Hi there, can someone please tell me how do I make the Tab Control Text Horizontal, because I have changed the TabControl Orientation To left.
Now I want to rotate the tabs text horizontal. Because it looksbad when it is vertical.
Thank you,
Regards.

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TabControl does not natively support this.

You'll need to ownerdraw the TabControl in order to achieve this effect.

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Mick Doherty
http://dotnetrix.co.uk

Hi,

When set the DrawMode property to OwnerDrawFixed, the tabControl raises the DrawItem event whenever it needs to paint one of its tabs. Then you can handle the DrawItem event of TabControl that renders the text from left to right.

The following page tells about that:

How to: Display Side-Aligned Tabs with TabControl

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404305.aspx

The following is the code in C++:

private: System::Void Form1_Load(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e)

{

tabControl1->Alignment = TabAlignment::Left;

tabControl1->SizeMode = TabSizeMode::Fixed;

tabControl1->ItemSize.Height = 100;

tabControl1->ItemSize.Width = 20;

tabControl1->DrawMode = TabDrawMode::OwnerDrawFixed;

}

private: System::Void tabControl1_DrawItem(System::Object^ sender, System::Windows::Forms::DrawItemEventArgs^ e)

{

Graphics^ g = e->Graphics;

Brush^ _TextBrush;

TabPage^ _TabPage = tabControl1->TabPages[e->Index];

Rectangle _TabBounds = tabControl1->GetTabRect(e->Index);

if (e->State == DrawItemState::Selected)

{

_TextBrush = gcnew SolidBrush(Color::Red);

g->FillRectangle(Brushes::Gray, e->Bounds);

}

else

{

_TextBrush = gcnew SolidBrush(e->ForeColor);

e->DrawBackground();

}

System::Drawing::Font^ _TabFont = gcnew System::Drawing::Font("Arial", 10, FontStyle::Bold, GraphicsUnit::Pixel);

StringFormat^ _StringFlags = gcnew StringFormat();

_StringFlags->Alignment = StringAlignment::Center;

_StringFlags->LineAlignment = StringAlignment::Center;

g->DrawString(_TabPage->Text, _TabFont, _TextBrush, _TabBounds, _StringFlags);

}

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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Hi Switch13,

I am moving this thread from Base "Visual C++ General" forum to the "Windows Forms General" forum, since the issue is related to Windows Forms. There are moreWindowsFormsexperts in the "Windows Forms General" forum.

Best Regards,
Nancy

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TabControl does not natively support this.

You'll need to ownerdraw the TabControl in order to achieve this effect.

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Mick Doherty
http://dotnetrix.co.uk

Thanx for all the replies, I'll check it out.

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Trust No one

Hi Switch13,

I am moving this thread from Base "Visual C++ General" forum to the "Windows Forms General" forum, since the issue is related to Windows Forms. There are moreWindowsFormsexperts in the "Windows Forms General" forum.

Best Regards,
Nancy

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Hi Nancy, can you please give me a link to this post in the forum. Thanx.

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Hi Switch,

I have alreadly movedthis threadto the " Windows Forms General "Forum, please check the top of this thread:

Windows Developer Center > Windows Forms Forums > Windows Forms General > Visual C++ 2008 Windows Form TabControl

Best Regards,
Nancy

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Hi,

When set the DrawMode property to OwnerDrawFixed, the tabControl raises the DrawItem event whenever it needs to paint one of its tabs. Then you can handle the DrawItem event of TabControl that renders the text from left to right.

The following page tells about that:

How to: Display Side-Aligned Tabs with TabControl

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404305.aspx

The following is the code in C++:

private: System::Void Form1_Load(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e)

{

tabControl1->Alignment = TabAlignment::Left;

tabControl1->SizeMode = TabSizeMode::Fixed;

tabControl1->ItemSize.Height = 100;

tabControl1->ItemSize.Width = 20;

tabControl1->DrawMode = TabDrawMode::OwnerDrawFixed;

}

private: System::Void tabControl1_DrawItem(System::Object^ sender, System::Windows::Forms::DrawItemEventArgs^ e)

{

Graphics^ g = e->Graphics;

Brush^ _TextBrush;

TabPage^ _TabPage = tabControl1->TabPages[e->Index];

Rectangle _TabBounds = tabControl1->GetTabRect(e->Index);

if (e->State == DrawItemState::Selected)

{

_TextBrush = gcnew SolidBrush(Color::Red);

g->FillRectangle(Brushes::Gray, e->Bounds);

}

else

{

_TextBrush = gcnew SolidBrush(e->ForeColor);

e->DrawBackground();

}

System::Drawing::Font^ _TabFont = gcnew System::Drawing::Font("Arial", 10, FontStyle::Bold, GraphicsUnit::Pixel);

StringFormat^ _StringFlags = gcnew StringFormat();

_StringFlags->Alignment = StringAlignment::Center;

_StringFlags->LineAlignment = StringAlignment::Center;

g->DrawString(_TabPage->Text, _TabFont, _TextBrush, _TabBounds, _StringFlags);

}

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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