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title: "WebBrowser Control"
description: Learn about how the Windows Forms WebBrowser control hosts webpages and provides web browsing capabilities to your application.
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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  - "WebBrowser control [Windows Forms]"
  - "Web pages [Windows Forms], hosting in applications"
  - "Web pages [Windows Forms], Windows Forms controls"
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# WebBrowser Control (Windows Forms)
The Windows Forms `WebBrowser` control hosts webpages and provides web browsing capabilities to your application.  
  
## In This Section  
 [WebBrowser Control Overview](webbrowser-control-overview.md)  
 Explains what this control is and its key features and properties.  
  
 [WebBrowser Security](webbrowser-security.md)  
 Explains security issues related to the control.  
  
 [How to: Navigate to a URL with the WebBrowser Control](how-to-navigate-to-a-url-with-the-webbrowser-control.md)  
 Demonstrates how to use the control to navigate to a specific URL.  
  
 [How to: Print with a WebBrowser Control](how-to-print-with-a-webbrowser-control.md)  
 Demonstrates how to print a Web page without displaying it.  
  
 [How to: Add Web Browser Capabilities to a Windows Forms Application](how-to-add-web-browser-capabilities-to-a-windows-forms-application.md)  
 Describes how to initialize the control for use as a Web browser.  
  
 [How to: Create an HTML Document Viewer in a Windows Forms Application](how-to-create-an-html-document-viewer-in-a-windows-forms-application.md)  
 Describes how to initialize the control for use as an HTML viewer.  
  
 [How to: Implement Two-Way Communication Between DHTML Code and Client Application Code](implement-two-way-com-between-dhtml-and-client.md)  
 Describes how to set up two-way communication between your application code and DHTML in a Web page hosted by the control.  
  
 [Using the Managed HTML Document Object Model](using-the-managed-html-document-object-model.md)  
 Provides topics that describe how to manipulate or create HTML pages hosted by the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser> control.  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser> class  
 Describes this class and has links to all its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs>  
 Describes this class and has links to all its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler>  
 Describes this delegate.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserEncryptionLevel>  
 Describes this enumeration and all its values.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs>  
 Describes this class and has links to all its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserNavigatedEventHandler>  
 Describes this delegate.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs>  
 Describes this class and has links to all its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserNavigatingEventHandler>  
 Describes this delegate.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserProgressChangedEventArgs>  
 Describes this class and has links to all its members.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserProgressChangedEventHandler>  
 Describes this delegate.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserReadyState>  
 Describes this enumeration and all its values.  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserRefreshOption>  
 Describes this enumeration and all its values.  
  
## See also

- [Controls to Use on Windows Forms](controls-to-use-on-windows-forms.md)