Bind WinTabStrip to a Data Source To bind the WinTabStrip™ to a data source perform the following steps: Add an UltraTabStripControl to a form that has a data source available. Place child controls on its shared controls page. Set the element’s DataSource property to the data source. Set the element’s DataMember t...
Choosing Which Tab Control to Use Background Ultimate UI for Windows Forms provides two tab elements to choose from: the WinTab™ and the WinTabStrip™. Both elements share features, and both can be used to provided a tab-based interface to your application. Which element you will use depends on the context in which...
Convert a Tab Control to WinTab To convert an existing Tab Control to a WinTab™, do the following: Open the form with the existing TabControl. Add an UltraTabControl to the form. Right-click on the UltraTabControl and select the Convert TabControl… verb. The following dialog will appear: Select the TabControl to ...
Data Binding the WinTabStrip Control Background The WinTabStrip™ control provides a tab-style front end for application data. You can use this element to set up a series of shared controls that will change their contents in response to the selection of a tab. The tabs themselves can be created and labeled based on...
Defining the Appearance of WinTab and WinTabStrip Background The WinTab™ and WinTabStrip™ controls provide you with a wide array of options for controlling the appearance and behavior of the control. In addition to the basic capabilities involving colors, fonts and images, you can specify how the tabs will respond...
Determine Which Tab the User Selected Whenever the user selects a new tab, the element fires the SelectedTabChanging and SelectedTabChanged events. You can use these events to determine which tab was selected by the user and take any action you deem necessary. The e parameter passed to the SelectedTabChanging even...
Differences Between WinTab and WinTabStip Both the WinTab™ and WinTabStrip™ controls are derived from the UltraTabControlBase abstract base class and the majority of their functionality is shared between them. The following lists the differences: Per tab child controls — Only the UltraTabControl facilitates supply...
Disable and Hide Tabs in WinTab This topic will show you how you can disable or hide a Tab in WinTab™. To disable a Tab set its Enabled property to false and similarly to hide a particular Tab set its Visible property to false. In Visual Basic: In C#:
Display a Close Button on a Tab WinTab, WinTabStrip, and WinTabbedMdiManager all include a close button which you can display on each tab. With the close button, your end user can close individual tabs without leaving the bounds of the tab itself – they can also click the tab with the middle mouse button to close ...
Layout and Appearance of WinTab and WinTabStrip The following properties on both the WinTab™ and WinTabStrip™ are used to specify the appearance and layout of the tabs: Appearance — Determines the default appearance for all tabs. On XP systems where the tab element’s SupportThemes property is set to true, some ele...