By default, the HotBackColor property is -1, which indicates no effect (use Color.Transparent for /NET assembly). The HotBackColor property sets the background color for the page's caption while cursor hovers it. The HotObject property retrieves or sets a value that indicates the index within current tab-skin, that changes its background while the cursor hovers the page. The HotForeColor property sets the foreground color for the page's caption while cursor hovers it.

The HotBackColor property changes the background color of:

• page, if the HotObject property is -1 or points to a non-existing part of the skin-objects
• a particular object as indicates by the HotObject property (for instance you can show just a colored-line when the cursor hovers the page)

The HotBackColor property has no effect if:

• -1
• the HotObject property points to a non-existing part of the skin-objects