Getting Started: Common Controls

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10/14/2015

[This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation]

Common controls list

In the previous section, you worked with only two controls. Of course, there are many more controls that are available to you. Here are some common ones. The iOS controls are listed in alphabetical order, next to their equivalent Windows Store app controls.

iOS control (class/protocol)	Equivalent Windows Store app control
Activity indicator (UIActivityIndicatorView)	ProgressRing See also Quickstart: adding progress controls
Ad banner view (ADBannerView) and ad banner view delegate (ADBannerViewDelegate)	See Microsoft Advertising SDK
Button (UIButton)	Button See also Quickstart: Adding button controls
Date picker (UIDatePicker)	DatePicker
Image view (UIImageView)	Image See also Quickstart: Image and ImageBrush
Label (UILabel)	TextBlock See also Quickstart: displaying text
Map view (MKMapView) and map view delegate (MKMapViewDelegate)	See Bing Maps for Windows Store apps
Navigation controller (UINavigationController) and navigation controller delegate (UINavigationControllerDelegate)	Frame See also Quickstart: Navigating between pages
Page control (UIPageControl)	Page See also Quickstart: Navigating between pages
Picker view (UIPickerView) and picker view delegate (UIPickerViewDelegate)	ComboBox See also Adding combo boxes and list boxes
Progress bar (UIProgressView)	ProgressBar See also Quickstart: adding progress controls
Scroll view (UIScrollView) and scroll view delegate (UIScrollViewDelegate)	ScrollViewer See also Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) scrolling, panning, and zooming sample
Search bar (UISearchBar) and search bar delegate (UISearchBarDelegate)	See Adding search to an app See also Quickstart: Adding search to an app
Segmented control (UISegmentedControl)	None
Slider (UISlider)	Slider See also How to add a slider
Split view controller (UISplitViewController) and split view controller delegate (UISplitViewControllerDelegate)	None
Switch (UISwitch)	ToggleSwitch See also How to add a toggle switch
Tab bar controller (UITabBarController) and tab bar controller delegate (UITabBarControllerDelegate)	None
Table view controller (UITableViewController), table view (UITableView), table view delegate (UITableViewDelegate), and table cell (UITableViewCell)	ListView See also Quickstart: adding ListView and GridView controls
Text field (UITextField) and text field delegate (UITextFieldDelegate)	TextBox See also Quickstart: adding text input and editing controls
Text view (UITextView) and text view delegate (UITextViewDelegate)	TextBlock See also Quickstart: displaying text
View (UIView) and view controller (UIViewController)	Page See also Quickstart: Navigating between pages
Web view (UIWebView) and web view delegate (UIWebViewDelegate)	WebView See also XAML WebView control sample
Window (UIWindow)	Frame See also Quickstart: Navigating between pages