I want to use a silverlight TabItem as a button container

Question

I want zero functionality and appearance. I also want it to be all the way to the right of the tab strip. does anyone have any pointers as to how I can accomplish this?

Answer 1

Not all visual features of a Control can be customized by the standard properties (BorderBrush, Background, etc.) You need to edit the ControlTemplate of the TabItem to hide the mouse over effect.

You will also need to edit the ControlTemplate of the parent TabControl. Put a transparent Rectangle over the strip that hosts the TabItems to capture mouse events. You will also need to set IsTabStop = false for al your TabItems to disable keyboard interaction.