XtraTabbedMdiManager.CustomDrawHeaderButton Event

Allows you to draw a header button manually.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraTabbedMdi

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public event HeaderButtonCustomDrawEventHandler CustomDrawHeaderButton

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Appearance")>
Public Event CustomDrawHeaderButton As HeaderButtonCustomDrawEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Bounds	Gets the rectangle that specifies the bounds of the header button.
Button	Gets the button that is being drawn.
Info	Provides access to the object that contains information about the button being drawn.
Painter	Provides access to the object that performs paint operations. Inherited from ObjectCustomDrawEventArgs.

Example

The code below shows how to draw a custom background in tab headers and header buttons.

C#

using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

HatchBrush myHatchBrush2 = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.DiagonalCross, Color.LightGray, Color.AliceBlue);
private void XtraTabbedMdiManager1_CustomDrawHeaderButton(object sender, XtraTab.HeaderButtonCustomDrawEventArgs e) {
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(myHatchBrush2, e.Bounds);
    e.DefaultDraw();
    e.Handled = true;
}

HatchBrush myHatchBrush1 = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.BackwardDiagonal, Color.LightGray, Color.AliceBlue);
private void XtraTabbedMdiManager1_CustomDrawTabHeader(object sender, XtraTab.TabHeaderCustomDrawEventArgs e) {
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(myHatchBrush1, e.Bounds);
    e.DefaultDrawText();
    e.DefaultDrawImage();
    e.DefaultDrawButtons();
    e.Handled = true;
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D

Private myHatchBrush2 As New HatchBrush(HatchStyle.DiagonalCross, Color.LightGray, Color.AliceBlue)
Private Sub XtraTabbedMdiManager1_CustomDrawHeaderButton(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As XtraTab.HeaderButtonCustomDrawEventArgs) _
    Handles xtraTabbedMdiManager1.CustomDrawHeaderButton
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(myHatchBrush2, e.Bounds)
    e.DefaultDraw()
    e.Handled = True
End Sub

Private myHatchBrush1 As New HatchBrush(HatchStyle.BackwardDiagonal, Color.LightGray, Color.AliceBlue)
Private Sub XtraTabbedMdiManager1_CustomDrawTabHeader(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As XtraTab.TabHeaderCustomDrawEventArgs) _
    Handles xtraTabbedMdiManager1.CustomDrawTabHeader
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(myHatchBrush1, e.Bounds)
    e.DefaultDrawText()
    e.DefaultDrawImage()
    e.DefaultDrawButtons()
    e.Handled = True
End Sub