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title: "LinkLabel Control Overview"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
f1_keywords: 
  - "LinkLabel"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "links [Windows Forms], LinkLabel control"
  - "Label control [Windows Forms], about Label control"
  - "LinkLabel control [Windows Forms], about LinkLabel control"
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# LinkLabel Control Overview (Windows Forms)
The Windows Forms <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel> control allows you to add Web-style links to Windows Forms applications. You can use the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel> control for everything that you can use the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.Label> control for; you can also set part of the text as a link to a file, folder, or Web page.  
  
## What You Can Do with the LinkLabel Control  
 In addition to all the properties, methods, and events of the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.Label> control, the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel> control has properties for hyperlinks and link colors. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.LinkArea%2A> property sets the area of the text that activates the link. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.LinkColor%2A>, <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.VisitedLinkColor%2A>, and <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.ActiveLinkColor%2A> properties set the colors of the link. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.LinkClicked> event determines what happens when the link text is selected.  
  
 The simplest use of the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel> control is to display a single link using the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.LinkArea%2A> property, but you can also display multiple hyperlinks using the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.Links%2A> property. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.Links%2A> property enables you to access a collection of links. You can also specify data in the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.Link.LinkData%2A> property of each individual <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.Link> object. The value of the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel.Link.LinkData%2A> property can be used to store the location of a file to display or the address of a Web site.  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel>
- [Label Control Overview](label-control-overview-windows-forms.md)
- [How to: Link to an Object or Web Page with the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control](link-to-an-object-or-web-page-with-wf-linklabel-control.md)
- [How to: Change the Appearance of the Windows Forms LinkLabel Control](how-to-change-the-appearance-of-the-windows-forms-linklabel-control.md)
