how to add a new tab in web browser and statur bar/ status indicator like the one in google chrome?

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this is the web browser i got it from the sample i want to add tad and status indicator like the one in google chrome and i want to make the menu bar able to hide/show by the user and even Full screen features. How do i do that? Please help!Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Security.Permissions

<PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _
Public Class Form1
Inherits Form

Public Sub New()

Create the form layout. If you are using Visual Studio,
you can replace this code with code generated by the designer.
InitializeForm()

Load the users home page.
webBrowser1.GoHome()

End Sub


Displays the Save dialog box.
Private Sub saveAsToolStripMenuItem_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles saveAsToolStripMenuItem.Click

webBrowser1.ShowSaveAsDialog()

End Sub

Displays the Page Setup dialog box.
Private Sub pageSetupToolStripMenuItem_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles pageSetupToolStripMenuItem.Click

webBrowser1.ShowPageSetupDialog()

End Sub

Displays the Print dialog box.
Private Sub printToolStripMenuItem_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles printToolStripMenuItem.Click

webBrowser1.ShowPrintDialog()

End Sub

Displays the Print Preview dialog box.
Private Sub printPreviewToolStripMenuItem_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles printPreviewToolStripMenuItem.Click

webBrowser1.ShowPrintPreviewDialog()

End Sub

Displays the Properties dialog box.
Private Sub propertiesToolStripMenuItem_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles propertiesToolStripMenuItem.Click

webBrowser1.ShowPropertiesDialog()

End Sub

Selects all the text in the text box when the user clicks it.
Private Sub toolStripTextBox1_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles toolStripTextBox1.Click

toolStripTextBox1.SelectAll()

End Sub

Navigates to the URL in the address box when
the ENTER key is pressed while the ToolStripTextBox has focus.
Private Sub toolStripTextBox1_KeyDown( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyEventArgs) _
Handles toolStripTextBox1.KeyDown

If (e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter) Then
Navigate(toolStripTextBox1.Text)
End If

End Sub

Navigates to the URL in the address box when
the Go button is clicked.
Private Sub goButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles goButton.Click

Navigate(toolStripTextBox1.Text)

End Sub

Navigates to the given URL if it is valid.
Private Sub Navigate(ByVal address As String)

If String.IsNullOrEmpty(address) Then Return
If address.Equals("about:blank") Then Return
If Not address.StartsWith("http://") And _
Not address.StartsWith("https://") Then
address = "http://" & address
End If

Try
webBrowser1.Navigate(New Uri(address))
Catch ex As System.UriFormatException
Return
End Try

End Sub

Updates the URL in TextBoxAddress upon navigation.
Private Sub webBrowser1_Navigated(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs) _
Handles webBrowser1.Navigated

toolStripTextBox1.Text = webBrowser1.Url.ToString()

End Sub

Navigates webBrowser1 to the previous page in the history.
Private Sub backButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles backButton.Click

webBrowser1.GoBack()

End Sub

Disables the Back button at the beginning of the navigation history.
Private Sub webBrowser1_CanGoBackChanged( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles webBrowser1.CanGoBackChanged

backButton.Enabled = webBrowser1.CanGoBack

End Sub

Navigates webBrowser1 to the next page in history.
Private Sub forwardButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles forwardButton.Click

webBrowser1.GoForward()

End Sub

Disables the Forward button at the end of navigation history.
Private Sub webBrowser1_CanGoForwardChanged( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles webBrowser1.CanGoForwardChanged

forwardButton.Enabled = webBrowser1.CanGoForward

End Sub

Halts the current navigation and any sounds or animations on
the page.
Private Sub stopButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles stopButton.Click

webBrowser1.Stop()

End Sub

Reloads the current page.
Private Sub refreshButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles refreshButton.Click

Skip refresh if about:blank is loaded to avoid removing
content specified by the DocumentText property.
If Not webBrowser1.Url.Equals("about:blank") Then
webBrowser1.Refresh()
End If

End Sub

Navigates webBrowser1 to the home page of the current user.
Private Sub homeButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles homeButton.Click

webBrowser1.GoHome()

End Sub

Navigates webBrowser1 to the search page of the current user.
Private Sub searchButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles searchButton.Click

webBrowser1.GoSearch()

End Sub

Prints the current document Imports the current print settings.
Private Sub printButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles printButton.Click

webBrowser1.Print()

