How to easily reorder TabControl?

c# winforms visual-studio-2005 tabcontrol
CJ7 picture CJ7 · Aug 17, 2012 · Viewed 32k times · Source

I have a TabControl which I have designed in the VS2005 designer that has about 7 tabs.

How can I easily switch the order of the tabs around?

I put one tab at the end in a rush, but now I want it somewhere in the middle.

Answer

Paul Michaels picture Paul Michaels · Aug 17, 2012

In the properties of the tab control there's a TabPages collection. You should be able to shuffle them around in there. Just click the ellipses next to TabPages and a dialog will appear allowing you to move each one up or down in the order.

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