When I set TabControl alignment to Left
or Right
it leaves this huge space between tab buttons and tab page area. How to get rid of this useless space?
TabControl.Appearance
is set to Buttons
because if it is set to Normal
the text on buttons disappear.
UPDATE:
When i set TabControl.Alignment
to Bottom
and TabControl.Appearance
to Normal
buttons look inverted (orange line should be below)
When i set TabControl.Alignment
to Bottom
and TabControl.Appearance
to Buttons
, There is no area on TabPage
to place controls
This is a well-known problem with the XP visual style implementation for the native tab control, only tabs aligned to the top render properly. This bug hasn't been addressed until Windows 7. The workaround is to selectively turn off the style. Add a new class to your project and paste the code shown below. Compile. Drop the new control from the top of the toolbox onto your form and change the Alignment property to your liking. It isn't going to look prettier than that.
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
class FixedTabControl : TabControl {
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e) {
SetWindowTheme(this.Handle, "", "");
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
}
[DllImportAttribute("uxtheme.dll")]
private static extern int SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, string appname, string idlist);
}
Microsoft documentation Remarks related to this issue
When the Alignment property is set to Left or Right, the Multiline
property is automatically set to true.
When you set the Appearance property to FlatButtons, it only appears
as such when the Alignment property is set to Top. Otherwise, the
Appearance property displays as if set to the Buttons value.
When you set the Appearance property to Buttons, you must also set the
Alignment property to Top so that the buttons display correctly.
Note
When you set the Appearance property to Buttons, you must also set the
Alignment property to Top so that the tab page contents display
correctly. Additionally, when visual styles are enabled, and the
Alignment property is set to a value other than Top, the tab contents
may not render correctly.