TabAppearance Enumeration

 

Specifies the appearance of the tabs in a tab control.

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

public enum class TabAppearance

Member nameDescription
Buttons

The tabs have the appearance of three-dimensional buttons.

FlatButtons

The tabs have the appearance of flat buttons.

Normal

The tabs have the standard appearance of tabs.

This enumeration is used by members such as TabControl::Appearance.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the TabControl::Alignment and TabControl::Appearance properties and the TabAlignment and TabAppearance enumerations. To run the example, paste the following codein a form containing a TabControl called TabControl1. Call the ChangeTheLookOfTheTabControl method in the form's constructor or Load method.

private:
   void ChangeTheLookOfTheTabControl()
   {
      // Set the size and location of the TabControl.
      this->TabControl1->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 20, 20 );
      TabControl1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 250, 250 );

      // Align the tabs along the bottom of the control.
      TabControl1->Alignment = TabAlignment::Bottom;

      // Change the tabs to flat buttons.
      TabControl1->Appearance = TabAppearance::FlatButtons;
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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