ToolStripLabel.LinkVisited Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a link should be displayed as though it were visited.

public:
 property bool LinkVisited { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool LinkVisited { get; set; }

member this.LinkVisited : bool with get, set

Public Property LinkVisited As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if links should display as though they were visited; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to initialize a ToolStripLabel to contain a link by setting the IsLink, LinkColor, ActiveLinkColor, VisitedLinkColor, LinkVisited and LinkBehavior properties.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    private ToolStripLabel toolStripLabel1;
    private ToolStrip toolStrip1;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.toolStrip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip();
        this.toolStripLabel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLabel();
        this.toolStrip1.SuspendLayout();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // toolStrip1
        // 
        this.toolStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
            this.toolStripLabel1});
        this.toolStrip1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        this.toolStrip1.Name = "toolStrip1";
        this.toolStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 25);
        this.toolStrip1.TabIndex = 0;
        this.toolStrip1.Text = "toolStrip1";
        // 
        // toolStripLabel1
        // 
        this.toolStripLabel1.IsLink = true;
        this.toolStripLabel1.LinkBehavior = System.Windows.Forms.LinkBehavior.AlwaysUnderline;
        this.toolStripLabel1.Name = "toolStripLabel1";
        this.toolStripLabel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(71, 22);
        this.toolStripLabel1.Tag = "http://search.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?";
        this.toolStripLabel1.Text = "Search MSDN";
        this.toolStripLabel1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.toolStripLabel1_Click);
        // 
        // Form1
        // 
        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
        this.Controls.Add(this.toolStrip1);
        this.Name = "Form1";
        this.toolStrip1.ResumeLayout(false);
        this.toolStrip1.PerformLayout();
        this.ResumeLayout(false);
        this.PerformLayout();
    }

    private void toolStripLabel1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ToolStripLabel toolStripLabel1 = (ToolStripLabel)sender;

        // Start Internet Explorer and navigate to the URL in the
        // tag property.
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("IEXPLORE.EXE", toolStripLabel1.Tag.ToString());

        // Set the LinkVisited property to true to change the color.
        toolStripLabel1.LinkVisited = true;
    }
}

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1
   Inherits Form
   Private WithEvents toolStripLabel1 As ToolStripLabel
   Private toolStrip1 As ToolStrip
   
   Public Sub New()
      InitializeComponent()
   End Sub
   
   <STAThread()>  _
   Shared Sub Main()
      Application.EnableVisualStyles()
      Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
      Application.Run(New Form1())
   End Sub
   
   
   Private Sub InitializeComponent()
      Me.toolStrip1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip()
      Me.toolStripLabel1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLabel()
      Me.toolStrip1.SuspendLayout()
      Me.SuspendLayout()
      ' 
      ' toolStrip1
      ' 
      Me.toolStrip1.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.toolStripLabel1})
      Me.toolStrip1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
      Me.toolStrip1.Name = "toolStrip1"
      Me.toolStrip1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 25)
      Me.toolStrip1.TabIndex = 0
      Me.toolStrip1.Text = "toolStrip1"
      ' 
      ' toolStripLabel1
      ' 
      Me.toolStripLabel1.IsLink = True
      Me.toolStripLabel1.LinkBehavior = System.Windows.Forms.LinkBehavior.AlwaysUnderline
      Me.toolStripLabel1.Name = "toolStripLabel1"
      Me.toolStripLabel1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(71, 22)
      Me.toolStripLabel1.Tag = "http://search.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?"
      Me.toolStripLabel1.Text = "Search MSDN"
      ' 
      ' Form1
      ' 
      Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
      Me.Controls.Add(toolStrip1)
      Me.Name = "Form1"
      Me.toolStrip1.ResumeLayout(False)
      Me.toolStrip1.PerformLayout()
      Me.ResumeLayout(False)
      Me.PerformLayout()
   End Sub
    
   
   Private Sub toolStripLabel1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles toolStripLabel1.Click
      Dim toolStripLabel1 As ToolStripLabel = CType(sender, ToolStripLabel)
      
      ' Start Internet Explorer and navigate to the URL in the
      ' tag property.
      System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("IEXPLORE.EXE", toolStripLabel1.Tag.ToString())
      
      ' Set the LinkVisited property to true to change the color.
      toolStripLabel1.LinkVisited = True
   End Sub
End Class

Remarks

A LinkLabel control does not automatically denote that a link is a visited link. To display the link as a visited link, you can set the value of this property to true in an event handler for the click event of the LinkLabel. A visited link is displayed using the color specified in the VisitedLinkColor property of the ToolStripLabel control.