Thinking Out Loud

hmmm i like it!

Ray,

You will definately get a drink on me for this one :D This is very exciting, it is something that I even admittedly looked at other vendors, it helps massively when users are trying to identify particular types of forms open in a MDI environment. In the end I didn't go with the other vendor as having extra dependancies just didn't seem right for a simple colored tab.

This will be the first thing I will be implementing when 2011.2 is released. Great news and great work.

Out of interest how does this go with dark skins like halloween or darkroom? Does the color only cover the skinned area, for example skinds with sloped tabs? Any chance of getting a couple more screenshots of other skins?

Again, might be a small feature but has massive impact on final product.

Great news!! We needed it as well! I looks great on these flat themes. How does it look on some of the more glassier themes like Blue?

Finally! Looks great.

I'm also wondering how this will affect other skins like darkroom, pumpkin, spring, ...

Great! Fantastic! Brilliant! can you implement this in the MDI tabs too??? please....

go on, you know you want to...

I hope it is on the mdi tabs! That is the only place I would want to use it. I'm thinking of color tabs that indicate relationship between different tabs.

For those who are asking if it is on the MDI tabs and to implement it etc. Please read this line

Oh - and this feature is available for all controls providing a "tabbed" UI including the following: WinForms TabControl, TabbedMdiManager, DocumentManager and LayoutControl.

@Ray, the updated animation is perfect... absolutely brilliant implementation. Would be a little more perfect if the active tab remained colored as well, I realise this mightn't work in some tabs that only use color to represent active. If somehow you could have a lighter shade of the color or a gradient from the top to the middle of the color then continue with the skin would just allow that color grouping of tabs to remain even when selected. Other than that, it is genius.

^^ Agreed! Looks great with other skins too.

Ha! That is what I get for skimming the text. Too many picture books when I was growing up! Thanks for pointing it out!

Fantastic! This will come in very handy.

It seems I too am guilty of just skiming the text and paying more attention to the pictures... Now, when can I get my hands on a beta release??