disabling tabs

Hi there,

I am trying to figure out how to disable a tab in a tabControl. I thought tab.hide() would do it but that totally has no effect. Am I missing something?

Thanks

try this:

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button1.TabStop = false;

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Originally Posted by mikelynch

try this:

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button1.TabStop = false;

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A TabPage control is totally different than the "Tab" key.

Anyway, try this code:

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            //To remove/hide a TabPage
            tabControl1.TabPages.Remove(tabPage2);

            //To Show the invisible TabPage again
            if ( !tabControl1.TabPages.Contains(tabPage2) )
                tabControl1.TabPages.Add(tabPage2);

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You cannot hide or disable tabs in a TabControl. You can disable a TabPage but the user can still select that tab; they just can't use any controls on it. If you want to "hide" a TabPage then you have to remove it from the TabControl. You can easily insert it back again later so it's no big deal. If you were to inherit the TabControl you could add functionality to do that internally.