XtraTabControl Class

Displays tabbed pages where you can place other controls.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraTab

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

• C#
• VB.NET

public class XtraTabControl :
    ControlBase,
    ISupportInitialize,
    IXtraTab,
    IXtraTabProperties,
    IXtraTabPropertiesEx,
    IXtraTabCustomDraw,
    IToolTipControlClient,
    ISupportLookAndFeel,
    IDocumentAdapterFactory,
    ITabControlAnimationProvider,
    ISupportAdornerUIManager,
    IWin32Window,
    IUpdateAdornerUI,
    ISupportDXSkinColorsEx,
    ISupportDXSkinColors,
    IStringImageProvider

Public Class XtraTabControl
    Inherits ControlBase
    Implements ISupportInitialize,
               IXtraTab,
               IXtraTabProperties,
               IXtraTabPropertiesEx,
               IXtraTabCustomDraw,
               IToolTipControlClient,
               ISupportLookAndFeel,
               IDocumentAdapterFactory,
               ITabControlAnimationProvider,
               ISupportAdornerUIManager,
               IWin32Window,
               IUpdateAdornerUI,
               ISupportDXSkinColorsEx,
               ISupportDXSkinColors,
               IStringImageProvider

Related API Members

The following members return XtraTabControl objects:

• XtraTabPage.TabControl
• XtraTabPageCollection.TabControl

Remarks

XtraTabControl is a container for tab pages, which can display other controls.

Tab pages are stored in the XtraTabControl.TabPages collection. Each page has a tab header, which can be clicked to activate this page. The currently active tab page is specified by the XtraTabControl.SelectedTabPage property.

The following are the main control features:

• Images in page headers (use XtraTabPage.ImageOptions property).

• Customizable position and orientation of page headers (see XtraTabControl.HeaderOrientation and XtraTabControl.HeaderLocation properties).

• Arrange page headers in multiple rows (see XtraTabControl.MultiLine).

• Close , Next and Prev buttons in the header panel. The Next and Prev buttons enable end-users to scroll through the tab pages when the tab control’s width (height) is insufficient to display all the tab pages simultaneously. To enable and disable certain buttons, use the XtraTabControl.HeaderButtons property. To specify when the tab buttons must be displayed, use the XtraTabControl.HeaderButtonsShowMode property.

• Support for DX Skin Colors. You can use DX Skin Colors to specify the background color of tab page headers (XtraTabPage.Appearance.Header.BackColor).

• Appearance customization, using the XtraTabControl.Appearance and XtraTabControl.AppearancePage properties.

Note

Controls contained in the XtraTabControl are not validated when the Form.ValidateChildren method is invoked. See this KB article for a solution.

Inheritance

Object MarshalByRefObject Component Control DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraControl ControlBase XtraTabControl

See Also

XtraTabControl Members

DevExpress.XtraTab Namespace