tabcontrol hair pull

[chris52672]

I am pulling my hair out as this should be simple and is not.

In the main form I have a Tabcontrol I have 3 tabs and when I start the program I want to have the middle tab up. This never seems to happen.

this.tabControl1.TabPages[1].Select();

I have also tried

this.tabControl1.TabPages[1].Show();

this.tabControl1.TabPages[1].Focus();

I would try
this.tabControl1.TabPages[1].Blowup(yeahh1!!!); If it would work but at this point .... It just gives me an error .

Help me before I am bald please.

[tlhintoq]

Have you tried...

tabControl.SelectTab(int index);

SelectTab Overloaded. Makes the specified tab the current tab.

TIP: Read through the MSDN Library about each new control you are learning. Read through each of its methods. You don't have to experiment with each one, but if you read through the definition of all the methods you have them stuck in the back of your head a little better.

TabControl members

[chris52672]

That did not work as the

tabControl.SelectTab(int index);

SelectTab option did not seem to exist

However it got me on the right track.


tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabPage2; This did work

tabControl1.SelectedTab = nameOfTheTab;

[tlhintoq]

@chris52672
Right...
SelectTab is a member of the TabControl control.
tabControl1 is your instance of a TabControl.
Just like your Form1 is an instance of a Form control.

You will almost always being using members with instance references.

If you had 4 tab controls on your page for example that would be the only way to instruct a specific control and not all of them...

TabControl1.SelectTab(4);
TabControl3.SelectTab(7);

and so on...

This is why it is very important to give your controls meaningful names when possible. If you created 17 buttons on a page do you really want code that looks like

Button17.backgroundcolor = color.blue;
Button4.enabled = false;

and so on?

btnSave.backgroundcolor = color.blue;
btnExit.enabled = false;

is so much easier to understand.