TabControl.ImageList Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the images to display on the control's tabs.

public:
 property System::Windows::Forms::ImageList ^ ImageList { System::Windows::Forms::ImageList ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::Forms::ImageList ^ value); };

public System.Windows.Forms.ImageList? ImageList { get; set; }

member this.ImageList : System.Windows.Forms.ImageList with get, set

Public Property ImageList As ImageList

Property Value

ImageList

An ImageList that specifies the images to display on the tabs.

Examples

The following code example creates a TabControl with one TabPage. This example uses the ImageList property to display images, from the collection defined by the ImageList named myImages, on the tabs of tabControl1.

using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Resources;
public ref class Form1: public Form
{
public:
   Form1()
   {
      IContainer^ components = gcnew System::ComponentModel::Container;
      ResourceManager^ resources = gcnew ResourceManager( Form1::typeid );
      TabControl^ tabControl1 = gcnew TabControl;
      TabPage^ tabPage1 = gcnew TabPage;
      
      // Declares and instantiates the ImageList Object*.
      ImageList^ myImages = gcnew ImageList( components );
      tabControl1->Controls->Add( tabPage1 );
      
      // Sets the images in myImages to display on the tabs of tabControl1. 
      tabControl1->ImageList = myImages;
      tabPage1->ImageIndex = 0;
      tabPage1->Text = "tabPage1";
      
      // Gets the handle that provides the data of myImages.
      myImages->ImageStream = (dynamic_cast<ImageListStreamer^>(resources->GetObject( "myImages.ImageStream" )));
      
      // Sets properties of myImages. 
      myImages->ColorDepth = ColorDepth::Depth8Bit;
      myImages->ImageSize = System::Drawing::Size( 16, 16 );
      myImages->TransparentColor = Color::Transparent;
      this->Controls->Add( tabControl1 );
   }

};

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

using System.Drawing;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Resources;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        IContainer components = new Container();
        ResourceManager resources = new ResourceManager(typeof(Form1));
        TabControl tabControl1 = new TabControl();
        TabPage tabPage1 = new TabPage();

        // Declares and instantiates the ImageList object.
        ImageList myImages = new ImageList(components);

        tabControl1.Controls.Add(tabPage1);
        // Sets the images in myImages to display on the tabs of tabControl1. 
        tabControl1.ImageList = myImages;
 
        tabPage1.ImageIndex = 0;
        tabPage1.Text = "tabPage1";

        // Gets the handle that provides the data of myImages.
        myImages.ImageStream = ((ImageListStreamer)(resources.GetObject("myImages.ImageStream")));
    
        // Sets properties of myImages. 
        myImages.ColorDepth = ColorDepth.Depth8Bit;
        myImages.ImageSize = new Size(16, 16);
        myImages.TransparentColor = Color.Transparent;

        this.Controls.Add(tabControl1);
    }

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

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Resources

Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form

    Public Sub New()
        Dim components = New Container()
        Dim resources As New ResourceManager(GetType(Form1))
        Dim tabControl1 As New TabControl()
        Dim tabPage1 As New TabPage()

        ' Declares and instantiates the ImageList object.
        Dim myImages As New ImageList(components)

        tabControl1.Controls.Add(tabPage1)
        ' Sets the images in myImages to display on the tabs of tabControl1. 
        tabControl1.ImageList = myImages

        tabPage1.ImageIndex = 0
        tabPage1.Text = "tabPage1"

        ' Gets the handle that provides the data of myImages.
        myImages.ImageStream = CType(resources.GetObject("myImages.ImageStream"), ImageListStreamer)

        ' Sets properties of myImages. 
        myImages.ColorDepth = ColorDepth.Depth8Bit
        myImages.ImageSize = New Size(16, 16)
        myImages.TransparentColor = Color.Transparent

        Me.Controls.Add(tabControl1)
    End Sub

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

Remarks

To display an image on a tab, set the ImageIndex property of that TabPage. The ImageIndex acts as the index into the ImageList.

See also

• ImageList