A Tab Control control combined with Tab Items controls are used for arranging visual content in a tabular form. You can modify the properties of these controls to customize characteristics such as the appearance and layout. Typically, the Tab Control control is accompanied by several Tab Item controls that enable selection of individual items inside the Tab Control. Use the following procedures to add a Tab Control control and Tab Item controls to a form.

To add a Tab Control control to a form

  1. Ensure that the Form Customization Toolbox pane is open and that the form that you want to customize is open in the authoring pane.

  2. Drag the Tab Control icon from the Form Customization Toolbox pane to the form. Click the Tab Control control on the form.

  3. Click any property in the Details pane to customize properties of the Tab Control control.

  4. Click File, and then click Save All to save the custom form to a management pack.

To add a Tab Item control to a form

  1. Add a Tab Control control as described above and select it on the form.

  2. Drag the Tab Item icon from the Form Customization Toolbox pane and drop it on the Tab Control control that it should be associated with.

  3. Right-click the Tab Item control, and select Edit Content. Enter the text that you want to appear as the label on the Tab Item. Click any property in the Details pane to customize other properties of the Tab Item control.

  4. Click File, and then click Save All to save the custom form to a management pack.