This page displays various example of the possible layout of the template.
As the URL of this page is Template:Tab top/Examples, this will be used in the following examples as the specified URL for tab 2, in order to make this one appear as selected.
Minimum template
| Alpha | Bravo | Charlie |
{{ Tab top
| Tab-1 = Alpha
| URL-1 = France
| Tab-2 = Bravo
| URL-2 = Template:Tab top/Examples
| Tab-3 = Charlie
| URL-3 = Main Page
}}
This is the minimum structure for 3 tabs. All colors and style are the default ones.
Rounded Tab template, with a picture
 Alpha |  Bravo | Charlie |
{{ Tab top
| Tab-1 = Alpha
| URL-1 = France
| Image-1 = Mentor-new-transparent-large.png
| Tab-2 = Bravo
| URL-2 = Template:Tab top/Examples
| Image-2 = MenuButton.png
| Tab-3 = Charlie
| URL-3 = Main Page
| rounding = 20
}}
The rouding parameters specify a radius of 20px, applied symetrically on both left and right upper corner of each tab boxes. Two of 3 tabs get a picture prefix.
Asymmetrically Rounded Tab template
| Alpha | Bravo | Charlie |
{{ Tab top
| Tab-1 = Alpha
| URL-1 = France
| Tab-2 = Bravo
| URL-2 = Template:Tab top/Examples
| Tab-3 = Charlie
| URL-3 = Main Page
| rounding = 15
| asym = 3
}}
The upper right corner get a rounding with a radius of 15px, when the upper left corner get a rounding with a radius 3 times greater (3 x 15px = 45px).
altering the default colors the border style
| Alpha | Bravo | Charlie |
{{ Tab top
| Tab-1 = Alpha
| URL-1 = France
| Tab-2 = Bravo
| URL-2 = Template:Tab top/Examples
| Tab-3 = Charlie
| URL-3 = Main Page
| rounding = 15
| asym = 3
| border = dashed 5px #964B00
| frame background=ivory
| tab background=tan
}}
the 3 last parameters override the built-in default colors & style.
adding dedicated color to tabs
| Alpha | Bravo | Charlie |
{{ Tab top
| Tab-1 = Alpha
| URL-1 = France
| tab background-1 = lightblue
| Tab-2 = Bravo
| URL-2 = Template:Tab top/Examples
| tab background-2 = red
| Tab-3 = Charlie
| URL-3 = Main Page
| rounding = 15
| asym=3
| border = solid 2px red
| frame background = ivory
| tab background = tan
The tab #1 got its own background color (lightblue) which is used as the tab is not selected. The tab #2 got its own background color (red) but is not used as this is the selected tab and therefore gets the same color than the frame background The tab #3 does not get its own background color, thus the default one is used/