How to add different Icons to MDI Tabs

27 Sep 20181 minute to read

This can be done programmatically using the below code snippet.

c#

// Derive CustomTabbedMDIManager class from TabbedMDIManager

// to expose the internal TabControlAdv. 

// Override the MDITabPanel code function.

this.MdiTabPanel = tabPanel;

// Add the images to the Image List.

TabControlAdv tabcontrol = this.tabbedMdiManager.GetMdiTabPanel() as TabControlAdv;

tabcontrol.ImageList = this.imageList1;

// Assign the images to the child tabs.

foreach (TabPageAdv page in tabcontrol.TabPages)

{

page.ImageIndex = index;

index++;

}

vb

' Derive CustomTabbedMDIManager class from TabbedMDIManager

' to expose the internal TabControlAdv. 

' Override the MDITabPanel code function.

Me.MdiTabPanel = tabPanel

' Add the images to the Image List.

Dim tabcontrol As TabControlAdv = CType(IIf(TypeOf Me.tabbedMdiManager.GetMdiTabPanel() Is TabControlAdv, 

Me.tabbedMdiManager.GetMdiTabPanel(), Nothing), TabControlAdv)

tabcontrol.ImageList = Me.imageList1

' Assign the images to the child tabs.

For Each page As TabPageAdv In tabcontrol.TabPages

page.ImageIndex = index

index += 1

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