diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 27e8022..e005264 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
   merging drawcall of the last column didn't always work (regression since 1.87). (#4843, #4844) [@rokups]
 - Inputs: Fixed IsMouseClicked() repeat mode rate being half of keyboard repeat rate.
 - ColorEdit: Fixed text baseline alignment after a SameLine() after a ColorEdit() with visible label.
+- TabBar: TabItem() now reacts to SetNextItemWidth() and SetNextItemOpen(true). (#5262)
 - Menus: Adjusted BeginMenu() closing logic so hovering void or non-MenuItem() in parent window
   always lead to menu closure. Fixes using items that are not MenuItem() or BeginItem() at the root
   level of a popup with a child menu opened.
diff --git a/imgui_internal.h b/imgui_internal.h
index 26d1a8f..a7a3b9f 100644
--- a/imgui_internal.h
+++ b/imgui_internal.h
@@ -2184,6 +2184,7 @@
     float               Offset;                 // Position relative to beginning of tab
     float               Width;                  // Width currently displayed
     float               ContentWidth;           // Width of label, stored during BeginTabItem() call
+    float               RequestedWidth;         // Width optionally requested by caller, -1.0f is unused
     ImS32               NameOffset;             // When Window==NULL, offset to name within parent ImGuiTabBar::TabsNames
     ImS16               BeginOrder;             // BeginTabItem() order, used to re-order tabs after toggling ImGuiTabBarFlags_Reorderable
     ImS16               IndexDuringLayout;      // Index only used during TabBarLayout()
diff --git a/imgui_widgets.cpp b/imgui_widgets.cpp
index d07df3a..c70e7d3 100644
--- a/imgui_widgets.cpp
+++ b/imgui_widgets.cpp
@@ -7548,7 +7548,7 @@
         // and we cannot wait for the next BeginTabItem() call. We cannot compute this width within TabBarAddTab() because font size depends on the active window.
         const char* tab_name = tab_bar->GetTabName(tab);
         const bool has_close_button = (tab->Flags & ImGuiTabItemFlags_NoCloseButton) ? false : true;
-        tab->ContentWidth = TabItemCalcSize(tab_name, has_close_button).x;
+        tab->ContentWidth = (tab->RequestedWidth > 0.0f) ? tab->RequestedWidth : TabItemCalcSize(tab_name, has_close_button).x;
 
         int section_n = TabItemGetSectionIdx(tab);
         ImGuiTabBarSection* section = &sections[section_n];
@@ -8029,10 +8029,13 @@
 bool    ImGui::TabItemEx(ImGuiTabBar* tab_bar, const char* label, bool* p_open, ImGuiTabItemFlags flags)
 {
     // Layout whole tab bar if not already done
-    if (tab_bar->WantLayout)
-        TabBarLayout(tab_bar);
-
     ImGuiContext& g = *GImGui;
+    if (tab_bar->WantLayout)
+    {
+        ImGuiNextItemData backup_next_item_data = g.NextItemData;
+        TabBarLayout(tab_bar);
+        g.NextItemData = backup_next_item_data;
+    }
     ImGuiWindow* window = g.CurrentWindow;
     if (window->SkipItems)
         return false;
@@ -8058,9 +8061,6 @@
     else if (p_open == NULL)
         flags |= ImGuiTabItemFlags_NoCloseButton;
 
-    // Calculate tab contents size
-    ImVec2 size = TabItemCalcSize(label, p_open != NULL);
-
     // Acquire tab data
     ImGuiTabItem* tab = TabBarFindTabByID(tab_bar, id);
     bool tab_is_new = false;
@@ -8069,11 +8069,17 @@
         tab_bar->Tabs.push_back(ImGuiTabItem());
         tab = &tab_bar->Tabs.back();
         tab->ID = id;
-        tab->Width = size.x;
-        tab_bar->TabsAddedNew = true;
-        tab_is_new = true;
+        tab_bar->TabsAddedNew = tab_is_new = true;
     }
     tab_bar->LastTabItemIdx = (ImS16)tab_bar->Tabs.index_from_ptr(tab);
+
+    // Calculate tab contents size
+    ImVec2 size = TabItemCalcSize(label, p_open != NULL);
+    tab->RequestedWidth = -1.0f;
+    if (g.NextItemData.Flags & ImGuiNextItemDataFlags_HasWidth)
+        size.x = tab->RequestedWidth = g.NextItemData.Width;
+    if (tab_is_new)
+        tab->Width = size.x;
     tab->ContentWidth = size.x;
     tab->BeginOrder = tab_bar->TabsActiveCount++;
 
@@ -8089,13 +8095,19 @@
     tab_bar->TabsNames.append(label, label + strlen(label) + 1);
 
     // Update selected tab
-    if (tab_appearing && (tab_bar->Flags & ImGuiTabBarFlags_AutoSelectNewTabs) && tab_bar->NextSelectedTabId == 0)
-        if (!tab_bar_appearing || tab_bar->SelectedTabId == 0)
-            if (!is_tab_button)
+    if (!is_tab_button)
+    {
+        if (tab_appearing && (tab_bar->Flags & ImGuiTabBarFlags_AutoSelectNewTabs) && tab_bar->NextSelectedTabId == 0)
+            if (!tab_bar_appearing || tab_bar->SelectedTabId == 0)
                 tab_bar->NextSelectedTabId = id;  // New tabs gets activated
-    if ((flags & ImGuiTabItemFlags_SetSelected) && (tab_bar->SelectedTabId != id)) // SetSelected can only be passed on explicit tab bar
-        if (!is_tab_button)
+        if ((flags & ImGuiTabItemFlags_SetSelected) && (tab_bar->SelectedTabId != id)) // _SetSelected can only be passed on explicit tab bar
             tab_bar->NextSelectedTabId = id;
+        if (g.NextItemData.Flags & ImGuiNextItemDataFlags_HasOpen)
+        {
+            IM_ASSERT(g.NextItemData.OpenVal == true && g.NextItemData.OpenCond == ImGuiCond_Always); // SetNextItemOpen(true, ImGuiCond_Always) is supported but other combinations are not.
+            tab_bar->NextSelectedTabId = id;
+        }
+    }
 
     // Lock visibility
     // (Note: tab_contents_visible != tab_selected... because CTRL+TAB operations may preview some tabs without selecting them!)