Gets or sets the currently selected tab page.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Syntax . . :: . TabPage
A TabPage that represents the selected tab page. If no tab page is selected, the value isnull Nothing nullptr a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) .
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Property SelectedTab As TabPage[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public TabPage SelectedTab { get; set; }[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property TabPage^ SelectedTab {
TabPage^ get ();
void set (TabPage^ value);
}[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>]
member SelectedTab : TabPage with get, set
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.FormsA TabPage that represents the selected tab page. If no tab page is selected, the value is
Examples
The following code example creates a TabControl with two TabPage objects. The SelectedTab property sets tabPage2 as the currently selected tab page.
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 Sub MyTabs()
Me.tabControl1 = New TabControl()
Me.tabPage1 = New TabPage()
Me.tabPage2 = New TabPage()
Me.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {Me.tabPage1, Me.tabPage2})
Me.tabControl1.Padding = New Point(15, 10)
Me.tabControl1.Location = New Point(35, 25)
Me.tabControl1.Size = New Size(220, 220)
' Selects tabPage2 using SelectedTab.
Me.tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabPage2
Me.tabPage1.Text = "tabPage1"
Me.tabPage2.Text = "tabPage2"
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 void MyTabs()
{
this.tabControl1 = new TabControl();
this.tabPage1 = new TabPage();
this.tabPage2 = new TabPage();
this.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] {
this.tabPage1,
this.tabPage2});
this.tabControl1.Padding = new Point(15, 10);
this.tabControl1.Location = new Point(35, 25);
this.tabControl1.Size = new Size(220, 220);
// Selects tabPage2 using SelectedTab.
this.tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabPage2;
this.tabPage1.Text = "tabPage1";
this.tabPage2.Text = "tabPage2";
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;
void MyTabs()
{
this->tabControl1 = gcnew TabControl;
this->tabPage1 = gcnew TabPage;
this->tabPage2 = gcnew TabPage;
array<Control^>^temp0 = {this->tabPage1,this->tabPage2};
this->tabControl1->Controls->AddRange( temp0 );
this->tabControl1->Padding = Point(15,10);
this->tabControl1->Location = Point(35,25);
this->tabControl1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 220, 220 );
// Selects tabPage2 using SelectedTab.
this->tabControl1->SelectedTab = tabPage2;
this->tabPage1->Text = "tabPage1";
this->tabPage2->Text = "tabPage2";
this->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 300, 300 );
array<Control^>^temp1 = {this->tabControl1};
this->Controls->AddRange( temp1 );
}
public:
Form1()
{
MyTabs();
}
};
int main()
{
Application::Run( gcnew Form1 );
}
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.