XtraTabControl.PaintStyleName Property

Gets or sets the name of the paint style applied to the tab control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraTab

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
[DefaultValue("Default")]
public virtual string PaintStyleName { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
<DefaultValue("Default")>
Public Overridable Property PaintStyleName As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	"Default"	A String value specifying the name of the paint style applied to the tab control.

Remarks

The PaintStyleName property is used to specify the manner in which the tab control’s page headers, borders and buttons are drawn. The names and appearance of the predefined styles are listed below.

Value	Description	Image
“Default”	The appearance of the tab control’s elements is specified by the look and feel settings provided by the XtraTabControl.LookAndFeel property.
“Standard”	The tab control’s elements are painted in the standard manner.
“PropertyView”	The tab control is painted using the scheme introduced in MS Visual Studio 2005.
“Flat”	The tab control’s elements are painted flat.
“Office2003”	The tab control is painted using the scheme introduced in MS Office 2003.
“WindowsXP”	The tab control’s elements are painted using the currently applied XP theme. If the operating system is not Windows XP or the Windows Classic theme is currently used, the tab control is painted using the “Flat” style.
“Skin”	The tab control’s elements are painted using the currently applied skin.

If the string assigned to the PaintStyleName property doesn’t match any of the strings listed above, the “Default” string will be assigned instead.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-add-custom-buttons-to-tab-page-headers-e4255/CS/XtraTabWithButtons/Form1.cs#L24

InitializeComponent();
xtraTabControlDescendant1.PaintStyleName = SkinViewInfoRegistratorDescendant.MyViewName;
xtraTabControlDescendant1.TabPages[0].Image = SystemIcons.Error.ToBitmap();

how-to-create-a-custom-style-for-the-xtratabcontrol-e2775/CS/WindowsApplication1/Form1.cs#L21

    PaintStyleCollection.DefaultPaintStyles.Add(new MyRegistrator());
    xtraTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle";
}

how-to-hide-a-tab-page-header-e4899/CS/XtraForm1.cs#L25

private void InitTabControl() {
    myTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle";
}

how-to-show-progress-in-xtratabcontrols-page-header-e2789/CS/WindowsApplication1/Form1.cs#L24

PaintStyleCollection.DefaultPaintStyles.Add(new MyRegistrator());
xtraTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle";

xtratabcontrol-how-to-manually-paint-tab-headers-text-t257076/CS/WindowsFormsApplication907/Form1.cs#L21

    PaintStyleCollection.DefaultPaintStyles.Add(new MySkinViewInfoRegistrator());
    xtraTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle";
}

VB.NET

how-to-add-custom-buttons-to-tab-page-headers-e4255/VB/XtraTabWithButtons/Form1.vb#L23

InitializeComponent()
xtraTabControlDescendant1.PaintStyleName = SkinViewInfoRegistratorDescendant.MyViewName
xtraTabControlDescendant1.TabPages(0).Image = SystemIcons.Error.ToBitmap()

how-to-create-a-custom-style-for-the-xtratabcontrol-e2775/VB/WindowsApplication1/Form1.vb#L20

    PaintStyleCollection.DefaultPaintStyles.Add(New MyRegistrator())
    xtraTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle"
End Sub

how-to-hide-a-tab-page-header-e4899/VB/XtraForm1.vb#L27

Private Sub InitTabControl()
    myTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle"
End Sub

how-to-show-progress-in-xtratabcontrols-page-header-e2789/VB/WindowsApplication1/Form1.vb#L23

PaintStyleCollection.DefaultPaintStyles.Add(New MyRegistrator())
xtraTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle"

xtratabcontrol-how-to-custom-paint-tabs-t223812/VB/WindowsFormsApplication662/Form1.vb#L19

    PaintStyleCollection.DefaultPaintStyles.Add(New MySkinViewInfoRegistrator())
    xtraTabControl1.PaintStyleName = "MyStyle"
End Sub