diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/control/tabs.tsx b/src/client/web/src/components/control/tabs.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1abe089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/control/tabs.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { List, Map, update } from "immutable";
+
+import { updater } from "../state_updater";
+import { getIcon } from "../visual/icons";
+import { Flexbox } from "../layout/flexbox";
+import { ICoreState, MsgProps, UIProps } from "../core_state";
+import { AdminProps } from "../pane_admin";
+import { LoginProps } from "../pane_login";
+import { alertMsg } from "../../common/env";
+import { IconProps } from "../visual/icons";
+import { colorClass } from "../visual/colors";
+
+const defaultIconProps: IconProps = {
+  name: "RiFolder2Fill",
+  size: "1.6rem",
+  color: `${colorClass("cyan0")}-font`,
+};
+
+export interface Props {
+  targetSwitch: string;
+  tabIcons: Map<string, IconProps>; // option name -> icon name
+  login: LoginProps;
+  admin: AdminProps;
+  ui: UIProps;
+  msg: MsgProps;
+  update?: (updater: (prevState: ICoreState) => ICoreState) => void;
+}
+
+export interface State {}
+export class Tabs extends React.Component<Props, State, {}> {
+  constructor(p: Props) {
+    super(p);
+  }
+
+  setTab = (targetSwitch: string, targetOption: string) => {
+    if (!updater().setControlOption(targetSwitch, targetOption)) {
+      alertMsg(this.props.msg.pkg.get("op.fail"));
+    }
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const displaying = this.props.ui.control.controls.get(
+      this.props.targetSwitch
+    );
+    const options = this.props.ui.control.options.get(this.props.targetSwitch);
+    const tabs = options.map((option: string, targetSwitch: string) => {
+      const iconProps = this.props.tabIcons.has(option)
+        ? this.props.tabIcons.get(option)
+        : defaultIconProps;
+
+      // <RiFolder2Fill size="1.6rem" className="margin-r-s cyan0-font" />,
+      const icon = getIcon(iconProps.name, iconProps.size, iconProps.color);
+
+      return (
+        <button
+          key={`${targetSwitch}-${option}`}
+          onClick={() => {
+            this.setTab(targetSwitch, option);
+          }}
+          className="float"
+        >
+          <Flexbox
+            children={List([
+              <span className="margin-r-s">{icon}</span>,
+              <span>
+                {this.props.msg.pkg.get(`switch.${targetSwitch}.${option}`)}
+              </span>,
+            ])}
+            childrenStyles={List([{ flex: "30%" }, { flex: "70%" }])}
+          />
+        </button>
+      );
+    });
+
+    return (
+      <div className={`tabs control-${this.props.targetSwitch}`}>{tabs}</div>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/core_state.ts b/src/client/web/src/components/core_state.ts
index a547eb9..362932f 100644
--- a/src/client/web/src/components/core_state.ts
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/core_state.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ import { AdminProps } from "./pane_admin";
 import { MsgPackage } from "../i18n/msger";
 import { User, MetadataResp } from "../client";
 
-export interface PanelsProps {
-  displaying: string;
-}
-
 export interface MsgProps {
   lan: string;
   pkg: Map<string, string>;
@@ -30,15 +26,18 @@ export interface UIProps {
     position: string;
     align: string;
   };
+  control: {
+    controls: Map<string, string>;
+    options: Map<string, Set<string>>;
+  };
 }
 export interface ICoreState {
-  panels: PanelsProps;
   filesInfo: FilesProps;
   uploadingsInfo: UploadingsProps;
   sharingsInfo: SharingsProps;
-  panes: PanesProps;
-  login: LoginProps;
   admin: AdminProps;
+  login: LoginProps;
+  panes: PanesProps;
   ui: UIProps;
   msg: MsgProps;
 }
@@ -49,9 +48,6 @@ export function newState(): ICoreState {
 
