TabControl.SizeMode Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

TabControl.cs

Gets or sets the way that the control's tabs are sized.

C#

public System.Windows.Forms.TabSizeMode SizeMode { get; set; }

Property Value

TabSizeMode

One of the TabSizeMode values. The default is Normal.

Exceptions

InvalidEnumArgumentException

The property value is not a valid TabSizeMode value.

Examples

The following code example creates a TabControl with five TabPage. This example sets the SizeMode property to FillToRight, which sizes the tabs so that each row fills the entire width of tabControl1.

C#

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

public class Form1 : Form
{
    private TabControl tabControl1;

    public Form1()
    {
        this.tabControl1 = new TabControl();
        TabPage tabPage1 = new TabPage();
        TabPage tabPage2 = new TabPage();
        TabPage tabPage3 = new TabPage();
        TabPage tabPage4 = new TabPage();
        TabPage tabPage5 = new TabPage();

        TabPage[] tabPages = {tabPage1, tabPage2, tabPage3, tabPage4, tabPage5};
        
        // Sizes the tabs so that each row fills the entire width of tabControl1.
        this.tabControl1.SizeMode = TabSizeMode.FillToRight;

        this.tabControl1.Multiline = true;
        this.tabControl1.Padding = new Point(15, 5);
        this.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] {
            tabPage1, tabPage2, tabPage3, tabPage4, tabPage5});
        this.tabControl1.Location = new Point(35, 25);
        this.tabControl1.Size = new Size(220, 220);    

        this.Size = new Size(300, 300);
        this.Controls.Add(tabControl1);
    }

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

Applies to

See also

• TabSizeMode