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LinkBehavior Enumeration

Specifies the behaviors of a link in a LinkLabel.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

'Declaration
Public Enumeration LinkBehavior
'Usage
Dim instance As LinkBehavior

Member nameDescription
SystemDefaultThe behavior of this setting depends on the options set using the Internet Options dialog box in Control Panel or Internet Explorer.
AlwaysUnderlineThe link always displays with underlined text.
HoverUnderlineThe link displays underlined text only when the mouse is hovered over the link text.
NeverUnderlineThe link text is never underlined. The link can still be distinguished from other text by use of the LinkColor property of the LinkLabel control.

Use the members of this enumeration to set the value of the LinkBehavior property of the LinkLabel.

The following example demonstrates setting the LinkLabel.LinkBehavior property using the LinkBehavior enumeration. It alsodemonstrates setting the LinkLabel.LinkColor, Text and LinkVisited properties. To run this sample place it in a blank form and call the InitializeLinkLabel method from the form's constructor or Load method.


' Declare the LinkLabel object. 
Friend WithEvents LinkLabel1 As System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel

' Declare keywords array to identify links 
Dim keywords() As String 

Private Sub InitializeLinkLabel()
    Me.LinkLabel1 = New System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel
    Me.LinkLabel1.Links.Clear()
    ' Set the location, name and size. 
    Me.LinkLabel1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 20)
    Me.LinkLabel1.Name = "CompanyLinks" 
    Me.LinkLabel1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(104, 150)

    ' Set the LinkBehavior property to show underline when mouse 
    ' hovers over the links. 
    Me.LinkLabel1.LinkBehavior = _
        System.Windows.Forms.LinkBehavior.HoverUnderline
    Dim textString As String = "For more information see our" & _
       " company website or the research page at Contoso Ltd. " 

    ' Set the text property. 
    Me.LinkLabel1.Text = textString

    ' Set the color of the links to black, unless the mouse 
    ' is hovering over a link. 
    Me.LinkLabel1.LinkColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black
    Me.LinkLabel1.ActiveLinkColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue

    ' Add links to the LinkCollection using starting index and 
    ' length of keywords.
    keywords = New String() {"company", "research"}
    Dim keyword As String 
    For Each keyword In keywords
        Me.LinkLabel1.Links.Add(textString.IndexOf(keyword), keyword.Length)
    Next 

    ' Add the label to the form. 
    Me.Controls.Add(Me.LinkLabel1)
End Sub 

Private Sub LinkLabel1_LinkClicked(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs) _
    Handles LinkLabel1.LinkClicked

    Dim url As String 

    ' Determine which link was clicked and set the appropriate url. 
    Select Case LinkLabel1.Links.IndexOf(e.Link)
        Case 0
            url = "www.microsoft.com" 

        Case 1
            url = "www.contoso.com/research" 
    End Select 

    ' Set the visited property to True. This will change 
    ' the color of the link.
    e.Link.Visited = True 

    ' Open Internet Explorer to the correct url.
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("IExplore.exe", url)
End Sub

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

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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