Creating dynamic buttons on a TabPage

[MrPNW]

I have a WinForm in which I have multiple TabControls. Each tab is show/hidden based on a main-menu click. What I need to do is dynamically create an "Exit" button for each TabPage of each TabControl and then associate each button with a specific Btn_Click() event or multiple ones if need be. I'm doing this in C# which I'm new to. H E L P ! ! !

Thanks in advance

 

[Skydiver]

You would simply add a new Button to the Controls collection of that tab page in your code. The Button.Click event can accept more than one event handler.

See how to add controls using code:

Add Controls to a Form - Windows Forms

Learn how to add a control a form in Windows Forms for .NET

learn.microsoft.com

Or how to add controls at runtime:

How to: Add to or Remove from a Collection of Controls at Run Time - Windows Forms

Learn how to add controls to and remove controls from any container control on your forms, such as the Panel or GroupBox control, or even the form itself.

learn.microsoft.com

 

[kareninstructor]

Here is an example that placed a Button, bottom right, on each TabPage.

public class SpecialButton : Button
{
    public SpecialButton()
    {
        Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Right;
        Text = "Exit";
        Size = new(95, 29);

        ParentChanged += OnParentChanged;
    }

    private void OnParentChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (Parent is not TabPage tabPage) return;
        var margin = 10;
        Location = new(tabPage.ClientSize.Width - Width - margin, tabPage.ClientSize.Height - Height - margin);

        tabPage.SizeChanged += (s, ev) =>
        {
            Location = new(tabPage.ClientSize.Width - Width - margin, tabPage.ClientSize.Height - Height - margin);
        };
    }
}

public partial class FormButtons : Form
{
    public FormButtons()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        Shown += FormButtons_Shown;

    }

    private void FormButtons_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        foreach (TabPage page in tabControl1.TabPages)
        {
            var specialButton = new SpecialButton { Name = $"{page.Name}CloseButton" };
            specialButton.Click += SpecialButton_Click;
            page.Controls.Add(specialButton);
        }
    }

    private void SpecialButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var text = (sender as SpecialButton)?.Name;
        // TODO: Handle the button click event
    }
}

 

[Skydiver]

The key lines are lines 16 and 17 of the second chunk of code presented by @kareninstructor . They setup the event handler and the add the button.

 

[MrPNW]

*** removed unnecessary quote ***

Thanks Karen....that helped!