Button in C# - GeeksforGeeks

21 May, 2021
A Button is an essential part of an application, or software, or webpage. It allows the user to interact with the application or software. For example, if a user wants to exit from the current application so, he/she click the exit button which closes the application. It can be used to perform many actions like to submit, upload, download, etc. according to the requirement of your program. It can be available with different shape, size, color, etc. and you can reuse them in different applications. In .NET Framework, Button class is used to represent windows button control and it is inherited from ButtonBase class. It is defined under System.Windows.Forms namespace. In C# you can create a button on the windows form by using two different ways:1. Design-Time: It is the easiest method to create a button. Use the below steps:  
Step 1: Create a windows form as shown in the below image: Visual Studio -> File -> New -> Project -> WindowsFormApp  
Step 2: Drag the Button control from the ToolBox and drop it on the windows form. You are allowed to place a Button control anywhere on the windows form according to your need.  
Step 3: After drag and drop you will go to the properties of the Button control to set the properties of the Button.  
2. Run-Time: It is a little bit trickier than the above method. In this method, you can create your own Button using the Button class.  
Step 1: Create a button using the Button() constructor is provided by the Button class. 
// Creating Button using Button class
Button MyButton = new Button();
Step 2: After creating Button, set the properties of the Button provided by the Button class.  
// Set the location of the button
Mybutton.Location = new Point(225, 198);

// Set text inside the button
Mybutton.Text = "Submit";

// Set the AutoSize property of the button
 Mybutton.AutoSize = true;

// Set the background color of the button
Mybutton.BackColor = Color.LightBlue;

// Set the padding of the button
Mybutton.Padding = new Padding(6);

// Set font of the text present in the button
Mybutton.Font = new Font("French Script MT", 18);
Step 3: And last add this button control to form using Add() method.  
// Add this Button to form
this.Controls.Add(Mybutton);
Example: 
CSharp
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 WindowsFormsApp8 { public partial class Form1 : Form {     public Form1()    {        InitializeComponent();    }     private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)    {         // Creating and setting the properties of label        Label l = new Label();        l.AutoSize = true;        l.Text = "Do you want to submit this project?";        l.Location = new Point(222, 145);        l.Font = new Font("French Script MT", 18);        // Adding this label to form        this.Controls.Add(l);         // Creating and setting the properties of Button        Button Mybutton = new Button();        Mybutton.Location = new Point(225, 198);        Mybutton.Text = "Submit";        Mybutton.AutoSize = true;        Mybutton.BackColor = Color.LightBlue;        Mybutton.Padding = new Padding(6);        Mybutton.Font = new Font("French Script MT", 18);         // Adding this button to form        this.Controls.Add(Mybutton);         // Creating and setting the properties of Button        Button Mybutton1 = new Button();        Mybutton1.Location = new Point(360, 198);        Mybutton1.Text = "Cancel";        Mybutton1.AutoSize = true;        Mybutton1.BackColor = Color.LightPink;        Mybutton1.Padding = new Padding(6);        Mybutton1.Font = new Font("French Script MT", 18);         // Adding this button to form        this.Controls.Add(Mybutton1);    }}}
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