WinForm control Naming conventions for C #

Note: The section marked with a red letter here indicates that there is a repetition, and the alternative representation scheme in parentheses

1. Standard Controls

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Btn	Button
2	Chk	CheckBox
3	Ckl	CheckedListBox
4	Cmb	ComboBox
5	Dtp	DateTimePicker
6	LbL	Label
7	Llb	LinkLabel
8	Lst	ListBox
9	Lvw	Listview
10	Mtx	MaskedTextBox
11	Cdr	MonthCalendar
12	iCN	NotifyIcon
13	Nud	Numeircupdown
14	Pic	PictureBox
15	PRG (PGB)	ProgressBar
16	Rdo	RadioButton
17	Rtx	RichTextBox
18	Txt	Textbox
19	Tip	ToolTip
20	Tvw	Treeview
21st	Wbs	WebBrowser

2. container Controls

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Flp	FlowLayoutPanel
2	Grp	GroupBox
3	PnL	Panel
4	SPL (SPC)	SplitContainer
5	tab	TabControl
6	Tlp	TableLayoutPanel

3. menus and toolbars

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Cms	ContextMenuStrip
2	Mns	MenuStrip
3	Ssr	StatusStrip
4	Tsr	ToolStrip
5	Tsc	ToolStripContainer

4. Data

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Dts	DataSet
2	Dgv	DataGridView
3	BDs	BindingSource
4	Bdn	BindingNavigator
5	Rpv	ReportViewer

5. dialog Box

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Cld	ColorDialog
2	Fbd	FolderBrowserDialog
3	Fnd	FontDialog
4	Ofd	OpenFileDialog
5	SfD	SaveFileDialog

6. Components

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Bgw	BackgroundWorker
2	Dre	DirectoryEntry
3	Drs	DirectorySearcher
4	Err	ErrorProvider
5	Evl	EventLog
6	Fsw	FileSystemWatcher
7	Hlp	HelpProvider
8	Img	ImageList
9	Msq	MessageQueue
10	Pfc	PerformanceCounter
11	Prc	Process
12	Spt	SerialPort
13	Scl	ServiceController
14	Tmr	Timer

7. Printing

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Psd	PageSetupDialog
2	Prd	PrintDialog
3	Pdc	PrintDocument
4	Prv	PrintPreviewControl
5	Ppd	PrintPreviewDialog

8. Crystal Report

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Crv	Crystalreportviewer
2	Rpd	Reportdocument

9. Other

Serial number	Control type Shorthand	Control type
1	Dud	DomainUpDown
2	Hsc	HScrollBar
3	Prg	PropertyGrid
4	Spl	Splitter
5	Trb	TrackBar
6	Vsc	VScrollBar

Another version

Serial number	Control type	Control type Shorthand	Example of standard naming
1	Label	LbL	Lblmessage
2	LinkLabel	Llbl	Llbltoday
3	Button	Btn	Btnsave
4	Textbox	Txt	Txtname
5	MainMenu	Mmnu	Mmnufile
6	CheckBox	Chk	Chkstock
7	RadioButton	Rbtn	rbtnselected
8	GroupBox	Gbx	Gbxmain
9	PictureBox	Pic	Picimage
10	Panel	PnL	Pnlbody
11	Datagrid	Dgrd	Dgrdview
12	ListBox	Lst	Lstproducts
13	CheckedListBox	Clst	Clstchecked
14	ComboBox	Cbo	Cbomenu
15	Listview	Lvw	Lvwbrowser
16	Treeview	Tvw	Tvwtype
17	TabControl	Tctl	tctlselected
18	DateTimePicker	Dtp	Dtpstartdate
19	HscrollBar	Hsb	Hsbimage
20	VScrollBar	Vsb	Vsbimage
21st	Timer	Tmr	Tmrcount
22	ImageList	Ilst	Ilstimage
23	ToolBar	Tlb	Tlbmanage
24	StatusBar	StB	Stbfootprint
25	OpenFileDialog	Odlg	Odlgfile
26	SaveFileDialog	Sdlg	Sdlgsave
27	FolderBrowserDialog	Fbdlg	Fgdlgbrowser
28	FontDialog	Fdlg	Fdlgfoot
29	ColorDialog	Cdlg	Cdlgcolor
30	PrintDialog	Pdlg	Pdlgprint

WinForm control Naming conventions for C #