TabControl.Padding Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

TabControl.cs

Gets or sets the amount of space around each item on the control's tab pages.

C#

public System.Drawing.Point Padding { get; set; }

Property Value

Point

A Point that specifies the amount of space around each item. The default is (6,3).

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The width or height of the Point is less than 0.

Examples

The following code example creates a TabControl with two TabPage objects. The Padding property is used to create a cushion of 22 pixels around the tab Text myTabPage1 and myTabPage2.

C#

using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    private TabControl tabControl1;
    private TabPage tabPage1;
    private TabPage tabPage2;

    private void MyTabs()
    {
        this.tabControl1 = new TabControl();
        this.tabPage1 = new TabPage();
        this.tabPage2 = new TabPage();

        this.tabControl1.Multiline = true;
        this.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] {
            this.tabPage1,
            this.tabPage2});
        this.tabControl1.Location = new Point(35, 25);
        this.tabControl1.Size = new Size(220, 220);

        // Creates a cushion of 22 pixels around TabPage.Text strings.
        this.tabControl1.Padding = new System.Drawing.Point(22, 22);
        this.tabPage1.Text = "myTabPage1";
        this.tabPage2.Text = "myTabPage2";

        this.Size = new Size(300, 300);
        this.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] {
            this.tabControl1});
    }
    
    public Form1()
    {
        MyTabs();
    }

    static void Main() 
    {
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
}

Applies to

See also

• Point