TabControl.SelectTab Method (String) (System.Windows.Forms)

.NET Framework Class Library

TabControl..::.SelectTab Method (String)

Makes the tab with the specified name the current tab.

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

Public Sub SelectTab ( _
	tabPageName As String _
)

public void SelectTab(
	string tabPageName
)

public:
void SelectTab(
	String^ tabPageName
)

member SelectTab : 
        tabPageName:string -> unit

Parameters

tabPageName: Type: System..::.String
The Name of the tab to select.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	tabPageName is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). -or- tabPageName does not match the Name property of any TabPage in the TabPages collection.

Exception

Condition

ArgumentNullException

tabPageName is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

-or-

tabPageName does not match the Name property of any TabPage in the TabPages collection.

Remarks

Use this method to programmatically select a particular tab in a TabControl.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.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

SelectTab Overload

System.Windows.Forms Namespace