Interface ITabDefaultProperties

Specifies the mechanism by which the TabControlAdv will get the default properties associated with a tab renderer.

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools
Assembly: Syncfusion.Tools.Windows.dll
Syntax
public interface ITabDefaultProperties

Properties

DrawEllipsis

Indicates whether to draw ellipsis if text width is larger than tab width.

Declaration
bool DrawEllipsis { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

DrawLeftToRight

Indicates whether to draw the tabs from left to right or from right to left.

Declaration
bool DrawLeftToRight { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean
Remarks

This is useful when you implement overlapped tabs.

ShowInDesignMode

Indicates whether this tab type should be made available in the design-time property grid for the TabStyle property.

Declaration
bool ShowInDesignMode { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Methods

DefaultActiveTabColor(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default active tab color.

Declaration
Color DefaultActiveTabColor(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Color

DefaultActiveTabFont(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default active tab font.

Declaration
Font DefaultActiveTabFont(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Font

DefaultFixedSingleBorderColor(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default single border color.

Declaration
Color DefaultFixedSingleBorderColor(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Color

DefaultInactiveTabColor(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default inactive tab color.

Declaration
Color DefaultInactiveTabColor(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Color

DefaultInactiveTabFont(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default inactive tab font.

Declaration
Font DefaultInactiveTabFont(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Font

DefaultTabForeColor(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default tab fore color.

Declaration
Color DefaultTabForeColor(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Color

DefaultTabPanelBackgroundColor(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default tab panel background color.

Declaration
Color DefaultTabPanelBackgroundColor(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Color

DefaultTabPanelFont(ITabPanelData, ITabControl)

Specifies the default tab panel font.

Declaration
Font DefaultTabPanelFont(ITabPanelData panelData, ITabControl tabControl)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabPanelData panelData
ITabControl tabControl
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.Font

GetOverlapSize(SizeF)

Specifies the amount in X and Y directions, in which a selected tab will overlap the inactive tab.

Declaration
SizeF GetOverlapSize(SizeF tabSize)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Drawing.SizeF tabSize

The user specified tab size, if any. If no size was specified by the user, then this will be SizeF.Empty.
Returns
Type Description
System.Drawing.SizeF
Remarks

If you return for example (6, 3) then the tab will overlap by 3 pixels to its left and right and by 3 pixels on top.

IsBackgroundSolid()

Indicates whether the background will be a solid color.

Declaration
bool IsBackgroundSolid()
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean

True if solid; false otherwise.

OnPaintPanelBackground(ITabControl, Graphics, Color, Rectangle)

Draws the tab panel's background.

Declaration
void OnPaintPanelBackground(ITabControl tabControl, Graphics g, Color bgColor, Rectangle bounds)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ITabControl tabControl
System.Drawing.Graphics g
System.Drawing.Color bgColor
System.Drawing.Rectangle bounds