How to get all control list of the Form in c#?

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how to get all controls of win form?

i have a winform like below in picture.
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and i want a list of all the controls of the MainForm.
Like this:
MainForm
Button1
Panel1
TextBox1
Panel2
Button2
TextBox2

Just loop through the controls that exist on the MainForm, Panel1, and Panel2. — Security Hound, Dec 18 '12 at 12:41

eMi · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-18T12:51:19.230

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Something like this should work (not perfect code by any means...just meant to get the idea across):

public IEnumerable<Control> GetSelfAndChildrenRecursive(Control parent)
{
    List<Control> controls = new List<Control>();

    foreach(Control child in parent.Controls)
    {
        controls.AddRange(GetSelfAndChildrenRecursive(child));
    }

    controls.Add(parent);

    return controls;
}

var result = GetSelfAndChildrenRecursive(topLevelControl)

edited Dec 18 '12 at 12:51

answered Dec 18 '12 at 12:41

eMi

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parent control should gobefore children? – slawekwin Dec 18 '12 at 12:44
mhm shouldn't be really important here :) – eMi Dec 18 '12 at 12:46
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just a suggestion :) already gave +1 – slawekwin Dec 18 '12 at 12:47

How to get all control list of the Form in c#?

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