Tab Controls Messages
The following table shows the tab controls messages, with a description of the purpose of each.
| Programming element | Description |
|---|---|
| TCM_ADJUSTRECT | This message calculates a tab control's display area specified a window rectangle or calculates the window rectangle that would correspond to a specified display area. |
| TCM_DELETEALLITEMS | This message removes all items from a tab control. |
| TCM_DELETEITEM | This message removes an item from a tab control. |
| TCM_DESELECTALL | This message resets items in a tab control, clearing any that were set to the TCIS_BUTTONPRESSED state. |
| TCM_GETCURFOCUS | This message returns the index of the item that has the focus in a tab control. |
| TCM_GETCURSEL | This message determines the currently selected tab in a tab control. |
| TCM_GETEXTENDEDSTYLE | This message retrieves the extended styles that are currently in use for the tab control. |
| TCM_GETIMAGELIST | This message retrieves the image list associated with a tab control. |
| TCM_GETITEM | This message retrieves information about a tab in a tab control. |
| TCM_GETITEMCOUNT | This message retrieves the number of tabs in the tab control. |
| TCM_GETITEMRECT | This message retrieves the bounding rectangle for a tab in a tab control. |
| TCM_GETROWCOUNT | This message retrieves the current number of rows of tabs in a tab control. |
| TCM_HIGHLIGHTITEM | This message sets the highlight state of a tab item. |
| TCM_HITTEST | This message determines which tab, if any, is at a specified screen position. |
| TCM_INSERTITEM | This message inserts a new tab in a tab control. |
| TCM_REMOVEIMAGE | This message removes an image from a tab control's image list. |
| TCM_SETCURFOCUS | This message sets the focus to a specified tab in a tab control. |
| TCM_SETCURSEL | This message selects a tab in a tab control. |
| TCM_SETEXTENDEDSTYLE | This message sets the extended styles that the tab control will use. |
| TCM_SETIMAGELIST | This message assigns an image list to a tab control. |
| TCM_SETITEM | This message sets some or all of a tab's attributes. |
| TCM_SETITEMEXTRA | This message sets the number of bytes per tab reserved for application-defined data in a tab control. |
| TCM_SETITEMSIZE | This message sets the width and height of tabs in a fixed-width or owner-drawn tab control. |
| TCM_SETMINTABWIDTH | This message sets the minimum width of items in a tab control. |
| TCM_SETPADDING | This message sets the amount of space (padding) around each tab's icon and label in a tab control. |
See Also
Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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