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Design Time

At design time you can directly type on the left or right part to add buttons.

Figure 1: RadTabbedForm Add Buttons to the Left or Right

WinForms RadTabbedForm Design Time

When the content area or a tab is selected you cannot resize the form. Just pres Esc and the parent form will be selected.

Smart Tag

Figure 2: RadTabbedForm Smart Tag

WinForms RadTabbedForm Smart Tag

  • Common Tasks
    • New Theme Manager: Adds a new RadThemeManager component to the form.
    • Edit UI elements: Opens a dialog that displays the Element Hierarchy Editor. This editor lets you browse all the elements in the control.
    • Theme Name: Select a theme name from the drop down list of themes available for that control. Selecting a theme allows you to change all aspects of the controls visual style at one time.
  • TabbedFormControl Tasks
    • Caption Height: Set the height of the entire title bar.
    • Tab Height: Set the height of all tabs.
    • Tab Spacing: Set the space between the tabs.
    • Tab Width: Set the width of all tabs.
    • Minimum Tab Width: Set the minimum tabs width.
    • Pinned Items Position: Set the position of the pinned tabs.
    • Tab Item Drag Mode: Set the drag drop mode.
  • Tabs
    • Add or remove tabs.
  • Learning Center: Navigate to the Telerik help, code library projects or support forum.
  • Search: Search the Telerik site for a given string.

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