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How to custom paint MDI TabPanel to have office 2003 look and feel in WinForms TabbedMDIManager?
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Customize the MDI tab panel
Derive CustomTabPanelProperty from the TabPanelProperty (TabPanelProperty3D in this case) for the appropriate TabStyle and then register the TabType with the TabRendererFactory. Please refer the below code snippet which illustrates this:
C#
TabRendererFactory.RegisterTabType(TabRendererWhidbey.TabStyleName, typeof(TabRendererWhidbey), new CustomTabPanelProperty());
void tb_TabControlAdded(object sender, TabbedMDITabControlEventArgs args)
{
args.TabControl.TabStyle = typeof(TabRendererWhidbey);
}
public class CustomTabPanelProperty : Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabPanelProperty3D
{
public override void OnPaintPanelBackground(ITabControl tabControl, Graphics g, Color bgColor, Rectangle bounds)
{
System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush lgb = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(bounds, Color.FromArgb(235, 235, 244), Color.FromArgb(186, 185, 206), System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical);
g.FillRectangle(lgb, bounds);
}
}
VB
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabRendererFactory.RegisterTabType(Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabRendererWhidbey.TabStyleName, GetType(Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabRendererWhidbey), New CustomTabPanelProperty()) Private Sub tb_TabControlAdded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As TabbedMDITabControlEventArgs) args.TabControl.TabStyle = GetType(TabRendererWhidbey) End Sub Public Class CustomTabPanelProperty : Inherits Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.TabPanelProperty3D Public Overrides Sub OnPaintPanelBackground(ByVal tabControl As Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ITabControl, ByVal g As Graphics, ByVal bgColor As Color, ByVal bounds As Rectangle) Dim lgb As System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush = New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(bounds, Color.FromArgb(235, 235, 244), Color.FromArgb(186, 185, 206), System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical) g.FillRectangle(lgb, Bounds) End Sub End Class
