Style WPF Tabs Like Visual Studio Tabs

Answer 1

It's definitely possible, through the use of a ControlTemplate. See this MSDN entry for an example of a TabControl ControlTemplate. You can use this as a starting point. Good luck!

Answer 2

Here is a nice tutorial that helped me styling tabs the way I want them to be: http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/the-wpf-tab-control-inside-and-out