How to change the background color of unused space tab in C# winforms?

Question

Ex

  |Tab1|Tab2|Tab3| {    }
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |                     |
  |____________________         


        

Answer 1

you can also create a custom tabcontrol as you did

public class mytab : TabControl
{
    public mytab()
        : base()
    {
        this.DrawMode = TabDrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed;
        this.DrawItem += new DrawItemEventHandler(tabControl1_DrawItem);
    }

    private void tabControl1_DrawItem(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs e)
    {
        Font fntTab;
        Brush bshBack;
        Brush bshFore;

        if (e.Index == this.SelectedIndex)
        {
            fntTab = new Font(e.Font, FontStyle.Bold);
            bshBack = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(e.Bounds, SystemColors.Control, SystemColors.Control, System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.BackwardDiagonal);
            bshFore = Brushes.Black;
            //bshBack = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(e.Bounds, Color.LightSkyBlue , Color.LightGreen, System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.BackwardDiagonal);
            //bshFore = Brushes.Blue;
        }
        else
        {
            fntTab = e.Font;
            bshBack = new SolidBrush(Color.Red);
            bshFore = new SolidBrush(Color.Aqua);

            //bshBack = new SolidBrush(Color.White);
            //bshFore = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
        }

        string tabName = this.TabPages[e.Index].Text;
        StringFormat sftTab = new StringFormat();
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(bshBack, e.Bounds);
        Rectangle recTab = e.Bounds;
        recTab = new Rectangle(recTab.X, recTab.Y + 4, recTab.Width, recTab.Height - 4);
        e.Graphics.DrawString(tabName, fntTab, bshFore, recTab, sftTab);


        Rectangle r = this.GetTabRect(this.TabPages.Count - 1);

        RectangleF tf =
            new RectangleF(r.X + r.Width,
            r.Y-5, this.Width - (r.X + r.Width)+5, r.Height+5);
        Brush b = Brushes.BlueViolet;

        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(b, tf);
    }

}