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How to change the fore color and back color of tabbed dock windows in DockingManager?
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BackColor and ForeColor of the items of the DockTab can be changed in WinForms DockingManager using following properties,
ActiveTabForeColor - Using this property ForeColor of the ActiveTab in DockTab can be changed.
InActiveTabForeColor - Using this property ForeColor of the InActiveTab in DockTab can be changed.
ActiveTabColor – Using this property BackColor of the ActiveTab in DockTab can be changed.
InactiveTabColor – Using this property BackColor of the InActiveTab in DockTab can be changed.
The following code example illustrate the same,
C#
dockingManager1.DockTabFont = new Font("Calibri", 10);
DockTabControl docktab;
DockHost dhost = this.panel3.Parent as DockHost;
if (dhost != null)
{
DockHostController dhc = dhost.InternalController as
DockHostController;
if (dhc != null && dhc.ParentController is DockTabController)
{
docktab = (dhc.ParentController as DockTabController).TabControl;
docktab.InActiveTabForeColor = Color.WhiteSmoke;
docktab.ActiveTabForeColor = Color.Brown;
docktab.TabPanelBackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke;
docktab.ActiveTabColor = Color.Yellow;
docktab.InactiveTabColor = Color.Black;
}
}
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