The Select method activates the control if the control's Selectable style bit is set to true in ControlStyles, it is contained in another control, and all its parent controls are both visible and enabled.

The Windows Forms controls in the following list are not selectable. Controls derived from controls in the list will also not be selectable.

• Label

• Panel

• GroupBox

• PictureBox

• ProgressBar

• Splitter

• LinkLabel (when there is no link present in the control)

The following code example selects the specified Control, if it is selectable.

Public Sub ControlSelect(control As Control)
   ' Select the control, if it can be selected.
   If control.CanSelect Then
      control.Select()
   End If
End Sub

public void ControlSelect(Control control)
{
   // Select the control, if it can be selected.
   if(control.CanSelect)
   {
      control.Select();
   }
}

public:
   void ControlSelect( Control^ control )
   {

      // Select the control, if it can be selected.
      if ( control->CanSelect )
      {
         control->Select(  );
      }
   }

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

.NET Framework

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