Customizable TabControl

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For people who don't like the color (not a huge suprise), you can make your own header renderer! Here's how:

Either implement IHeaderRenderer (harder) or inherit DefaultHeaderRenderer (easy, but less control).

Inheriting DefaultHeaderRenderer (implementing coming soon, but you should be able to figure it out):

Public Class MyHR : Inherits XTabStyle.DefaultHeaderRenderer
End Class

Change the border color by overriding:

Public Class MyHR : Inherits XTabStyle.DefaultHeaderRenderer
     Protected Overrides Function GetBorderColor() As Color
          Return Color.White
     End Function
End Class

Change the text color, again by overriding:

Public Class MyHR : Inherits XTabStyle.DefaultHeaderRenderer
     Protected Overrides Function GetBorderColor() As Color
          Return Color.White
     End Function
     Protected Overrides Function GetTextColor() As Color
          Return Color.DarkGreen
     End Function
End Class

Change the font:

Public Class MyHR : Inherits XTabStyle.DefaultHeaderRenderer
     Protected Overrides Function GetBorderColor() As Color
          Return Color.White
     End Function
     Protected Overrides Function GetTextColor() As Color
          Return Color.DarkGreen
     End Function
     Protected Overrides Function GetFont() As Font
          Return New Font("Verdana",11.0!)
     End Function
End Class

Change the tab background:

Public Class MyHR : Inherits XTabStyle.DefaultHeaderRenderer
     Protected Overrides Function GetBorderColor() As Color
          Return Color.White
     End Function
     Protected Overrides Function GetTextColor() As Color
          Return Color.DarkGreen
     End Function
     Protected Overrides Function GetFont() As Font
          Return New Font("Verdana",11.0!)
     End Function
     Protected Overrides Function GetBrush(ByVal size As Size) As Brush
          Return New SolidBrush(Color.Black) 'In this example, I change the background to solid black.
     End Function
End Class

Finally, set the XTabControl's HeaderRenderer property to an instance of your class.

Me.XTabControl1.HeaderRenderer = New MyHR()