How to set the Close button for active tab or all the tab items in the WinForms TabControl?

CloseButton settings

In TabControlAdv, Close button appearance can be customized by using its property ShowTabCloseButton and ShowCloseButtonForActiveTabOnly.

ShowTabCloseButton - To show Close button for all TabPageAdv’s in TabControlAdv.

ShowCloseButtonForActiveTabOnly - To show Close button for active TabPageAdv in TabControlAdv.

The following code example is to demonstrate the same.

C#

//Show Close button for all the tab item
this.tabControlAdv1.ShowTabCloseButton = true;
this.tabControlAdv1.ShowCloseButtonForActiveTabOnly = false;
//Show Close button for Active tab item
this.tabControlAdv1.ShowCloseButtonForActiveTabOnly = true;
this.tabControlAdv1.ShowTabCloseButton = true;

VB

'Show Close button for all the tab item
Me.tabControlAdv1.ShowTabCloseButton = True
Me.tabControlAdv1.ShowCloseButtonForActiveTabOnly = False
'Show Close button for Active tab item
Me.tabControlAdv1.ShowCloseButtonForActiveTabOnly = True
Me.tabControlAdv1.ShowTabCloseButton = True

Sample: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/TabControlAdv2141775942.zip

Reference link:https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/tabcontrol/interactive-features

Conclusion

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