Label

One useful control in Windows Forms is the Label control. This control serves as an invisible frame where you can place text.

Control info

Labels can have lots of text, but often only have a few words. They can be mutated in your C# code using the Click event handler.

Click

Labels can be mutated through the event handler system. You can, for example, change the Text property whenever the user clicks on the label control.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication5
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void label1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Change the text of the label to a random file name.
            // ... Occurs when you click on the label.
            label1.Text = System.IO.Path.GetRandomFileName();
        }
    }
}

Font, color

We can change the color and font of a Label. To change the color of the text, open the Properties window for the label and scroll to ForeColor.

Font

It is also possible to change the font and font size. These options are available when you select Properties and then Font, and then expand the Font item with the plus sign.

A summary

The Label control in the Windows Forms toolkit is the ideal container for small text fragments in your window. The appearance of Labels can be adjusted in many ways.