Adding Controls to a Form

You can add controls to your form in design mode by selecting them from the Toolbox.

To add a control

• In the Toolbox, click the control you want to add to your form and drag it onto your form. The control appears on your form in its default size.

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• In the Toolbox, double-click the control to add it to the center of your form. The control appears on your form in its default size. You can then drag it to the desired location.

Note   When a control is placed onto a form at design time, only the class name for the control is added. Code for the control is not generated until you close the form. If you modify an existing control in the Toolbox, you must close and reopen the form or reload the project so that the form picks up the updated class files for the control.

To resize a control

• Select the control you want to resize, and resize it with the sizing handles.

Note   You can also use SHIFT+ arrow keys to size the control.

To add event handler templates to a control

• Double-click a form or control to generate a method for the default event of the form or control. The event handler method is created in the Form class.

Note   You can also add event handlers through the events view in the Properties window.