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Asked: 2026-05-27T18:32:08+00:00

I have a C# Forms tab application. Each TabPage has a menu on the

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I have a C# Forms tab application. Each TabPage has a menu on the left (Outlook style navigation panel), and a Panel on the right for content.

If I want the content panel for tab page 0, how would I go about fetching it? I’m a bit stumped because I don’t know how to index into the controls collection on a tab page. The following is underlined in red, so I believe its wrong.

Panel panel = tabControl.TabPages[0].Controls["Panel"];

EDIT: remove Window in Panel sub question. It will be moved to a separate question.

Sorry about the beginner questions. I’m a C/C++ guy with lots of MFC time, and C# UI is a bit frustrating at the moment.

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  1. Editorial Team
    foreach (Control control in tabControl1.TabPages[0].Controls)
{
    // if (control.Name == "panel1")
}

    You can always call this recursively on control.Controls to find a control in any hierarchy. control.Name can be used to find your specific control.

    You can’t show a Form, inside a Panel. You could create Custom Control where you can add your functionality and add that control to a Panel.

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