End Sub

Updates the status bar with the current browser status text.
Private Sub webBrowser1_StatusTextChanged( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles webBrowser1.StatusTextChanged

toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = webBrowser1.StatusText

End Sub

Updates the title bar with the current document title.
Private Sub webBrowser1_DocumentTitleChanged( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles webBrowser1.DocumentTitleChanged

Me.Text = webBrowser1.DocumentTitle

End Sub

Exits the application.
Private Sub exitToolStripMenuItem_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles exitToolStripMenuItem.Click

Application.Exit()

End Sub

The remaining code in this file provides basic form initialization and
includes a Main method. If you use the Visual Studio designer to create
your form, you can use the designer generated code instead of this code,
but be sure to use the names shown in the variable declarations here.

Private WithEvents webBrowser1 As WebBrowser

Private menuStrip1 As MenuStrip
Private WithEvents fileToolStripMenuItem, saveAsToolStripMenuItem, _
printToolStripMenuItem, printPreviewToolStripMenuItem, _
exitToolStripMenuItem, pageSetupToolStripMenuItem, _
propertiesToolStripMenuItem As ToolStripMenuItem
Private toolStripSeparator1, toolStripSeparator2 As ToolStripSeparator

Private toolStrip1, toolStrip2 As ToolStrip
Private WithEvents toolStripTextBox1 As ToolStripTextBox
Private WithEvents goButton, backButton, forwardButton, _
stopButton, refreshButton, homeButton, _
searchButton, printButton As ToolStripButton

Private statusStrip1 As StatusStrip
Private toolStripStatusLabel1 As ToolStripStatusLabel

Private Sub InitializeForm()

webBrowser1 = New WebBrowser()

menuStrip1 = New MenuStrip()
fileToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()
saveAsToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()
toolStripSeparator1 = New ToolStripSeparator()
printToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()
printPreviewToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()
toolStripSeparator2 = New ToolStripSeparator()
exitToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()
pageSetupToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()
propertiesToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem()

toolStrip1 = New ToolStrip()
goButton = New ToolStripButton()
backButton = New ToolStripButton()
forwardButton = New ToolStripButton()
stopButton = New ToolStripButton()
refreshButton = New ToolStripButton()
homeButton = New ToolStripButton()
searchButton = New ToolStripButton()
printButton = New ToolStripButton()

toolStrip2 = New ToolStrip()
toolStripTextBox1 = New ToolStripTextBox()

statusStrip1 = New StatusStrip()
toolStripStatusLabel1 = New ToolStripStatusLabel()

webBrowser1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill

menuStrip1.Items.Add(fileToolStripMenuItem)

fileToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.AddRange( _
New ToolStripItem() { _
saveAsToolStripMenuItem, toolStripSeparator1, _
pageSetupToolStripMenuItem, printToolStripMenuItem, _
printPreviewToolStripMenuItem, toolStripSeparator2, _
propertiesToolStripMenuItem, exitToolStripMenuItem _
})

fileToolStripMenuItem.Text = "&File"
saveAsToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Save &As..."
pageSetupToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Page Set&up..."
printToolStripMenuItem.Text = "&Print..."
printPreviewToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Print Pre&view..."
propertiesToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Properties"
exitToolStripMenuItem.Text = "E&xit"

printToolStripMenuItem.ShortcutKeys = Keys.Control Or Keys.P

toolStrip1.Items.AddRange(New ToolStripItem() { _
goButton, backButton, forwardButton, stopButton, _
refreshButton, homeButton, searchButton, printButton})

goButton.Text = "Go"
backButton.Text = "Back"
forwardButton.Text = "Forward"
stopButton.Text = "Stop"
refreshButton.Text = "Refresh"
homeButton.Text = "Home"
searchButton.Text = "Search"
printButton.Text = "Print"

backButton.Enabled = False
forwardButton.Enabled = False

toolStrip2.Items.Add(toolStripTextBox1)
toolStripTextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(250, 25)

statusStrip1.Items.Add(toolStripStatusLabel1)

Controls.AddRange(New Control() { _
webBrowser1, toolStrip2, toolStrip1, _
menuStrip1, statusStrip1, menuStrip1})
End Sub

<STAThread()> _
Public Shared Sub Main()
Application.EnableVisualStyles()
Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub

End Class

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