Let WPF Tabcontrol height assume height of largest item?

Question

Is there any way to have to tabcontrol take the size of the largest tab item (well, actually, the tabitem\'s content)?

Since the tabcontrol has no specific size assi

Answer 1

The problem is that the TabControl unloads and reloads its content as you switch tabs. Therefore it only knows about the size of the content in the currently active tab. You should be able to change the TabControl such that it never destroys its children, and they are always present (but maybe hidden).

This blog post by Eric Burke should get you started. From what I can tell by skimming his post, you will need to change it such that:

• All children are loaded when the TabControl is loaded.
• Children are hidden rather than collapsed when they are inactive