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Justin Stryker
Justin Stryker

Reputation: 373

What are the naming conventions for common controls while working within Visual Studio in C#?

I'm having trouble finding a site that goes into detail about naming conventions for the common controls of Visual Studio. Either a website or list would be appreciated.

I'm not looking for naming conventions for namespaces, classes, methods, or variables. I am looking for naming conventions for things like buttons and labels.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4922

Answers (3)

clamchoda
clamchoda

Reputation: 4991

Not quite sure if there is an actuall standard, as lots of developers like to argue pro's and cons on humpback and other notations.

I just finished up my program at fanshawe, and throughout the years they have recommended using hungarian notation.

That being said, here is some exmaples of how we were taught;

lblName - label
txtName - text box
cmbName - combo box
drpName = drop down

Really, you want to associaite the variable name with what the variable actually is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation

Upvotes: 1

satnhak
satnhak

Reputation: 9891

Best practices for C# GUI naming conventions?

It seems that this is still something of a theological war with no accepted convention in the wider community.

Upvotes: 3

Tejs
Tejs

Reputation: 41266

I typically use a rather simple convention:

_buttonSubmit (ASP:Button Called Submit)
_dropDownYear (ASP:DropDownList for Years)
_placeHolderSomething (ASP:PlaceHolder for something)

Now, winForms, WPF, or ASP.NET, I think it's a good idea to always prefix your name with the control type, so when using it in a code behind, you instantly know what it is. 

_radioButtonOne

Without mousing over for intellisense, you can be sure it's a Radio Button, etc. In addition, the '_' in front usually separates it from local variables as an instance specific member. 

_radioButtonOne.Checked = true;
someLocalVariable++;

Upvotes: 1

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