How do I make a TabPage's title text bold?

Question

Hello, I have some tabControl in C# Windows app. It has some tabPages. Does anyone kwows how to make the tabPage Text to become Bold..?

Answer 1

In Winforms you can change the DrawMode and paint all the captions on yourself.

See the MSDN Example.

Answer 2

private void tabControl1_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
        {

            Graphics g = e.Graphics;
            Brush _TextBrush;

            // Get the item from the collection.
            TabPage _TabPage = tabControl1.TabPages[e.Index];

            // Get the real bounds for the tab rectangle.
            Rectangle _TabBounds = tabControl1.GetTabRect(e.Index);

            if (e.State == DrawItemState.Selected)
            {
                // Draw a different background color, and don't paint a focus rectangle.
                _TextBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Blue);
                g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Gray, e.Bounds);
            }
            else
            {
                _TextBrush = new System.Drawing.SolidBrush(e.ForeColor);
               // e.DrawBackground();
            }

            // Use our own font. Because we CAN.
            Font _TabFont = new Font(e.Font.FontFamily, (float)9, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
            //Font fnt = new Font(e.Font.FontFamily, (float)7.5, FontStyle.Bold);

            // Draw string. Center the text.
            StringFormat _StringFlags = new StringFormat();
            _StringFlags.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
            _StringFlags.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;
            g.DrawString(tabControl1.TabPages[e.Index].Text, _TabFont, _TextBrush,
                         _TabBounds, new StringFormat(_StringFlags));

        }