C# WINFORMS CONTROLS ABBREVIATION

Here is a best practice in naming your controls instance with behind these prefixes. I've collected this from andyyou - a GitHub account.

A

AdRotator ar

B

Button btn

C

Calender cal
CheckBox chk
CheckBoxList chklst
Column (DataGridView) col
ColumnHeader (ListView) ch
Combobox cbo
CompareValidator cv
CrystalReportViewer rptvew

D

DataGrid dg
DataGridView dgv
DataList dl
DomainUpDown dud
DropDownList ddl

F

FileUpload ful
Form frm

G

GridView gv
GroupBox grp

H

HiddenField hf

I

Image img
ImageButton imgbtn
ImageList il

L

Label lbl
LinkButton lnkbtn
ListBox lst
ListView lv

M

MenuStrip ms

O

ObjectDataSource ods

P

PagedDataSource pds
Panel pnl
PictureBox pic

R

RadioButton rdo
RadioButtonList rdolst
RangeValidator rv
RegularExpressionValidator rev
Repeater rpt
RequiredFieldValidator rfv

S

StatusLabel slbl
StatusStrip ss

T

TabControl tab
Table tbl
TabPage tp
TextBox txt 
Timer tmr
ToolStrip ts
ToolStripButton tsbtn
ToolStripDropDownButton tsddb
ToolStripLabel tslbl
ToolStripMenuItem tsmi
TreeView tv/tvw

V

ValidatorSummary vs

W

WebBrowser

Link: https://gist.github.com/andyyou/3052671

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