TabControl with Add New Tab Button (+)

An almost complete solution using IEditableCollectionView:

ObservableCollection<ItemVM> _items;
public ObservableCollection<ItemVM> Items
{
    get
    {
        if (_items == null)
        {
            _items = new ObservableCollection<ItemVM>();
            var itemsView = (IEditableCollectionView)CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(_items);
            itemsView.NewItemPlaceholderPosition = NewItemPlaceholderPosition.AtEnd;
        }

        return _items;
    }
}

private DelegateCommand<object> _newCommand;
public DelegateCommand<object> NewCommand
{
    get
    {
        if (_newCommand == null)
        {
            _newCommand = new DelegateCommand<object>(New_Execute);
        }

        return _newCommand;
    }
}

private void New_Execute(object parameter)
{
    Items.Add(new ItemVM());
}

<DataTemplate x:Key="newTabButtonContentTemplate">
    <Grid/>
</DataTemplate>

<DataTemplate x:Key="newTabButtonHeaderTemplate">
    <Button Content="+"
        Command="{Binding ElementName=parentUserControl, Path=DataContext.NewCommand}"/>
</DataTemplate>

<DataTemplate x:Key="itemContentTemplate">
    <Grid/>
</DataTemplate>

<DataTemplate x:Key="itemHeaderTemplate">
    <TextBlock Text="TabItem_test"/>
</DataTemplate>

<vw:TemplateSelector x:Key="headerTemplateSelector"
                           NewButtonTemplate="{StaticResource newTabButtonHeaderTemplate}"
                           ItemTemplate="{StaticResource itemHeaderTemplate}"/>

<vw:TemplateSelector x:Key="contentTemplateSelector"
                            NewButtonTemplate="{StaticResource newTabButtonContentTemplate}"
                            ItemTemplate="{StaticResource itemContentTemplate}"/>

<TabControl ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
        ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource headerTemplateSelector}"
        ContentTemplateSelector="{StaticResource contentTemplateSelector}"/>

public class TemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
{
    public DataTemplate ItemTemplate { get; set; }
    public DataTemplate NewButtonTemplate { get; set; }

    public override DataTemplate SelectTemplate(object item, DependencyObject container)
    {
        if (item == CollectionView.NewItemPlaceholder)
        {
            return NewButtonTemplate;
        }
        else
        {
            return ItemTemplate;
        }
    }
}

Enter code here

It’s almost complete, because the tab cycle doesn’t skip the ‘+’ tab, and will show empty content (which is not exactly great, but I can live with it until a better solution come around…).