How do I add color a tab on a forms tab?

[aquabp]

I have been getting into using tabs on a master form to quickly move from one form to another. The problem is that sometimes I forget where I am at! Is there a way to add color to these form tabs and if so can I change the color when the form is active?

[Missinglinq]

The Back Color for Tabbed Controls, including the Tabs themselves, is determined by settings in Windows on your PC. What you can do is

1. In Form Design View go to Properties - Format and change the Style Property from Tab to None
2. Replace the now gone Tabs with Labels
3. Code the OnClick event of each Label to navigate to the appropriate Tabbed Page

If you can live changing the color of each Tabbed Page, which will, of course, also change the color of the Tab itself, here is a link to hack for doing that with explicit instructions:

Colored Pages on Tab Control

As you may have figured out by now, this is not going to be a trivial undertaking, whichever approach you decide to take.

Good Luck with your project!

Linq ;0)>

[aquabp]

Very Nice! Thank you!

[Missinglinq]

Glad we could help!

Linq ;0)>