Vertical Tab Control with horizontal text in Winforms

Question

I would like to have the tabs on my TabControl displayed on the left, or sometimes right.
Unlike the System.Windows.Forms.TabControl, however, I would like the text to r

Answer 1

I have decided to share the code I developed since some people, such as Amit Andharia, would like to benefit from it.

This is the result after I had implemented Rob P.'s answer.

Release Notes:

• Full design time support
• Automatic resizing of tabs (up to 128px wide)
• Tab icons implemented
• Unused properties have been hidden

The code can be downloaded from here.