public TabItem CreateTab()
        {
            var content = new ShellView();

            content.Loaded += ShellViewModel.Loaded;
            var tabItem = new TabItem
            {
                Header  = Name,
                Content = content
            };

            //do your gui stuff here
            EventSubscriber.Subscribe();
            //content gives you access to the base xaml
            return(tabItem);
        }
 public ShellView()
 {
     InitializeComponent();
     View = this;
 }