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TabControl.Appearance Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets or sets the visual appearance of the control's tabs.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

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public TabAppearance Appearance { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms.TabAppearance
One of the TabAppearance values. The default is Normal.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidEnumArgumentException	The property value is not a valid TabAppearance value.

Remarks

When you set the Appearance property to FlatButtons, it only appears as such when the Alignment property is set to Top. Otherwise, the Appearance property appears as if set to the Buttons value.

Note
When you set the Appearance property to Buttons, you must also set the Alignment property to Top so that the tab page contents display correctly.

Examples

The following code example creates a TabControl with two TabPage objects. This example sets the Appearance property to Buttons, which displays the tabs of the tab pages as buttons.

Use the System.Windows.Forms namespace for this example.

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using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        string[] tabText = {"tabPage1", "tabPage2"};
        TabControl tabControl1 = new TabControl();
        TabPage tabPage1 = new TabPage(tabText[0]);
        TabPage tabPage2 = new TabPage(tabText[1]);

        // Sets the tabs to appear as buttons.
        tabControl1.Appearance = TabAppearance.Buttons;

        tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(new TabPage[] {tabPage1, tabPage2});
        Controls.Add(tabControl1);
    }

    static void Main() 
    {
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

TabControl Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

Alignment

TabAppearance

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