Getting Started with WinForms Button
This article shows how you can start using RadButton
.
Adding Telerik Assemblies Using NuGet
To use RadButton
when working with NuGet packages, install the Telerik.UI.for.WinForms.AllControls
package. The package target framework version may vary.
Read more about NuGet installation in the Install using NuGet Packages article.
With the 2025 Q1 release, the Telerik UI for WinForms has a new licensing mechanism. You can learn more about it here.
Adding Assembly References Manually
When dragging and dropping a control from the Visual Studio (VS) Toolbox onto the Form Designer, VS automatically adds the necessary assemblies. However, if you're adding the control programmatically, you'll need to manually reference the following assemblies:
- Telerik.Licensing.Runtime
- Telerik.WinControls
- Telerik.WinControls.UI
- TelerikCommon
The Telerik UI for WinForms assemblies can be install by using one of the available installation approaches.
Defining the RadButton
You can add RadButton either at design time or at run time:
Design Time
- To add a RadButton to your form, drag a RadButton from the toolbox onto the surface of the form designer.
- In the Properties section in Visual Studio change the Text property of RadButton.
- Double click the button to generate the Click event handler. Add the desired code to perform the required action.
- Click
F5
to start the application.
Run Time
To programmatically add a RadButton to a form, create a new instance of a RadButton, and add it to the form Controls collection. Subscribe to its Click event in order to perform the required action, e.g. showing a message box:
Adding a RadButton at runtime
RadButton myNewRadButton = new RadButton();
myNewRadButton.Text = "My New RadButton";
myNewRadButton.Width = 150;
myNewRadButton.Height = 50;
this.Controls.Add(myNewRadButton);
myNewRadButton.Click+=myNewRadButton_Click;
Dim myNewRadButton As New RadButton()
myNewRadButton.Text = "My New RadButton"
myNewRadButton.Width = 150
myNewRadButton.Height = 50
Me.Controls.Add(myNewRadButton)
AddHandler myNewRadButton.Click, AddressOf myNewRadButton_Click
private void myNewRadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RadMessageBox.Show("Clicked");
}
Private Sub myNewRadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
RadMessageBox.Show("Clicked")
End Sub
Telerik UI for WinForms Learning Resources
- Telerik UI for WinForms Button Component
- Getting Started with Telerik UI for WinForms Components
- Telerik UI for WinForms Setup
- Telerik UI for WinForms Application Modernization
- Telerik UI for WinForms Visual Studio Templates
- Deploy Telerik UI for WinForms Applications
- Telerik UI for WinForms Virtual Classroom(Training Courses for Registered Users)
- Telerik UI for WinForms License Agreement)