Alignment in Windows Forms TabControl (TabControlAdv)

10 Sep 20243 minutes to read

Alignment of the tabs can be set through the Alignment and TabGap properties.

Tabs alignment

this.tabControlAdv1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.TabAlignment.Left;

this.tabControlAdv1.TabGap = 2;
Me.tabControlAdv1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.TabAlignment.Left

Me.tabControlAdv1.TabGap = 2

Text alignment

The below properties deals with alignment of the text in the TabControlAdv:

this.tabControlAdv1.TextAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Far;

this.tabControlAdv1.TextLineAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Near;
Me.tabControlAdv1.TextAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Far

Me.tabControlAdv1.TextLineAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Near

Multiline support

Multiple level of tabs can be created by setting the Multiline property of the TabControlAdv to true, which places the tabs in more than one line. This allows the tabs to be arranged in multiple lines when the tabs exceed the width of the control, with all the TabItems in view.

The TabItem’s text can be placed in more than one line by setting the MultilineText property.

The KeepSelectedTabInFrontRow property will bring the selected tab to the front row (applicable only in the case of multiline tabs).

this.tabControlAdv1.Multiline = true;

this.tabControlAdv1.MultilineText = true;

this.tabControlAdv1.KeepSelectedTabInFrontRow = true;
Me.tabControlAdv1.Multiline = True

Me.tabControlAdv1.MultilineText = True

Me.tabControlAdv1.KeepSelectedTabInFrontRow = True

Multiline support

RTL support

TabControlAdv allows the TabItems to be drawn from right to left. This can be done by setting the RightToLeft property to Yes.

This property aligns the tabs and the text from right to left which proves to be helpful for the Right-To-Left languages.

Right to left support

Rotating tabs

The RotateTabsWhenRTL property can be used to rotate the tabs which are aligned to the left and right of the TabPages. This specifies whether a tab should be drawn from left to right or from right to left. The default value is false.

When the RightToLeft mode is activated and RotateTabsWhenRTL property is enabled, tab rotation is allowed.

Rotating tabs

this.tabControlAdv1.RightToLeft = System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft.Yes;

this.tabControlAdv1.RotateTabsWhenRTL = true;
Me.tabControlAdv1.RightToLeft = System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft.Yes

Me.tabControlAdv1.RotateTabsWhenRTL = True

Rotating text

The RotateTextWhenVertical property can be used to rotate the text of the TabItems which are aligned to the left and right of the TabPages. This displays the tabs horizontally and provides better user readability.

Rotating text

this.tabControlAdv1.RotateTextWhenVertical = true;
Me.tabControlAdv1.RotateTextWhenVertical = True