Rules to Better Interfaces (WinForms Controls)

• Controls - Do you include '-All-' option in your ComboBoxes?
• Controls - Do you include the number of results in ComboBoxes?
• Control Choice - Do you use GridView over the CheckedListBox?
• Control Choice - Do you use a GridView (over the ListBox)?
• Control Choice - Do you use ListView over GridView (was DataGrid) for ReadOnly? (Windows Forms only)
• Control Choice - Do you avoid using Group Box and use a line to organize your form?
• Control Choice - Do you know when to use options group Radio Buttons instead of ComboBox?
• Controls - Do you use a ToolTip to show the full text of hidden ListView data?
• Controls - Do you make the selected/enabled rows stand out in a datagrid?
• Controls - Do you extend the size of your ComboBoxes to show as many results as possible? (Windows Forms Only)
• Controls - Do you use Text Boxes for displaying data?
• Connection Stream - Do you use a UDL when getting database settings?
• Being Pedantic - Do your buttons have a mnemonic?
• Controls - Do you indicate when fields are "read only" or "calculated"?
• Controls - Do you set row select mode as "FullRowSelect" for DataGridView if it is read only? (Windows Forms Only)
• Being Pedantic - Do you use balloon tooltip?
• Do your controls autopostback?