Question

This is stupid and I did it before, but now its not working and I cant find a solution online. I have a form and one tab page. on the tab page there are 4 tabs. how can I make the 4th tab selected when the form loads? I also want to use the tab’s text, or name, and not the tab index.

Answer 1

Just select the tab in your form constructor. The boilerplate code is:

    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
        tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabPage4;
        // or:
        tabControl1.SelectedIndex = 3;
    }