TabControl.Padding Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

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

public:
 property System::Drawing::Point Padding { System::Drawing::Point get(); void set(System::Drawing::Point value); };

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

member this.Padding : System.Drawing.Point with get, set

Public Property Padding As Point

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.

using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
public ref class Form1: public Form
{
private:
   TabControl^ tabControl1;
   TabPage^ tabPage1;
   TabPage^ tabPage2;
   void MyTabs()
   {
      this->tabControl1 = gcnew TabControl;
      this->tabPage1 = gcnew TabPage;
      this->tabPage2 = gcnew TabPage;
      this->tabControl1->Multiline = true;
      array<Control^>^temp0 = {this->tabPage1,this->tabPage2};
      this->tabControl1->Controls->AddRange( temp0 );
      this->tabControl1->Location = Point(35,25);
      this->tabControl1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 220, 220 );
      
      // Creates a cushion of 22 pixels around TabPage.Text strings.
      this->tabControl1->Padding = System::Drawing::Point( 22, 22 );
      this->tabPage1->Text = "myTabPage1";
      this->tabPage2->Text = "myTabPage2";
      this->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 300, 300 );
      array<Control^>^temp1 = {this->tabControl1};
      this->Controls->AddRange( temp1 );
   }


public:
   Form1()
   {
      MyTabs();
   }

};

int main()
{
   Application::Run( gcnew Form1 );
}

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());
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private tabControl1 As TabControl
    Private tabPage1 As TabPage
    Private tabPage2 As TabPage

    Private Sub MyTabs()
        Me.tabControl1 = New TabControl()
        Me.tabPage1 = New TabPage()
        Me.tabPage2 = New TabPage()

        Me.tabControl1.Multiline = True
        Me.tabControl1.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {Me.tabPage1, Me.tabPage2})
        Me.tabControl1.Location = New Point(35, 25)
        Me.tabControl1.Size = New Size(220, 220)

        ' Creates a cushion of 22 pixels around TabPage.Text strings.
        Me.tabControl1.Padding = New System.Drawing.Point(22, 22)
        Me.tabPage1.Text = "myTabPage1"
        Me.tabPage2.Text = "myTabPage2"

        Me.Size = New Size(300, 300)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {Me.tabControl1})
    End Sub

    Public Sub New()
        MyTabs()
    End Sub

    Shared Sub Main()
        Application.Run(New Form1())
    End Sub
End Class

See also

• Point