changing BackColor of TabControl

[Paiam Salavati]

I have to change the BackColor of the unused part to the right of the tabs
in a TabControl.

therefore I have overriden the onPaint-Method of TabControl like this:

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
base.OnPaint(e);


Rectangle rectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, this.Width, this.Height);

SolidBrush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Blue)

e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brush, rectangle);

}




the problem is now, that the tabs in my TabControl are not visible anymore,
because they have also the color YellowGreen.

How can I set the backgroundcolor of my TabControl without covering the
tabs?


does anybody have some experience with that kind of problem?

Any help will be greatly appreciated....

 

[Guest]

Shouldn't you be calling base.OnPaint(e) AFTER you paint your rectangle?
Otherwise you're simply painting over what base.OnPaint() is painting.

Pete

 

[Guest]

Sorry, I sent that off without thinking. That's not going to work, I don't
believe because base.OnPaint will then probably paint over what you're
painting. Does changing the BackColor property not do what you need?

Pete