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Shayne Paterson
Shayne Paterson

Reputation: 23

Which Tab Control does Visual Studio 2008 use?

Which tab control does VS 2008 use and is it possible to reference and use it in C# projects? I have not been able to find anything on the web about it, but admittedly "VS2008 Tab Control" is a bit generic.

It's a great tab control and I would love to leverage it in my own projects.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1260

Answers (3)

leppie
leppie

Reputation: 117260

There is a wonderful one on SourceForge: WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking (or DockingSuite). Sorry no link (yet).

Update

Sourceforge link: Dock Panel Suite
Sample Project on CodeProject: A Visual Studio 2005-like Interface

Upvotes: 1

Phil Wright
Phil Wright

Reputation: 22926

The document editing area in Visual Studio 2008 is more than just a tab control. It allows you to place documents in a vertical or horizontal stack. There is nothing similar provided as part of the standard window forms controls. You need to either create your own control or buy a third party control that performs the same action.

Upvotes: 0

devnull
devnull

Reputation: 2860

The VS2008's tabbed MDI control is not available but there are some third party components that are quite good at it. Developer Express has one.

Further reading about tabbed MDI can be found on wikipedia

Upvotes: 0

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