Label and LinkLabel deprecated

[Yvan Rodrigues]

What??? OK, more like **superceded**. I am currently writing a book on Windows Forms. It was a surprise to me, while fact-checking, that `Label` and `LinkLabel` have been "replaced" by `ToolStripLabel`. > The ToolStripLabel control replaces and adds functionality to the `Label` and `LinkLabel` controls. However, the `Label` and `LinkLabel` controls are retained for both backward compatibility and future use, if you choose. Link[^] So, no need to start changing our code, but I'm amazed I've never seen this before. :omg:

Yvan Rodrigues, C.Tech. Red Cell Innovation Inc.

[Richard Deeming]

I suspect it's just a poor choice of words in the documentation. The Label and LinkLabel classes are not marked as Obsolete, and you can't use the ToolStripLabel directly on a form:

ToolStripItem Class[^]

ToolStripItem controls must be contained in a ToolStrip, MenuStrip, StatusStrip, or ContextMenuStrip and cannot be added directly to a form.

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[Nitzan Levi]

Thanks for the info, funny how it takes them ages to change something that seem logical...