GUI controls prefixes
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List of GUI control prefixes for .NET WinForm controls
All GUI related variables should have a suitable prefix. This helps readability and shows a definite difference between normal variables and GUI related variables.
All prefixes for GUI variables should be in lower case.
Controls listed in the following table are grouped similar to the SharpDevelop IDE.
| Windows Forms | |
|---|---|
| Label | lbl |
| LinkLabel | llb |
| Button | btn |
| TextBox | txt |
| Panel | pnl |
| CheckBox | chk |
| RadioButton | rbt |
| ComboBox | cmb |
| ListBox | lst |
| CheckedListBox | clb |
| TreeView | tvw |
| ListView | lvw |
| TabControl | tab |
| + TabPage | tbp |
| PictureBox | pic |
| Splitter | spl |
| ToolBar | tbr |
| MonthCalendar | cal |
| DateTimePicker | dtp |
| TrackBar | trb |
| VScrollBar | vsb |
| HScrollBar | hsb |
| NumericUpDown | nud |
| DomainUpDown | dud |
| GroupBox | grp |
| PropertyGrid | prg |
| StatusBar | stb |
| + StatusBarPanel | stp |
| PrintPreviewControl | ppv |
| RichTextBox | rtb |
| ProgessBar | prb |
| ToolTip | tip |
| Components | |
| MainMenu | mnu |
| ContextMenu | cmu |
| + MenuItem | mni |
| NotifyIcon | nic |
| PrintDocument | prd |
| ImageList | iml |
| Timer | tmr |
| ErrorProvider | erp |
| HelpProvider | hlp |
| Dialogs | |
| OpenFileDialog | ofd |
| SaveFileDialog | svd |
| FontDialog | ftd |
| ColorDialog | cod |
| PageSetupDialog | psd |
| PrintPreviewDialog | pvd |
| PrintDialog | ptd |
| Data Controls | |
| DataGrid | grd |
| SourceGrid3 | grd |
| My User Controls | |
| UserControl | |
| > if it is simply a subform | uco |
| > if it is used like a control | use the prefix of the control where the user control is derived from + UC (eg. cmbUC) [in the case where a UserControl is a composite control of several controls: the prefix of the most important control of the controls that make up the UserControl] |
| Other | |
|---|---|
| WinForm | frm |
| Custom controls | cc |