](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Core.TabControlViewBase.ShowHeaderMenu) property.

The Header menu contains items corresponding to tab items and can optionally include/exclude items which correspond to visible, hidden, and disabled tab items. These options are controlled by the following properties:

- [TabControlViewBase.ShowVisibleTabItemsInHeaderMenu](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Core.TabControlViewBase.ShowVisibleTabItemsInHeaderMenu)
- [TabControlViewBase.ShowHiddenTabItemsInHeaderMenu](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Core.TabControlViewBase.ShowHiddenTabItemsInHeaderMenu)
- [TabControlViewBase.ShowDisabledTabItemsInHeaderMenu](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Core.TabControlViewBase.ShowDisabledTabItemsInHeaderMenu)

Clicking a menu item automatically selects and shows the corresponding tab item within the [DXTabControl](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXTabControl).