Set TabPage Header Color

Question

Greetings,

I have a tab control and I want to have 1 of the tabs have it's text color changed on a event. I've found answers like C# - TabPage Color event and C# Winform: How to set the Base Color of a TabControl (not the tabpage) but using these sets all colors instead of one.

So I was hoping there is a way to implement this with the tab I wish to change as a method instead of a event?

Something like:

public void SetTabPageHeaderColor(TabPage page, Color color)  {     //Text Here } 

Answer 1

If you want to color the tabs, try the following code:

this.tabControl1.DrawMode = TabDrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed; this.tabControl1.DrawItem += new System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventHandler(this.tabControl1_DrawItem);  private Dictionary<TabPage, Color> TabColors = new Dictionary<TabPage, Color>(); private void SetTabHeader(TabPage page, Color color) {     TabColors[page] = color;     tabControl1.Invalidate(); } private void tabControl1_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e) {     //e.DrawBackground();     using (Brush br = new SolidBrush (TabColors[tabControl1.TabPages[e.Index]]))     {         e.Graphics.FillRectangle(br, e.Bounds);         SizeF sz = e.Graphics.MeasureString(tabControl1.TabPages[e.Index].Text, e.Font);         e.Graphics.DrawString(tabControl1.TabPages[e.Index].Text, e.Font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds.Left + (e.Bounds.Width - sz.Width) / 2, e.Bounds.Top + (e.Bounds.Height - sz.Height) / 2 + 1);          Rectangle rect = e.Bounds;         rect.Offset(0, 1);         rect.Inflate(0, -1);         e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.DarkGray, rect);         e.DrawFocusRectangle();     } } 

Answer 2

For WinForms users reading this - This ONLY works if you set your tab control's DrawMode to OwnerDrawFixed - the DrawItem event never fires if it's set to Normal.