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WPF and Silverlight Edition Basic Library / TabControl / TabControl Features / Optional Tab Menu
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    The C1TabControl control allows you to add a drop-down menu that allows users to select a tab and tab page from a menu. When enabled, this drop-down menu is accessible from the control's tabstrip. The drop-down menu appears as follows:

    To activate the drop-down menu, simply set the C1TabControl.TabStripMenuVisibility property to Visible:

    To add a menu to the tabstrip, add TabStripMenuVisibility="Visible" to the <c1:C1TabControl> tag so that the markup resembles the following:

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    <c1:C1TabControl TabStripMenuVisibility="Visible"></c1:C1TabControl>

    Complete the following steps:

    1. Switch to Code view.
    2. Add the following code beneath the InitializeComponent() method:
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    C1TabControl1.TabStripMenuVisibility = Visible

     

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    c1TabControl1.TabStripMenuVisibility = Visible;
    1. Run the program.

    Complete the following steps:

    1. Select the C1TabControl control.
    2. In the Properties window, click the TabStripMenuVisibility drop-down arrow and select Visible from the list.