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How to customize the tab strip color of auto hide tab in WinForms Docking Manager?

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Customization of tab strip color

This can be done by subclassing the docking manager and getting access to the internal AutoHide Tabs. Please refer the below code snippet which illustrates this.

C#

//left
foreach (AHTabPage Page in DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlLeft.TabPages)
{
    //'''colore del font
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.Red;
    //'''backcolor del tab
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue;
    //'''backcolor del contenitore dei tab
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue;
}
//'''right.
foreach (AHTabPage Page in DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlRight.TabPages)
{
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.DarkGoldenrod;
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue;
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue;
}
//'''top.
foreach (AHTabPage Page in DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlTop.TabPages)
{
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.Yellow;
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue;
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue;
}
//'''bottom.
foreach (AHTabPage Page in DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlBottom.TabPages)
{
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.Chocolate;
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue;
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue;
}
//'''tabbed.
if (DockingManager1.IsTabbed(arg.Controls[0]))
{
    DockHost dh = (DockHost)(arg.Controls[0].Parent);
    DockHostController dhc = (DockHostController)dh.InternalController;
    DockTabController dtc = (DockTabController)dhc.ParentController;
    dtc.TabControl.TabPanelBackColor = Color.FromArgb(213, 220, 226);
    //Accessing the Internal TabControl .Using this, You could set colors same as how you are setting colors for a TabControl.
    Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.DockTabControl docktab = (DockTabControl)dtc.TabControl;
docktab.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue;
    //Setting the color for the selected Tab.
    docktab.ActiveTabColor = Color.SkyBlue;
    //Setting the Color for Inactive tab
    docktab.InactiveTabColor = Color.DarkBlue;
}

 

VB

''''left.
For Each Page As AHTabPage In DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlLeft.TabPages
    ''''colore del font
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.Red
    ''''backcolor del tab
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue
    ''''backcolor del contenitore dei tab
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue
Next
''''right.
For Each Page As AHTabPage In DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlRight.TabPages
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.DarkGoldenrod
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue
Next
''''top.
For Each Page As AHTabPage In DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlTop.TabPages
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.Yellow
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue
Next
''''bottom.
For Each Page As AHTabPage In DockingManager1.AutoHiddenTabControlBottom.TabPages
    Page.TabForeColor = Color.Chocolate
    Page.TabBackColor = Color.SkyBlue
    Page.Parent.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue
Next
''''tabbed.
If DockingManager1.IsTabbed(arg.Controls(0)) Then
    Dim dh As DockHost = CType(arg.Controls(0).Parent, DockHost)
    Dim dhc As DockHostController = CType(dh.InternalController, DockHostController)
    Dim dtc As DockTabController = CType(dhc.ParentController, DockTabController)
    'dtc.TabControl.TabStyle = GetType(Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.OneNoteStyleRenderer)
    dtc.TabControl.TabPanelBackColor = Color.FromArgb(213, 220, 226)
    'Accessing the Internal TabControl .Using this, You could set colors same as how you are setting colors for a TabControl.
    Dim docktab As Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.DockTabControl = CType(dtc.TabControl, DockTabControl)
    docktab.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue
    'Setting the color for the selected Tab.
    docktab.ActiveTabColor = Color.SkyBlue
    'Setting the Color for Inactive tab
    docktab.InactiveTabColor = Color.DarkBlue
End If

 

Sample: http://help.syncfusion.com/support/samples/kb/Tools.Windows/TDTabColor/TabColor.zip

Reference link: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/dockingmanager/appearance#customize-documenttdi-window

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