To change the colour of TAB control

Gaurav Taneja — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:34:14 GMT

To change the color of Tab control

Add this event handler

tabControl2.DrawItem += new DrawItemEventHandler(OnDrawItem);

step 2

private void OnDrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)

{

TabPage CurrentTab = tabControl2.TabPages[e.Index];

Rectangle ItemRect = tabControl2.GetTabRect(e.Index);

SolidBrush FillBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Red);

SolidBrush TextBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.White);

StringFormat sf = new StringFormat();

sf.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;

sf.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;

//If we are currently painting the Selected TabItem we'll

//change the brush colors and inflate the rectangle.

if (System.Convert.ToBoolean(e.State & DrawItemState.Selected))

{

FillBrush.Color = Color.PaleTurquoise;

TextBrush.Color = Color.Red;

ItemRect.Inflate(2, 2);

}

//Set up rotation for left and right aligned tabs

if (tabControl2.Alignment == TabAlignment.Left || tabControl2.Alignment == TabAlignment.Right)

{

float RotateAngle = 90;

if (tabControl2.Alignment == TabAlignment.Left)

RotateAngle = 270;

PointF cp = new PointF(ItemRect.Left + (ItemRect.Width / 2), ItemRect.Top + (ItemRect.Height / 2));

e.Graphics.TranslateTransform(cp.X, cp.Y);

e.Graphics.RotateTransform(RotateAngle);

ItemRect = new Rectangle(-(ItemRect.Height / 2), -(ItemRect.Width / 2), ItemRect.Height, ItemRect.Width);

}

//Next we'll paint the TabItem with our Fill Brush

e.Graphics.FillRectangle(FillBrush, ItemRect);

//Now draw the text.

e.Graphics.DrawString(CurrentTab.Text, e.Font, TextBrush, (RectangleF)ItemRect, sf);

//Reset any Graphics rotation

e.Graphics.ResetTransform();

//Finally, we should Dispose of our brushes.

FillBrush.Dispose();

TextBrush.Dispose();

}

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