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Create and Delete Tabbed Groups

To perform layout customization, first invoke Customization Mode. After customization has been completed, exit customization mode.

Combine Layout Items into a Tab Control

  1. Select a layout item that is to be added to a tab control by clicking it.

    You can select multiple items simultaneously by clicking them while holding the SHIFT key down.

  2. Right-click any of the selected layout items and select Group from the context menu:

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    Note that only adjacent selected layout items can be combined into a group, and only if the region occupied by them forms a rectangle. Otherwise, the Group command is not available when right-clicking the selection.

    As a result, a new group is created:

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  3. Right-click the group's caption and select Create Tabbed Group.

    EU_XtraLayout_LayoutControl_NewGroup_ContextMenu

    This creates a tab control with one tab displaying the contents of the original group.

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You can subsequently rename the created tab and customize the contents of tab pages using drag-and-drop and context menus, if required.

Combine Groups into a Tab Control

To transform a group into a tab control, right-click the group's caption and select Create Tabbed Group.

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To add a group as a tab page to an existing tab control, drag the group's caption onto the tab control's header area.

Rename Tab Pages

Do the following:

  1. Right-click a tab header and select Rename:

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  2. Type a new name and press ENTER.

Customize Tabbed Groups

To customize the layout of controls and the order of tab pages within a tab control , use drag-and-drop.

Ungroup Tabbed Groups

To disassemble a tab control into regular groups, right-click the tab control's header area and select Ungroup Tabbed Group.

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As a result, the tab control will be destroyed and all its tab pages will be displayed as regular groups, one below another.

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