Explore UI for WinForms Control Features
Once you have the controls working in your project, it's time to see what they can do. This article provides a short overview of how to get started with finding control functionality and use them.
Demos
To access the Live Demo simply click on the Windows Start button and type WinForms Demo.
If you are not able to find the Live Demos using that approach you can also download it directly from here.
Explore properties and tags
You can explore the available properties, events and inner tags of any control through the VS intellisense to get a quick glimpse of their concepts and availability.
Figure 1: Explore Control Properties in Form Designer
If you do not see the Property window, go to View > Properties Windows
Figure 2: Explore Control Properties in Code-Behind
Documentation
In addition to that, the documentation provides a section for each control that contains help articles on distinct features and API reference.
Figure 3: Typical control documentation structure
Design-time
Last, but not least, some most common tasks and configuration options are available under the Design Time folder of each control.
Figure 4: Smart Tag features
Next Steps
Below you can find guidance on changing the control appearance as well as next steps: