VB.Net - Label Control

The Label control represents a standard Windows label. It is generally used to display some informative text on the GUI which is not changed during runtime.
Let's create a label by dragging a Label control from the Toolbox and dropping it on the form.
The following are some of the commonly used properties of the Label control −
Autosize
Gets or sets a value specifying if the control should be automatically resized to display all its contents.
BorderStyle
Gets or sets the border style for the control.
FlatStyle
Gets or sets the flat style appearance of the Label control
Font
Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control.
FontHeight
Gets or sets the height of the font of the control.
ForeColor
Gets or sets the foreground color of the control.
PreferredHeight
Gets the preferred height of the control.
PreferredWidth
Gets the preferred width of the control.
TabStop
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can tab to the Label. This property is not used by this class.
Text
Gets or sets the text associated with this control.
TextAlign
Gets or sets the alignment of text in the label.
The following are some of the commonly used methods of the Label control −
GetPreferredSize
Retrieves the size of a rectangular area into which a control can be fitted.
Refresh
Forces the control to invalidate its client area and immediately redraw itself and any child controls.
Select
Activates the control.
Show
Displays the control to the user.
ToString
Returns a String that contains the name of the control.
The following are some of the commonly used events of the Label control −
AutoSizeChanged
Occurs when the value of the AutoSize property changes.
Click
Occurs when the control is clicked.
DoubleClick
Occurs when the control is double-clicked.
GotFocus
Occurs when the control receives focus.
Leave
Occurs when the input focus leaves the control.
LostFocus
Occurs when the control loses focus.
TabIndexChanged
Occurs when the TabIndex property value changes.
TabStopChanged
Occurs when the TabStop property changes.
TextChanged
Occurs when the Text property value changes.
Consult Microsoft documentation for detailed list of properties, methods and events of the Label control.
Following is an example, which shows how we can create two labels. Let us create the first label from the designer view tab and set its properties from the properties window. We will use the Click and the DoubleClick events of the label to move the first label and change its text and create the second label and add it to the form, respectively.
Take the following steps −
Drag and drop a Label control on the form.
Drag and drop a Label control on the form.
Set the Text property to provide the caption "This is a Label Control".
Set the Text property to provide the caption "This is a Label Control".
Set the Font property from the properties window.
Set the Font property from the properties window.
Click the label to add the Click event in the code window and add the following codes.
Click the label to add the Click event in the code window and add the following codes.
Public Class Form1
   Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) _
      Handles MyBase.Load
      
      ' Create two buttons to use as the accept and cancel buttons. 
      ' Set window width and height
      Me.Height = 300
      Me.Width = 560

      ' Set the caption bar text of the form.  
      Me.Text = "tutorialspont.com"
      ' Display a help button on the form.
      Me.HelpButton = True
   End Sub

   Private Sub Label1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) _
      Handles Label1.Click
      Label1.Location = New Point(50, 50)
      Label1.Text = "You have just moved the label"
   End Sub
   Private Sub Label1_DoubleClick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) 
      Handles Label1.DoubleClick
      Dim Label2 As New Label
      Label2.Text = "New Label"
      Label2.Location = New Point(Label1.Left, Label1.Height + _ 
	   Label1.Top + 25)
      Me.Controls.Add(Label2)
   End Sub
End Class
When the above code is executed and run using Start button available at the Microsoft Visual Studio tool bar, it will show the following window −
Clicking and double clicking the label would produce the following effect −