control to show steps to do something in winforms

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i want to show steps on how to cook something in winform c# .net as steps. Something like a set of text area would be nice but:

-> list box considers the whole string of one step as one item so user needs to scroll horizontally to view the whole step.

-> datagridview is also not suitable as i want the text to word wrapped.

i also want the user to be able to edit the step. any suggestions of custom control would be nice.

possible duplicate of [Controlling user workflow in Winforms](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2064196/controlling-user-workflow-in-winforms) — Hans Passant, Oct 12 '11 at 08:40

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 12 '11 at 07:36

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Maybe a wizard like app would be suitable for you. AFAIK there's no native wizard control in C# but you could implement one using tabs or using one of many in the web.

edited Oct 12 '11 at 07:36

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answered Oct 12 '11 at 03:02

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '11 at 15:28

A multi line text box will do the job great. just take a simple text box and do the following to it, and it will turn to a text area:

                     TextBox listBoxNewInput  = new TextBox();
                    //Initialize label's property

                    listBoxNewInput.Multiline = true;
                    // Add vertical scroll bars to the TextBox control.
                    listBoxNewInput.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical;
                    // Allow the RETURN key in the TextBox control.
                    listBoxNewInput.AcceptsReturn = true;
                    // Allow the TAB key to be entered in the TextBox control.
                    listBoxNewInput.AcceptsTab = true;
                    // Set WordWrap to true to allow text to wrap to the next line.
                    listBoxNewInput.WordWrap = true;

                    listBoxNewInput.Width = 315;
                    listBoxNewInput.Height = 150;
                    listBoxNewInput.DoubleClick += new EventHandler(listBoxNewInput_DoubleClick);

                    flowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.TopDown;
                    flowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(labelInput);
                    flowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.TopDown;
                    flowLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(list

BoxNewInput);

control to show steps to do something in winforms

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