tabcontrol align with visual effect problem

tabcontrol align with visual effect problem

• Chandru

  There are websites around that will convert that small a code snippet for you, but it's pretty straightforward.

   

  
  
  

• BlkShdw88

  im not familiar with rotate and translate transform. cgraus, can u show me the way thanks cgraus.

  is there any other ways to beat it is it a problem/bug that the vb team dont realise until today

  
  

• Gaturam

  It's a problem in the tab control, in C# and VB.NET.  It's been there for ages.  I created a class derived from TabControl and added a method to the DrawItem event, which contained this code:

   

  Rectangle rcTab = GetTabRect(e.Index);

  SizeF szText = e.Graphics.MeasureString(text, tab.Font);

  e.Graphics.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;

  if (tab.ImageIndex >= 0)

  {

  e.Graphics.DrawImage(ImageList.Images[tab.ImageIndex], rcTab.Left, rcTab.Bottom - rcTab.Width, rcTab.Width, rcTab.Width);

  }

  e.Graphics.TranslateTransform(rcTab.Left, rcTab.Top + szText.Width );

  e.Graphics.RotateTransform(270);

  e.Graphics.TextRenderingHint = System.Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit;

  e.Graphics.DrawString(text, internalFont, Brushes.Black, -12, 5);

  e.Graphics.ResetTransform();

   

  This will draw the label and the icon on the tab.  It assumes there is an icon, as there always is, in my code.

  
  
  

• Jelle van der Beek30865

  cgraus, thanks for the code. it seem it is written in C#. i will try to translate it to VB cos im not familiar with C#.
  

• Anthony Kautz

  I found the tab control in .NET to have all sorts of issues when you deviate from drawing a standard, tabs on top, horizontal text, tab control.  I beat it by making the text owner drawn and using a rotate and translate transform to draw my text so it reads from the bottom of the screen to the top.

   

  
  
  
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