Views Overview

May 21, 2025

The tab control’s layout, style and behavior settings are defined by View objects that are represented by the TabControlViewBase descendant classes. Each View has its own layout and behavior.

Common Functionality

The TabControlViewBase class provides basic functionality that is common for all views.

Customizing Header Location
Header Menu
Hide and New Buttons

TabControlViewBase descendants

There are three types of TabControlViewBase descendant classes.

MultiLine View displays tab headers in multiple lines.
Scroll View displays tab headers within scroll buttons.
Stretch View displays tab headers stretched.

View Applying

To apply a view to the tab control, use the DXTabControl.View property. See the example below.

XAML

xaml

<dx:DXTabControl>
    <dx:DXTabControl.View>
        <dx:TabControlMultiLineView/>
    </dx:DXTabControl.View>
</dx:DXTabControl>