 export function initState(): ICoreState {
   return {
-    panels: {
-      displaying: "item",
-    },
     filesInfo: {
       dirPath: List<string>([]),
       items: List<MetadataResp>([]),
@@ -112,6 +108,10 @@ export function initState(): ICoreState {
         position: "",
         align: "",
       },
+      control: {
+        controls: Map<string, string>(),
+        options: Map<string, Set<string>>(),
+      },
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/state_updater.ts b/src/client/web/src/components/state_updater.ts
index 53554ee..0e67414 100644
--- a/src/client/web/src/components/state_updater.ts
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/state_updater.ts
@@ -554,20 +554,34 @@ export class Updater {
   };
 
   setTab = (tabName: string) => {
-    switch (tabName) {
-      case "item":
-        this.props.panels.displaying = tabName;
-        break;
-      case "uploading":
-        this.props.panels.displaying = tabName;
-        break;
-      case "sharing":
-        this.props.panels.displaying = tabName;
-        break;
-      default:
-        this.props.panels.displaying = "item";
-        break;
+    // switch (tabName) {
+    //   case "item":
+    //     this.props.panels.displaying = tabName;
+    //     break;
+    //   case "uploading":
+    //     this.props.panels.displaying = tabName;
+    //     break;
+    //   case "sharing":
+    //     this.props.panels.displaying = tabName;
+    //     break;
+    //   default:
+    //     this.props.panels.displaying = "item";
+    //     break;
+    // }
+  };
+
+  setControlOption = (controlName: string, option: string): boolean => {
+    const controlExists = this.props.ui.control.controls.has(controlName);
+    const options = this.props.ui.control.options.get(controlName);
+    if (!controlExists || !options.has(option)) {
+      return false;
     }
+
+    this.props.ui.control.controls = this.props.ui.control.controls.set(
+      controlName,
+      option
+    );
+    return true;
   };
 
   generateHash = async (filePath: string): Promise<boolean> => {
diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/visual/colors.tsx b/src/client/web/src/components/visual/colors.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..164818b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/visual/colors.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Set, Map } from "immutable";
+
+export const colors = Set<string>([
+  "blue0",
+  "blue1",
+  "cyan0",
+  "cyan1",
+  "purple0",
+  "purple1",
+  "red0",
+  "red1",
+  "yellow0",
+  "yellow1",
+  "yellow2",
+  "yellow3",
+  "green0",
+  "green1",
+  "green2",
+  "white",
+  "white0",
+  "white1",
+  "grey0",
+  "grey1",
+  "grey2",
+  "grey3",
+  "black",
+  "black0",
+  "black1",
+]);
+
+export function colorClass(name: string): string {
+  if (!colors.has(name)) {
+    console.error(`color ${name} not found`);
+    return colors.get("black");
+  }
+  return colors.get(name);
+}
diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/visual/icons.tsx b/src/client/web/src/components/visual/icons.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8db3e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/visual/icons.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Map } from "immutable";
+
+import { IconType, IconBaseProps } from "@react-icons/all-files";
+import { RiFolder2Fill } from "@react-icons/all-files/ri/RiFolder2Fill";
+import { RiShareBoxLine } from "@react-icons/all-files/ri/RiShareBoxLine";
+import { RiUploadCloudFill } from "@react-icons/all-files/ri/RiUploadCloudFill";
+
+import { colorClass } from "./colors";
+
+export interface IconProps {
+  name: string;
+  size: string;
+  color: string;
+}
+
+const icons = Map<string, IconType>({
+  RiFolder2Fill: RiFolder2Fill,
+  RiShareBoxLine: RiShareBoxLine,
+  RiUploadCloudFill: RiUploadCloudFill,
+});
+
+export function getIconWithProps(
+  name: string,
+  props: IconBaseProps
+): JSX.Element | null {
+  const icon = icons.get(name);
+  if (icon == null) {
+    throw Error(`icon "${name}" is not found`);
+  }
+
+  return React.createElement(icon, { ...props }, null);
+}
+
+export function getIcon(
+  name: string,
+  size: string,
+  color: string
+): JSX.Element | null {
+  const icon = icons.get(name);
+  if (icon == null) {
+    throw Error(`icon "${name}" is not found`);
+  }
+
+  return React.createElement(
+    icon,
+    { size, className: `${colorClass(color)}-font` },
+    null
+  );
+}