You can set the component to always or never display the tab strip, or to display only when there are at least two sheets.For more information and code examples, refer to these members:

• TabStripPolicy property of FpSpread class
• TabStripproperty of FpSpread class
• ButtonPolicy property of TabStrip class
• TabStripButtonPolicy enumeration

You can customize the appearance of the entire tab strip as well as the individual sheet name tabs.

You can set properties for the tab strip such as the background color (set the InterfaceRenderer property of FpSpread class to Nothing or null and visual styles to Off) and text font for the sheet tabs. The default sheet names are Sheet1, Sheet2, and so on. You can specify other names for the sheets and these appear in the sheet tabs. You can also allow the user to edit the sheet names.

For more information, refer to these class.

• SheetTab class
• TabStrip class

You can customize where the tab strip is displayed in the overall component.

For more information and code examples, refer to the TabStripPlacement property of the FpSpread class.

You can specify the width of the tab strip in relation to the overall scroll bar width, if the tab strip and scroll bar are displayed together in line.

You can set how wide the tab strip is, and therefore, how many sheet tabs are displayed. If the number of tabs exceeds the width of the tab strip, the component displays buttons. Click the buttons to display the next (or previous) sheet tabs. The width is set by setting the FpSpread TabStripRatio property of the FpSpread class, which sets the width of the tab strip as a percentage of the length of the entire component. By default, the ratio is set to 0.50 (area is divided 50% tab strip and 50% scroll bar).

For more information on setting the scroll bar properties, kindly refer to "Customizing the Scroll Bars.

You can specify that the pointer changes appearance when it is over the tab strip.Use the TabStrip value of the CursorType enumeration to display a pointer in the sheet tabs.

You can set which sheet tab to display as the left-most tab with the LeftTab property of the FpSpread class.

You can work with the following events and event handlers.

• OnSheetTabClick Method and OnSheetTabDoubleClick Method of FpSpread Class
• SheetTabClick Event
• SheetTabClickEventArgs Class
• SheetTabClickEventHandler Delegate
• SheetTabDoubleClick Event
• SheetTabDoubleClickEventArgs Class
• SheetTabDoubleClickEventHandler Delegate

The name of the event that occurs when a user clicks on the sheet name tab is the SheetTabClick event.The tab that the user has clicked can be determined by getting the SheetTabIndex value.

The following is sample code to get the tab name (sheet name) from the index of the sheet.

private void fpSpread1_SheetTabClick(object sender, FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetTabClickEventArgs e)
{
      string name = fpSpread1.Sheets[e.SheetTabIndex].SheetName;
}

Private Sub FpSpread1_SheetTabClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetTabClickEventArgs) Handles
FpSpread1.SheetTabClick
     Dim name as String = FpSpread1.Sheets(e.SheetTabIndex).SheetName
End Sub