Basic Controls

VB.Net provides a huge variety of controls that help you to create rich user interface. Functionalities of all these controls are defined in the respective control classes. The control classes are defined in the System.Windows.Forms namespace.

The following table lists some of the commonly used controls:

S.N.	Widget & Description
1	Forms The container for all the controls that make up the user interface
2	TextBox It represents a Windows text box control.
3	Label It represents a standard Windows label.
4	Button It represents a Windows button control.
5	ListBox It represents a Windows control to display a list of items.
6	ComboBox It represents a Windows combo box control.
7	RadioButton It enables the user to select a single option from a group of choices when paired with other RadioButton controls.
8	CheckBox Represents a Windows CheckBox.
9	PictureBox It represents a Windows picture box control for displaying an image.
10	ProgressBar It represents a Windows progress bar control.
11	ScrollBar It Implements the basic functionality of a scroll bar control.
12	DateTimePicker It represents a Windows control that allows the user to select a date and a time and to display the date and time with a specified format.
13	TreeView It displays a hierarchical collection of labeled items, each represented by a TreeNode.
14	ListView It represents a Windows list view control, which displays a collection of items that can be displayed using one of four different views.