Tab Control - UI Tabs Customization

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

Hi, all!

I would like to customize Tabs on the Tab Control. More exactly - I would like to add bevels to the tabs as shown below:

Is it theoretically possible? May be some workarounds exists?

with best regards,

Andrey.

[TiTou]

Hello Andrey,

for what kind of weird reason do you need the one on the right and not the one on the left ??

I only could found these... Apart from drawing your own which I reckon will be a pain, I think you`ll have to go with one already existant...

Message Edité par TiTou le 06-20-2006 02:18 PM

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

Hi, TiTou,

This requirement coming from corporate UI Guidelines, where shapes of Tabs strongly predefined. I can do required "skinning" for most controls which can be customezed, but unfortunately not for Tab Control...

Andrey.

[TiTou]

Well... that is quite restrictive... in my company we also must respect some rules to have similar user interface for any soft, which is often well-concidered by our customers.
but too much is too much... I hope you'll find a way ;), goo luck !

[unclebump]

Maybe you could find a third party activex control that will let you do this.

[Ben]

You could do this using the picture control can be used to display different images of false tab pages behind a tab control that is transparent. The tabs in the picture control can then be monitored for key clicks to switch the tab page and change the background image.

That is probably to much work!

If "close counts" (as in atom bombs and handgranades) then adding a small image to the tab may help.

See attached example.

Otherwise...

See this thread

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=BreakPoint&message.id=14&jump=true

for a lot of links to examples of the picture control.

Ben

Message Edited by Ben on 06-20-2006 07:42 AM

Message Edited by Ben on 06-20-2006 07:44 AM

[unclebump]

You can turn off the display of the original tabs in the right click visible items menu. Then make your own tab display out of pictures or other controls.

[unclebump]

You may also be able to use the image only tab layout.

[Ben]

Excellent suggestions uncle!

Ben

[unclebump]

Here is a transparent tab control with image tabs only. A raised box decoration was put on each tab page in the back of all controls.