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.NET Framework Class Library
TabControl..::.Multiline Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether more than one row of tabs can be displayed.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Syntax
Public Property Multiline As Boolean
public bool Multiline { get; set; }
public:
property bool Multiline {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}
member Multiline : bool with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if more than one row of tabs can be displayed; otherwise, false. The default is false.
Remarks

If Multiline is false, only one row of tabs is displayed, even if all the tabs do not fit in the available space. In that case, however, arrows are displayed that enable the user to navigate to the undisplayed tabs.

If the Multiline property is changed to false while the Alignment property is set to Left or Right, the Alignment property is automatically reset to Top.

Examples

The following code example creates a TabControl with four TabPage objects. The Multiline property is set to true, which displays two rows of tabs instead of one.

Use the System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms namespaces for this example.


Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private tabControl1 As TabControl
    Private tabPage1 As TabPage
    Private tabPage2 As TabPage
    Private tabPage3 As TabPage
    Private tabPage4 As TabPage

    Private Sub MyTabs()
        Me.tabControl1 = New TabControl()
        Me.tabPage1 = New TabPage()
        Me.tabPage2 = New TabPage()
        Me.tabPage3 = New TabPage()
        Me.tabPage4 = New TabPage()

        ' Allows more than one row of tabs.
        Me.tabControl1.Multiline = True

        Me.tabControl1.Padding = New Point(22, 5)
        Me.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {Me.tabPage1, Me.tabPage2, Me.tabPage3, Me.tabPage4})
        Me.tabControl1.Location = New Point(35, 25)
        Me.tabControl1.Size = New Size(220, 220)

        Me.tabPage1.Text = "myTabPage1"
        Me.tabPage2.Text = "myTabPage2"
        Me.tabPage3.Text = "myTabPage3"
        Me.tabPage4.Text = "myTabPage4"

        Me.Size = New Size(300, 300)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {Me.tabControl1})
    End Sub

    Public Sub New()
        MyTabs()
    End Sub

    Shared Sub Main()
        Application.Run(New Form1())
    End Sub
End Class


using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    private TabControl tabControl1;
    private TabPage tabPage1;
    private TabPage tabPage2;
    private TabPage tabPage3;
    private TabPage tabPage4;

    private void MyTabs()
    {
        this.tabControl1 = new TabControl();
        this.tabPage1 = new TabPage();
        this.tabPage2 = new TabPage();
        this.tabPage3 = new TabPage();
        this.tabPage4 = new TabPage();

        // Allows more than one row of tabs.
        this.tabControl1.Multiline = true;

        this.tabControl1.Padding = new Point(22, 5);
        this.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] {
            this.tabPage1,
            this.tabPage2,
            this.tabPage3,
            this.tabPage4});
        this.tabControl1.Location = new Point(35, 25);
        this.tabControl1.Size = new Size(220, 220);

        this.tabPage1.Text = "myTabPage1";
        this.tabPage2.Text = "myTabPage2";
        this.tabPage3.Text = "myTabPage3";
        this.tabPage4.Text = "myTabPage4";        

        this.Size = new Size(300, 300);
        this.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] {
            this.tabControl1});
    }

    public Form1()
    {
        MyTabs();
    }

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


using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
public ref class Form1: public Form
{
private:
   TabControl^ tabControl1;
   TabPage^ tabPage1;
   TabPage^ tabPage2;
   TabPage^ tabPage3;
   TabPage^ tabPage4;
   void MyTabs()
   {
      this->tabControl1 = gcnew TabControl;
      this->tabPage1 = gcnew TabPage;
      this->tabPage2 = gcnew TabPage;
      this->tabPage3 = gcnew TabPage;
      this->tabPage4 = gcnew TabPage;

      // Allows more than one row of tabs.
      this->tabControl1->Multiline = true;
      this->tabControl1->Padding = Point(22,5);
      array<Control^>^tabControls = {this->tabPage1,this->tabPage2,this->tabPage3,this->tabPage4};
      this->tabControl1->Controls->AddRange( tabControls );
      this->tabControl1->Location = Point(35,25);
      this->tabControl1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 220, 220 );
      this->tabPage1->Text = "myTabPage1";
      this->tabPage2->Text = "myTabPage2";
      this->tabPage3->Text = "myTabPage3";
      this->tabPage4->Text = "myTabPage4";
      this->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 300, 300 );
      array<Control^>^formControls = {this->tabControl1};
      this->Controls->AddRange( formControls );
   }


public:
   Form1()
   {
      MyTabs();
   }

};

int main()
{
   Application::Run( gcnew 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.