UI Controls Comparison
Below is a comparison of Xamarin.Forms controls with Windows Forms and WPF, based on this table.
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| Windows Forms | WPF | Xamarin.Forms |
|---|---|---|
| BindingNavigator | - | - |
| BindingSource | CollectionViewSource | Binding property, eg. BindingContext |
| Button | Button | Button |
| CheckBox | CheckBox | Switch |
| CheckedListBox | ListBox with composition. | ListView with composition. |
| ColorDialog | - | - |
| ComboBox | ComboBox (does not support auto-complete) | Picker |
| ContextMenuStrip | ContextMenu | - |
| DataGridView | DataGrid | - |
| DateTimePicker | DatePicker | DatePicker & TimePicker |
| DomainUpDown | TextBox and two RepeatButton controls. | Stepper |
| ErrorProvider | - | - |
| FlowLayoutPanel | WrapPanel or StackPanel | StackLayout or FlexLayout |
| FolderBrowserDialog | - | - |
| FontDialog | - | - |
| Form | Window | Page |
| GroupBox | GroupBox | - |
| HelpProvider | No equivalent control (use ToolTips). | - |
| HScrollBar | ScrollBar (Scrolling is built into container controls) | use ScrollView |
| ImageList | - | - |
| Label | Label | Label |
| LinkLabel | No equivalent control (you can use the Hyperlink class to host hyperlinks within flow content). | - |
| ListBox | ListBox | Use ListView |
| ListView | ListView | ListView |
| MaskedTextBox | - | - |
| MenuStrip | Menu | Consider MasterDetailPage or TabbedPage |
| MonthCalendar | Calendar | - |
| NotifyIcon | - | - |
| NumericUpDown | TextBox and two RepeatButton controls. | Stepper |
| OpenFileDialog | OpenFileDialog | - |
| PageSetupDialog | - | - |
| Panel | Canvas | View or AbsoluteLayout |
| PictureBox | Image | Image |
| PrintDialog | PrintDialog | - |
| PrintDocument | - | - |
| PrintPreviewControl | DocumentViewer | - |
| PrintPreviewDialog | - | - |
| ProgressBar | ProgressBar | ProgressBar |
| PropertyGrid | - | - |
| RadioButton | RadioButton | - |
| RichTextBox | RichTextBox | Editor does not support rich (formatted) text, Entry for single line text |
| SaveFileDialog | SaveFileDialog | - |
| ScrollableControl | ScrollViewer | ScrollView |
| SoundPlayer | MediaPlayer | - |
| SplitContainer | GridSplitter | Consider MasterDetailPage |
| StatusStrip | StatusBar | - |
| TabControl | TabControl | TabbedPage |
| TableLayoutPanel | Grid | Grid |
| TextBox | TextBox | Editor does not support rich (formatted) text |
| Timer | DispatcherTimer | Device.StartTime() |
| ToolStrip | ToolBar | Page.ToolbarItems and ToolbarItem |
| ToolStripContainer, ToolStripDropDown, ToolStripDropDownMenu, ToolStripPanel | ToolBar with composition. | Page.ToolbarItems and ToolbarItem with composition |
| ToolTip | ToolTip | Use Accessibility features |
| TrackBar | Slider | Slider |
| TreeView | TreeView | Consider hierarchical ListView in a NavigationPage |
| UserControl | UserControl | View and also Custom Renderers |
| VScrollBar | ScrollBar | use ScrollView |
| WebBrowser | WebBrowser | WebView |