Description

Label is a control that displays text on a form. Use Label to add text that the user can't edit to a form.


Component properties

 Property

 Description

 Caption

 Specify the text string that labels the control.

 Font → Color

 Specifies the font color to use when displaying the text.

 Font → Name

 Identifies the typeface of the font.

 Font → Size

 Specifies the height of the font in points.

 Font → Style

 Determines whether the font is normal, italic, underlined, bold, and so on.

 Name

 Specifies the name of the component.

 Left

 Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the left edge of a component relative to its parent.

 Top

 Specifies the Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of a control, relative to its parent or containing control in pixels.

 Width

 Specifies the horizontal size of the control in pixels.

 Height

 Specifies the vertical size of the control in pixels.

 Visible

 Specifies whether the component appears onscreen.

 Anchors

 Specifies how the control is anchored to its parent. More info.



Additional properties

 Property

 Description

 Alignment

 Controls the horizontal placement of the text within the label.

 AutoSize

 Determines whether the size of the label automatically resizes to accommodate the text.

 BiDiMode

 Specifies the bi-directional mode for the component.

 Color

 Specifies the background color of the component.  This property works if the Transparent property = False

 Constraints

 Specifies the size constraints for the component.  It makes sense when using the Anchors property.

 Cursor

 Specifies the image used to represent the mouse pointer when it passes into the region covered by the component.

 Enabled

 Controls whether the component responds to mouse and keyboard events.

 Hint

 Hint contains the text string that appears when the user moves the mouse over the component. The hint will be shown if the ShowHint property = True

 Layout

 Specifies the vertical placement of the text within the label.

 ShowHint

 Determines whether the control displays a Help Hint when the mouse pointer rests momentarily on the component. See also property Hint

 Transparent

 Specifies whether controls that sit below the label on a form can be seen through the label.

 WordWrap

 Specifies whether the label text wraps when it is too long for the width of the label.