Step 1: Creating a TabControl Application

In this step you'll begin in Visual Studio to create a WPF application which will use TabControl for WPF to manage user interactions.

To set up and add controls to your application, complete the following steps:

1. In Visual Studio, select File | New Project.

2. In the New Project dialog box, select either Windows Desktop from the Templates in the left-hand pane.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   New Project Dialog Box

3. Select WPF Application, depending on the template you chose.

4. Enter a Name for your project, for example "QuickStart", and click OK. In a WPF Application, the MainWindow.xaml file will open.

5. Add the following assemblies to your application by right-clicking the References folder and selecting add Reference or adding the following Nuget Package:

• C1.WPF.TabControl

6. In the Toolbox, double-click the C1TabControl icon to add the C1TabControl control to the application.

7. Add three tabs to the control by completing the following steps:

   1. Click the C1TabControl control once to select it.

   2. In the Properties window, click the Items ellipsis button .

      The Collection Editor: Items dialog box opens.

   3. Click the Add button three times to add three C1TabItems to the C1TabControl.

8. Click OK to close the Collection Editor: Items dialog box.

You have completed the first step of the TabControl for WPF quick start. In this step, you created a project and added a C1TabControl with three tabs to the project. In the next step, you will customize the control's tab pages.