Files
docs-desktop/dotnet-desktop-guide/framework/winforms/controls/developing-a-composite-windows-forms-control.md

3.1 KiB

title, ms.date, helpviewer_keywords, ms.assetid
title ms.date helpviewer_keywords ms.assetid
Develop a Composite Control 03/30/2017
custom controls [Windows Forms], composite controls
composite controls [Windows Forms]
composite controls [Windows Forms], Windows Forms
controls [Windows Forms], composite
d086f2a3-baa3-4e09-b40c-a5bb3cfc51a6

Develop a composite Windows Forms control

You can develop a composite Windows Forms control by combining other Windows Forms controls. Composite controls that derive from xref:System.Web.UI.UserControl are called user controls. The base class, xref:System.Windows.Forms.UserControl, provides keyboard routing for the child controls, thus ensuring that child controls can receive focus. For an example of a user control, see the xref:System.Windows.Forms.UserControl sample in How to: Apply Attributes in Windows Forms Controls.

The Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio provides rich design-time support for authoring user controls.

See also