Infragistics2.Win.UltraWinTabControl.v8.1
SortDirection Enumeration
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Infragistics.Win.UltraWinTabControl Namespace : SortDirection Enumeration

Enumerator used to determine how tabs will be sorted in a data bound UltraTabStripControl.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Enum SortDirection 
   Inherits Enum
C# 
public enum SortDirection : Enum

Members

MemberDescription
Ascending The tabs will be sorted forwards.
Descending The tabs will be sorted backwards.

Example

The following code demonstrates how to set non-default values for many of the properties on the UltraTabStripControl.

Visual BasicCopy Code
    Imports Infragistics.Win
    Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinTabs
    Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinTabControl

    Private Sub InitializeTabStripControl()

        With Me.ultraTabStripControl1
            ' Set the image background to conform and align with the
            ' form's BackgroundImage
            .TabHeaderAreaAppearance.ImageBackground = Me.BackgroundImage
            .TabHeaderAreaAppearance.ImageBackgroundOrigin = ImageBackgroundOrigin.Form

            ' Enable hot tracking (tabs hightlight as the mouse passes over them)
            .HotTrack = True

            ' Set the layout style of the tabs to a multi-row style
            .TabLayoutStyle = TabLayoutStyle.MultiRowTabsPerRow

            ' Set the MultiRowSelectionStyle to highlight the selected tab
            .MultiRowSelectionStyle = MultiRowSelectionStyle.HighlightTab

            ' Set the # of tabs per row
            .TabsPerRow = 4

            ' Set the max # of visible rows to show
            .MaxVisibleTabRows = 5

            ' Set the spacing between tabs of the same row and between
            ' tab rows
            .InterTabSpacing = New DefaultableInteger(3)
            .InterRowSpacing = New DefaultableInteger(5)

            ' Note: the following code sets the spacing back to there
            ' default values
            '.InterTabSpacing = DefaultableInteger.Default
            '.InterRowSpacing = DefaultableInteger.Default

            ' Set the margins around the tab page.
            .TabPageMargins.Top = 2
            .TabPageMargins.Left = 2
            .TabPageMargins.Right = 2
            .TabPageMargins.Bottom = 2

            ' Set the TabKeyMember. This will automatically initialize
            ' each tab's Key property to the data value in that column.
            .TabKeyMember = "CustomerID"

            ' Set the TabTextMember. This will automatically initialize
            ' each tab's Text property to the data value in that column.
            .TabTextMember = "CustomerName"

            ' Set the ToolTipTextMember. This will automatically initialize
            ' each tab's ToolTipText property to the data value in that column.
            .ToolTipTextMember = "Address"

            ' Set the SortMember. This will automatically sort the tabs
            ' based on the data values in that column.
            .SortMember = "CustomerName"

            ' Set the direction of the sort.
            .SortDirection = SortDirection.Descending

            ' Create an in-memory data source
            Me.CreateData()

            ' Bind the tab strip to the data source
            ' Note: This clears the Tabs collection and re-populates it
            ' with a tab for every row in the data source.
            .SetDataBinding(Me.dataSource, "")
            ' Note: Calling SetDataBinding is the same as setting the
            ' DataSource and DataMember properties individually
            ' but it does it in one atomic operation.
            '.DataSource = Me.dataSource
            '.DataMember = '

        End With

        ' Set the data bindings for some textboxes
        'Me.txtCustomerID.DataBindings.Add("Text", Me.dataSource, "CustomerID")
        'Me.txtCustomerName.DataBindings.Add("Text", Me.dataSource, "CustomerName")

    End Sub

C#Copy Code
       using System.Diagnostics;
       using Infragistics.Win;
       using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinTabs;
       using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinTabControl;

       private void InitializeTabStripControl()
       {
           // Set the image background to conform and align with the
           // form's BackgroundImage
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabHeaderAreaAppearance.ImageBackground = this.BackgroundImage;
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabHeaderAreaAppearance.ImageBackgroundOrigin = ImageBackgroundOrigin.Form;

           // Enable hot tracking (tabs hightlight as the mouse passes over them)
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.HotTrack = true;

       // Set the layout style of the tabs to a multi-row style
       this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabLayoutStyle = TabLayoutStyle.MultiRowTabsPerRow;

       // Set the MultiRowSelectionStyle to highlight the selected tab
       this.ultraTabStripControl1.MultiRowSelectionStyle = MultiRowSelectionStyle.HighlightTab;

       // Set the # of tabs per row
       this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabsPerRow = 4;

           // Set the max # of visible rows to show
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.MaxVisibleTabRows = 4;

           // Set the spacing between tabs of the same row and between
           // tab rows
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.InterTabSpacing = 3;
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.InterRowSpacing = 5;

           // Note: The following code does the same
           //this.ultraTabStripControl1.InterTabSpacing = new DefaultableInteger( 3 );
           //this.ultraTabStripControl1.InterRowSpacing = new DefaultableInteger( 5 );
           
           // Note: the following code sets the spacing back to there
           // default values
           //this.ultraTabStripControl1.InterTabSpacing = DefaultableInteger.Default;
           //this.ultraTabStripControl1.InterRowSpacing = DefaultableInteger.Default;
   
           // Set the margins around the tab page.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabPageMargins.Top = 2;
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabPageMargins.Left = 2;
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabPageMargins.Right = 2;
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabPageMargins.Bottom = 2;

           // Set the TabKeyMember. This will automatically initialize
           // each tab's Key property to the data value in that column.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabKeyMember = "CustomerID";

           // Set the TabTextMember. This will automatically initialize
           // each tab's Text property to the data value in that column.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.TabTextMember = "CustomerName";

           // Set the ToolTipTextMember. This will automatically initialize
           // each tab's ToolTipText property to the data value in that column.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.ToolTipTextMember = "Address";

           // Set the SortMember. This will automatically sort the tabs
           // based on the data values in that column.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.SortMember = "CustomerName";

           // Set the direction of the sort.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.SortDirection = SortDirection.Descending;

           // Create an in-memory data source
           this.CreateData();

           // Bind the tab strip to the data source
           // Note: This clears the Tabs collection and re-populates it
           // with a tab for every row in the data source.
           this.ultraTabStripControl1.SetDataBinding( this.dataSource, "" );
           // Note: Calling SetDataBinding is the same as setting the
           //       DataSource and DataMember properties individually
           //       but it does it in one atomic operation.
           //this.ultraTabStripControl1.DataSource = this.dataSource;
           //this.ultraTabStripControl1.DataMember = "";

           // Set the data bindings for some textboxes
           //this.txtCustomerID.DataBindings.Add("Text", this.dataSource, "CustomerID");
           //this.txtCustomerName.DataBindings.Add("Text", this.dataSource, "CustomerName");

       }

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