# Tabs in ionic is not showing content

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/tabs-in-ionic-is-not-showing-content/30089>\
**Category:** uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 7, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/tabs-in-ionic-is-not-showing-content/30089 "2015-08-07T10:27:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hitubansal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@hitubansal](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/hitubansal)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/tabs-in-ionic-is-not-showing-content/30089/1 "2015-08-07T10:27:48Z")

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I am trying to show content. I added custom code here manually on custom template file.

```
<ion-content>

<ion-tabs class="tabs-positive tabs-icon-only">

  <ion-tab title="Home" icon-on="ion-ios-filing" icon-off="ion-ios-filing-outline">
    My Content here 
  </ion-tab>

  <ion-tab title="About" icon-on="ion-ios-clock" icon-off="ion-ios-clock-outline">
     My Content here 1
  </ion-tab>

  <ion-tab title="Settings" icon-on="ion-ios-gear" icon-off="ion-ios-gear-outline">
    My Content here 3
  </ion-tab>

</ion-tabs>
  </ion-content>
</ion-view>

```

I took example code from here

[http://ionicframework.com/docs/api/directive/ionTabs/](http://ionicframework.com/docs/api/directive/ionTabs/)

I am able to see tabs, but not content. And yes if i follow sample app tab for ionic i am able to do this. But i need above one.

Can we show content here.

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**Author:** ![bengtler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/bengtler/32/98565_2.png) [@bengtler](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bengtler)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/tabs-in-ionic-is-not-showing-content/30089/2 "2015-08-07T11:14:07Z")

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do not put ion-content around ion-tabs.

But you should wrap your tab-contents in ion-nav-views and so on.

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**Author:** ![hitubansal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85f322/32.png) [@hitubansal](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/hitubansal)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/tabs-in-ionic-is-not-showing-content/30089/3 "2015-08-07T11:19:40Z")

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i dont want to wrap this one. Can’t we do in above example ?