How insane. I had set the Appearance property of the Tabcontrol to "Buttons" and thought, "That looks cool!" I also set the Alignment to "Bottom". Something different and pretty slick-looking.
But then I spent the next few hours trying to figure out why my custom control that I dropped on one of these tab pages wouldn't render. I kept thinking there was something wrong with the custom control. Finally, after a Google, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.tabcontrol.appearance(VS.71).aspx explained it all.
Selecting "Buttons" or "FlatButtons" for the TabControl's Appearance property requires that the Alignment be "Top". Of course, the notation just says that the alignment must be "Top" or the "Buttons" won't display correctly. It doesn't say anything about any other controls, which is what I experienced.
Alignment to "Top" if altering the Appearance on the TabControl to Buttons or FlatButtons.
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