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How to rename tabs programmatically on the right click context menu in WinForms TabbedMDIManager?
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You can rename the tabs programmatically on the right click context menu by deriving the custom WinForms TabbedMDIManager.
C#
MyMDITabPanel mtab; private void tabbedMDIManager_TabControlAdded(object sender, TabbedMDITabControlEventArgs args) { args.TabControl.LabelEdit=true; mtab=(MyMDITabPanel)args.TabControl; } private void bi_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { mtab.StartEdit(); } //Deriving custom TabbedMDIManager for renaming the tabs public class MyTabbedMDIManager:TabbedMDIManager { protected override MDITabPanel CreateMDITabPanel() { return new MyMDITabPanel(this); } } public class MyMDITabPanel:MDITabPanel { public MyMDITabPanel(TabbedMDIManager tmm):base(tmm) { } public void StartEdit() { StartLabelEdit(); } }
VB
Dim mtab As MyMDITabPanel Private Sub tabbedMDIManager_TabControlAdded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As TabbedMDITabControlEventArgs) args.TabControl.LabelEdit=True mtab=CType(args.TabControl, MyMDITabPanel) End Sub Private Sub bi_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) mtab.StartEdit() End Sub 'Deriving custom TabbedMDIManager for renaming the tabs Public Class MyTabbedMDIManager Inherits TabbedMDIManager Protected Overrides Function CreateMDITabPanel() As MDITabPanel Return New MyMDITabPanel(Me) End Function End Class Public Class MyMDITabPanel Inherits MDITabPanel Public Sub New(ByVal tmm As TabbedMDIManager) : MyBase.New(tmm) End Sub Public Sub StartEdit() StartLabelEdit() End Sub End Class
Sample: https://help.syncfusion.com/support/samples/KB/Tools.Windows/TRename/Rename.zip