Naming Conventions

Control Naming Conventions

BackgroundWorker - bgwrk
BindingNavigator - bndnav
BindingSource - bndsrc
Button - btn
CheckBox - chk
CheckedListBox - chklb
ColorDialog - clrdlg
ComboBox - cmb
ContextMenuStrip - cms
DataGridView - grd (I don’t differentiate between variants)
DataSet - ds
DateTimePicker - dtpick
DirectoryEntry - dirent
DirectorySearcher - dirsrc
DomainUpDown - dupdn
ErrorProvider - err
EventLog - evtlog
FileSystemWatcher - fsw
FlowLayoutPanel - pnl (I don’t differentiate between variants)
FolderBrowserDialog - flddlg
FontDialog - fntdlg
GroupBox - grp
HelpProvider - hlp
HScrollBar - hscr
ImageList - imglst
Label - lbl
LinkLabel - lnklbl
ListBox - lb
ListView - lvw
MaskedTextBox - txt (I don’t differentiate between variants)
MenuStrip - mnustrp
MessageQueue - mq
MonthCalendar - cal
NotifyIcon - noticn
NumericUpDown - nupdn
OpenFileDialog - opndlg
PageSetupDialog - pgdlg
Panel - pnl (I don’t differentiate between variants)
PerformanceCounter - prfcnt
PictureBox - pic
PrintDialog - prndlg
PrintDocument - prndoc
PrintPreviewControl - ppc
PrintPreviewDialog - ppd
Process - proc
ProgressBar - prg
PropertyGrid - prpgrd
RadioButton - btn
RichTextBox - txt
SaveFileDialog - savdlg
SerialPort - prt
ServiceController - svcctr
SplitContainer - cntr
Splitter - splt
StatusStrip - stat
TabControl - tabctl
TableLayoutPanel - pnl (I don’t differentiate between variants)
TextBox - txt
Timer - tmr
ToolStrip - tstrp
ToolStripContainer - tstrpctr
ToolStripMenuItem - mnu
ToolTip - tip
TrackBar - tbar
TreeView - tvw
VScrollBar - vscr
WebBrowser - web
ReportViewer - rpt