Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

14.11. TabControl Control

The TabControl control creates tabbed windows, such as the ones we have seen in Visual Studio (Fig. 14.32). Tabs allow you to organize more complex GUIs. TabControls contain TabPage objects on which you can place controls, similar to Panels and GroupBoxes. Figure 14.33 depicts a sample TabControl.

Figure 14.32. Tabbed windows in Visual Studio.

[View full size image]

Figure 14.33. TabControl with TabPages example.

[View full size image]

You can add TabControls visually by dragging and dropping them onto a Form in Design ...