Color & TPageControl

[barryp]

Hi

In Delphi 2 TPageControl & TTabSheet had properties Color & ParentColor just like most other controls

Now in Delphi 5 I can't find these properties

How can I overcome this ?

Barryp

 

[EricDraven]

Are you trying to change the color of the pagecontrol or just the Tabsheets? If you only need to change the Tabsheets, you can drop a panel onto each sheet, remove the panels border, align the panels to alClient and set the panels color.

Im sure there must be a way of changing the pagecontrols color but I havent found one yet!

 

[barryp]

Eric

Thanks for the response

I've already got Panels on the TabSheets but it's the TAB itself which won't change color

Barryp

 

[EricDraven]

Just noticed, the parentcolor properties can be accessed by setting the OwnerDraw property to True. This works for both the pagecontrol and its individual TabSheets.

 

[barryp]

Sorry - don't follow you
I set OwnerDraw true, loose all my tabsheet labels & don't see any new properties

 

[EricDraven]

I cant seem to get the Tabs to change color now but I can change the color of the pages and the area surrounding the tabs.

PageControl1.Brush.Color := clBlue;
Tabsheet1.Brush.Color := clBlue;

Im sure that there is a way of changing the tab color and my guess is its a variation no the two lines of code above.

 

[EricDraven]

I cant seem to get the Tabs to change color now but I can change the color of the pages and the area surrounding the tabs.

PageControl1.Brush.Color := clBlue;
Tabsheet1.Brush.Color := clBlue;

Im sure that there is a way of changing the tab color and my guess is its a variation on the two lines of code above.