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This topic organizes all standard WinForms controls by Name, and uses the following format:

 

BindingNavigator (Data binding and navigation control)

Provides a toolbar-type interface to navigate and manipulate data on a form.

 

BindingSource (Data binding and navigation component)

Simplifies binding controls on a form to data by providing currency management, change notification, and other services.

 

Button (Commands)

Starts, stops, or interrupts a process

 

CheckBox (Value setting)

Displays a check box and a label for text. Generally used to set options.

 

CheckedListBox (Selection from a list)

Displays a scrollable list of items, each accompanied by a check box.

 

CheckedListBox (Value setting)

Displays a scrollable list of items, each accompanied by a check box.

 

ColorDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays the color picker dialog box that allows users to set the color of an interface element.

 

ComboBox (Selection from a list)

Displays a drop-down list of items.

 

ContextMenuStrip (Menu controls)

Creates custom context menus.

 

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The ContextMenuStrip is designed to replace the ContextMenu control.

 

DataGridView (Data display)

The DataGridView control provides a customizable table for displaying data. The DataGridView class enables customization of cells, rows, columns, and borders.

 

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The DataGridView control provides numerous basic and advanced features that are missing in the DataGrid control.

 

DateTimePicker (Date setting)

Displays a graphical calendar to allow users to select a date or a time.

 

DomainUpDown (Selection from a list)

Displays a list of text items that users can scroll through with up and down buttons.

 

FlowLayoutPanel (Grouping other controls)

Represents a panel that dynamically lays out its contents horizontally or vertically.

 

FolderBrowserDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays a dialog that allows users to browse, create, and eventually select a folder

 

FontDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays a dialog box that allows users to set a font and its attributes.

 

GroupBox (Grouping other controls)

Groups a set of controls (such as radio buttons) on a labeled, non-scrollable frame.

 

HelpProvider (User Help)

Provides pop-up or online Help for controls.

 

ImageList (Graphics storage)

Serves as a repository for images. ImageList controls and the images they contain can be reused from one application to the next.

 

Label (Read-only information display)

Displays text that users cannot directly edit.

 

LinkLabel (Read-only information display)

Displays text as a Web-style link and triggers an event when the user clicks the special text. Usually the text is a link to another window or a Web site.

 

ListBox (Selection from a list)

Displays a list of text and graphical items (icons).

 

ListView (Selection from a list)

Displays items in one of four different views. Views include text only, text with small icons, text with large icons, and a details view.

 

MaskedTextBox (Text editing)

Constrains the format of user input

 

MenuStrip (Menu controls)

Creates custom menus.

 

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The MenuStrip is designed to replace the MainMenu control.

 

MonthCalendar (Date setting)

Displays a graphical calendar to allow users to select a range of dates.

 

NotifyIcon (Commands)

Displays an icon in the status notification area of the taskbar that represents an application running in the background.

 

NumericUpDown (Selection from a list)

Displays a list of numerals that users can scroll through with up and down buttons.

 

OpenFileDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays a dialog box that allows users to navigate to and select a file. Panel control Grouping other controls Groups a set of controls on an unlabeled, scrollable frame.

 

PictureBox (Graphics display)

Displays graphical files, such as bitmaps and icons, in a frame.

 

PrintDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays a dialog box that allows users to select a printer and set its attributes.

 

PrintPreviewDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays a dialog box that displays how a control PrintDocument component will appear when printed.

 

ProgressBar (Read-only information display)

Displays the current progress of an operation to the user.

 

RadioButton (Value setting)

Displays a button that can be turned on or off.

 

RichTextBox (Text editing)

Enables text to be displayed with formatting in plain text or rich-text format (RTF).

 

SaveFileDialog (Dialog boxes)

Displays a dialog box that allows users to save a file.

 

SoundPlayer (Audio)

Plays sound files in the .wav format. Sounds can be loaded or played asynchronously.

 

SplitContainer (Grouping other controls)

Provides two panels separated by a movable bar.

 

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The SplitContainer control is designed to replace the Splitter control.

 

StatusStrip (Read-only information display)

Displays information about the application's current state using a framed area, usually at the bottom of a parent form.

 

TabControl (Grouping other controls)

Provides a tabbed page for organizing and accessing grouped objects efficiently

 

TableLayoutPanel (Grouping other controls)

Represents a panel that dynamically lays out its contents in a grid composed of rows and columns.

 

TextBox (Text editing)

Displays text entered at design time that can be edited by users at run time, or changed programmatically.

 

ToolStrip (Commands)

Creates toolbars that can have a Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or custom look and feel, with or without themes, and with support for overflow and run-time item reordering.

 

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The ToolStrip control is designed to replace the ToolBar control.

 

ToolTip (User Help)

Provides a pop-up window that displays a brief description of a control's purpose when the user rests the pointer on the control.

 

TrackBar (Value setting)

Allows users to set values on a scale by moving a “thumb” along a scale.

 

TreeView (Selection from a list)

Displays a hierarchical collection of node objects that can consist of text with optional check boxes or icons.

 

WebBrowser (Web page display)

Enables the user to navigate Web pages inside your form.

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