[2008] TabControl....Tabs with Close Buttons?

[RobDude]

I've got a bunch of TabPages inside a TabControl; I'd like to have an easy way for the user to close individual tabs; kinda like IE or FireFox does with their tabs.

Can I do that using the default Windows Control, without too much work?

[sparrow1]

Hi,

You can try something like this:

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
 
Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private tabControl1 As TabControl
    Private tabPage1 As TabPage
    Private button1 As Button
 
    Public Sub New()
        Me.tabControl1 = New TabControl()
        Me.tabPage1 = New TabPage()
        Me.button1 = New Button()
 
        Me.tabControl1.TabPages.Add(tabPage1)
        Me.tabControl1.Location = New Point(25, 25)
        Me.tabControl1.Size = New Size(250, 250)
 
        ' Gets the controls collection for tabPage1.
        ' Adds button1 to this collection.
        Me.tabPage1.Controls.Add(button1)
 
        Me.button1.Text = "button1"
        Me.button1.Location = New Point(25, 25)
 
        Me.ClientSize = New Size(300, 300)
        Me.Controls.Add(tabControl1)
    End Sub
 
    Shared Sub Main()
        Application.Run(New Form1())
    End Sub
End Class

Wkr,

sparrow1

[jmcilhinney]

Placing a button on the tabs of a TabControl is not the same thing as placing a Button control on each TabPage.

The tabs are actually part of the TabControl itself, not each TabPage. As such you would have to owner-draw the tabs and draw your own button.

http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_ownerdraw_tab.html

[obi1kenobi]

Great link, I found it very useful myself. Thanks