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Zgrkpnr
Zgrkpnr

Reputation: 1231

How to use same textbox with other tabs on the tabcontrol?

Sorry for the simple question and also sorry if there is an answer on the site and I couldn't find.

I want to use same textbox in every tab that I use on my form. How can I do that?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3962

Answers (2)

Charlie
Charlie

Reputation: 9108

Put the TextBox in the parent control of the TabControl. It can hover over all the rest. You might need to rework the focus traversal though.

Upvotes: 1

Olivier Jacot-Descombes
Olivier Jacot-Descombes

Reputation: 112279

Add this to the TabControl's SelectedIndexChanged event handler.

private void tabControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    tabControl1.TabPages[tabControl1.SelectedIndex].Controls.Add(textBox1);
}

Adding a control to one tab page's Controls collection automatically removes it from the others.

Note: I have tested it by adding two lables on the form above the tab control and added these two lines to the method shown above:

label1.Text = tabControl1.TabPages[0].Controls.Count.ToString();
label2.Text = tabControl1.TabPages[1].Controls.Count.ToString();

Upvotes: 3

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