Naming convention for controls [duplicate]

Answer 1

I don't do WinForms for quite some time but what I did was two things.

• uncheck 'generate member' (or however it is called) for things like labels, etc. Basically ensuring I keep as fields only things I need.
• for those I need, set descriptive name. It if is necessary, append the name of the control (ie saveButton). If I don't feel like adding a control name adds any value I would not append the 'Button' and leave the name simply as 'save'.

Basically most of the time I would not create a member for save button at all. (If you have some save logic you still can have only OnSaving event handler subscribed to the button's Click event).

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms233630(v=vs.110).aspx

Answer 2

I don't have a convention as such, but I do try to be very broad with the 'type' portion of the name. e.g. Button, Link Button, Image Button tend to be named 'somethingButton'. Combo boxes, radio button lists all end up as 'somethingSelector'. TextBoxes and Calendars are 'somethingInput'. That way I get a rough idea of what sort of control it is without the name being tied to the actual implementation. If I decide to replace an option button group with a dropdown then no need to rename!

Answer 3

I believe that current thinking frowns upon including the control type in the name. I'd be inclined to treat them as another other object I'm using and follow the same naming convention.

Certainly use meaningful naming, that goes without saying :) However, at the end of the day, if your naming convention still makes sense to you when you revisit your code months later then I'd probably stick with it.

Answer 4

Yes, you need meaningful identifiers for any variable - control or not - the default names are only because your IDE knows nothing about your problem domain and so can't always 'guess' a better name.

Answer 5

Here are some common ones:

frm  Form
mnu  Form menu
cmd  Command button
chk  Check button
opt  Radio button
lbl  Text label
txt  Text edit box
pb   Picture box
pic  Picture
lst  List box
cbo  Combo box
tmr  Timer

A longer list is at INFO: Object Hungarian Notation Naming Conventions for VB.

Answer 6

Yes change those names

For me:

• Button btnDescription

• TextBox txtDescription

• ComboBox cboDescription

etc...