Windows Forms TabControl (TabControlAdv) Overview

9 Jul 20261 minute to read

The TabControlAdv is an advanced form of the standard TabControl that enables an end-user to arrange visual content in a compacted and organized form in less space. It includes all standard TabControl features, plus extensive appearance and configuration options.

TabControlAdv for Windows Forms with multiline and reorder support

Key features

  • Tab Alignment - Supports to specify tabs alignment in left, right, top, and bottom directions.
  • Navigation support - Supports to navigate through the tabs of the TabControlAdv.
  • Editing support - Provides options to edit the tab header text at run-time.
  • Icons support - Supports to add images in the tab header.
  • Drag and drop - Supports to rearrange tabs through Drag and Drop functionality.
  • Button support - Provides options to display close button individually for each tab.
  • ToolTip - Provides options to show / hide ToolTip when the mouse pointer is placed over the tabs.
  • Styling - Supports for wide variety of built-in themes like 2D, 3D, Metro, Office themes, OneNoteStyle, InternetExplorer7 and much more.
  • Serialization - Provides serialization support to save and load the tab states.
  • Scrolling - Provides an extremely smooth scrolling behavior even when tabs overflow onto the tab panel.