Label in C# - GeeksforGeeks

23 Jul, 2019
In Windows Forms, Label control is used to display text on the form and it does not take part in user input or in mouse or keyboard events. The Label is a class and it is defined under System.Windows.Forms namespace. In windows form, you can create Label in two different ways:
1. Design-Time: It is the easiest method to create a Label control using the following steps:
Step 1: Create a windows form as shown in the below image:Visual Studio -> File -> New -> Project -> WindowsFormApp
Step 2: Drag the Label control from the ToolBox and drop it on the windows form. You are allowed to place a Label control anywhere on the windows form according to your need.
Step 3: After drag and drop you will go to the properties of the Label control to set the properties of the Label according to your need.Output:
Output:
2. Run-Time: It is a little bit trickier than the above method. In this method, you can set create your own Label control using the Label class. Steps to create a dynamic label:
Step 1: Create a label using the Label() constructor is provided by the Label class.// Creating label using Label class
Label mylab = new Label();

// Creating label using Label class
Label mylab = new Label();

Step 2: After creating Label, set the properties of the Label provided by the Label class.// Set the text in Label
mylab.Text = "GeeksforGeeks";

// Set the location of the Label
mylab.Location = new Point(222, 90);

// Set the AutoSize property of the Label control
mylab.AutoSize = true;

// Set the font of the content present in the Label Control
mylab.Font = new Font("Calibri", 18);

// Set the foreground color of the Label control
mylab.ForeColor = Color.Green;

// Set the padding in the Label control
 mylab.Padding = new Padding(6);

// Set the text in Label
mylab.Text = "GeeksforGeeks";

// Set the location of the Label
mylab.Location = new Point(222, 90);

// Set the AutoSize property of the Label control
mylab.AutoSize = true;

// Set the font of the content present in the Label Control
mylab.Font = new Font("Calibri", 18);

// Set the foreground color of the Label control
mylab.ForeColor = Color.Green;

// Set the padding in the Label control
 mylab.Padding = new Padding(6);

Step 3: And last add this Label control to form using Add() method.// Add this label to the form
this.Controls.Add(mylab);
Example:using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using System.Threading.Tasks;using System.Windows.Forms;  namespace WindowsFormsApp18 {  public partial class Form1 : Form {      public Form1()    {        InitializeComponent();    }      private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)    {          // Creating and setting the label        Label mylab = new Label();        mylab.Text = "GeeksforGeeks";        mylab.Location = new Point(222, 90);        mylab.AutoSize = true;        mylab.Font = new Font("Calibri", 18);        mylab.ForeColor = Color.Green;        mylab.Padding = new Padding(6);          // Adding this control to the form        this.Controls.Add(mylab);    }}}Output:
// Add this label to the form
this.Controls.Add(mylab);

Example:
using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using System.Threading.Tasks;using System.Windows.Forms;  namespace WindowsFormsApp18 {  public partial class Form1 : Form {      public Form1()    {        InitializeComponent();    }      private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)    {          // Creating and setting the label        Label mylab = new Label();        mylab.Text = "GeeksforGeeks";        mylab.Location = new Point(222, 90);        mylab.AutoSize = true;        mylab.Font = new Font("Calibri", 18);        mylab.ForeColor = Color.Green;        mylab.Padding = new Padding(6);          // Adding this control to the form        this.Controls.Add(mylab);    }}}
Output:
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