Question

I know there is a tab control in the Windows Forms Builder. The thing is, I want to create something a little nicer. It seems like there’s not many stylistic changes you can make to that control in specific, and it looks kind of ugly.

Is there either a way of creating a custom tab control, or using buttons to switch from pane to pane?

Answer 1

The TabControl has a DrawMode property. Change it to:

tabControl1.DrawMode = OwnerDrawFixed;

and then wire up the DrawItem event. Of course, then you have to draw the rest yourself to your own liking.

If you are looking for something more, DevExpress has free WinForm controls, which includes their TabControl version.