DXTabControl.SelectionChanged Event

Occurs after a tab item has been selected.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public event TabControlSelectionChangedEventHandler SelectionChanged

VB.NET

Public Event SelectionChanged As TabControlSelectionChangedEventHandler

Event Data

The SelectionChanged event's data class is TabControlSelectionChangedEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
NewSelectedIndex	Gets the index of the currently selected tab item.
NewSelectedItem	Gets a data item that corresponds to the currently selected tab item.
OldSelectedIndex	Gets the index of the previously selected tab item.
OldSelectedItem	Gets a data item that corresponds to the previously selected tab item.

Remarks

The SelectionChanged event occurs after a tab item has been selected. The selected tab item is returned by the DXTabControl.SelectedItem property. The index of the previously selected item is returned by the event parameter’s TabControlSelectionChangedEventArgs.OldSelectedIndex property.

To prevent individual tab items from being selected, handle the DXTabControl.SelectionChanging event.

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Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-spreadsheet-chart-api/CS/SpreadsheetWPFChartAPISamples/MainWindow.xaml#L29

<dx:DXTabControl x:Name="tabControl" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" SelectionChanged="tabControl_SelectionChanged">
    <dx:DXTabItem Header="CS" Width="250">

wpf-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-examples/CS/SpreadsheetWPFPivotTableExamples/MainWindow.xaml#L29

<dx:DXTabControl x:Name="tabControl" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" SelectionChanged="tabControl_SelectionChanged">
    <dx:DXTabItem Header="CS" Width="250">

wpf-richedit-use-docvariable-fields/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L21

<dx:DXTabControl Name="tabControl" Grid.Row="1" SelectionChanged="tabControl_SelectionChanged">
    <dx:DXTabItem Header="Template">

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/MainWindow.xaml#L28

<dx:DXTabControl x:Name="tabControl" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" SelectionChanged="tabControl_SelectionChanged">
    <dx:DXTabItem Header="CS" Width="250">

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-implement-progress-indicator/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L17

<Button Name="btnMailMerge" Content="Mail Merge" Width="200" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5" Click="btnMailMerge_Click" />
<dx:DXTabControl Name="tabControl" Grid.Row="1" SelectionChanged="tabControl_SelectionChanged">
    <dx:DXTabItem Header="Template">