Can I remove the dotted focus rectangle over tabs on a TabControl?

Question

I have a tab control and need to remove the dotted focus rectangle around the selected tab.

I have set the TabStop property of the TabControl to false. However if I clic

Answer 1

Set the focus to tab instead of header (like this)

private void tabControl1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    (sender as TabControl).SelectedTab.Focus();
}

You will see dotted rectangle for a millisecond, as soon as the above event gets executed it will disappear.

Also, to remove dotted rectangle for default selected tab on load

private void tabControl1_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    (sender as TabControl).SelectedTab.Focus();
}

Both this changes worked for me! hope it helps somebody.