How to create a stylish tab contol with items inside it like visual studio 2010

Question

I want to develop an application. I want to create a stylish tab control and display pictures like Form1.cs looks like in visual studio tab control ,and i want to highlight it a yellow color when it is clicked.

you can understand by seeing this image,

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There would be a great appreciation if someone could help me.

Thanks In Advance.

http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/DockingTabWinForms/ — Samich, Dec 06 '11 at 07:25
possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3663603/icons-in-tabcontrol-c-sharp-how — Samich, Dec 06 '11 at 07:27
i want ditto same as it is like VS 2010 has can u please say me how can i do it . I dont want different tab same as VS 2010 has — Sharrok G, Dec 06 '11 at 07:44
VS2010 built on WPF, so you can achive such style by simple styling of the tabs. — Samich, Dec 06 '11 at 07:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '11 at 07:55

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You need WPF.

AFAIK, AvalonDock is one good library made for very similar look. You need to check its forum for examples and latest discussions.

answered Dec 06 '11 at 07:55

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '11 at 07:50

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Have you looked at WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)? The IDE Shell of Visual Studio 2010 (from the screenshot) has been written using WPF.

answered Dec 06 '11 at 07:50

Mark

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How to create a stylish tab contol with items inside it like visual studio 2010

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