By default, the Toolbox provides several tabs that group related components together. With such a large number of components at your fingertips, having categorized tabs sometimes makes finding a particular tool easier. Each tab also contains a Pointer tool.
The following table lists the tools in various Toolbox tabs. You can use this table to help decide which tool to use for a particular purpose.
Common Controls | |||
Button | CheckBox | CheckedListBox | ComboBox |
DateTimePicker | Label | LinkLabel | ListBox |
ListView | MaskedTextBox | MonthCalendar | NotifyIcon |
NumericUpDown | PictureBox | ProgressBar | RadioButton |
RichTextBox | TextBox | ToolTip | TreeView |
WebBrowser | |||
Containers | |||
FlowLayoutPanel | GroupBox | Panel | SplitContainer |
TabControl | TableLayoutPanel | ||
Menus and Toolbars | |||
ContextMenuStrip | MenuStrip | StatusStrip | ToolStrip |
ToolStripContainer | |||
Data | |||
DataSet | DataGridView | BindingSource | BindingNavigator |
ReportViewer | |||
Components | |||
BackgroundWorker | DirectoryEntry | DirectorySearcher | ErrorProvider |
EventLog | FileSystemWatcher | HelpProvider | ImageList |
MessageQueue | PerformanceCounter | Process | SerialPort |
ServiceController | Timer | ||
Printing | |||
PageSetupDialog | PrintDialog | PrintDocument | PrintPreviewControl |
PrintPreviewDialog | |||
Dialog Boxes | |||
ColorDialog | FolderBrowserDialog | FontDialog | OpenFileDialog |
SaveFileDialog | |||
Crystal Reports | |||
CrystalReportViewer | ReportDocument |
One other section, General, is initially empty.
The following sections describe the tools shown in Figure G-1. Except for the generic pointer tool, all tools are presented in alphabetical order.