--- 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" ms.assetid: 9e248549-10ca-43a3-bb5e-60f583d369f1 --- # LinkLabel Control Overview (Windows Forms) The Windows Forms control allows you to add Web-style links to Windows Forms applications. You can use the control for everything that you can use the 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 control, the control has properties for hyperlinks and link colors. The property sets the area of the text that activates the link. The , , and properties set the colors of the link. The event determines what happens when the link text is selected. The simplest use of the control is to display a single link using the property, but you can also display multiple hyperlinks using the property. The property enables you to access a collection of links. You can also specify data in the property of each individual object. The value of the property can be used to store the location of a file to display or the address of a Web site. ## See also - - [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)