DockingTab Overview / DockingTab Appearance and Behavior Properties / Text Orientation
Text Orientation

In addition to determining the layout of the tabs you can also customize the layout of the text in the tabs. You can use the TextDirection property to display the text horizontally, vertically, vertically from right to left, or vertically from left to right. The following table illustrates how the tabs appear when the TextDirection is set to Horizontal, VerticalLeft, or VerticalRight:

Property Setting Image
Horizontal Horizontal
VerticalLeft Vertical left
VerticalRight Vertical right

When you have text and an image displayed in the tab you may want to control whether the text is displayed above, below, to the left or to the right of the image. You can use TabLayout property to set the text above, below, to the left or to the right of the image in the tab.

Property Setting Image
TextOnRight Text on Right
TextonLeft Text on Left
TextAbove Text Above Tab Layout
TextBelow Text Below Tab Layout