If you want to add a control to a form, you can use the Toolbox on the left of Visual Studio. Move your mouse over to the Toolbox, and click the plus symbol next to Common Controls. You should see the following list of things that you can add to your form: Toolbox Click the Button item under the Common Controls heading. This will select it. Now click once anywhere on your form. A button will be drawn for you, and your Form will look like this: Form Similarly you can drag and drop different controls on the Form According to your requirements. The text on the button, which defaults to "button1", can be changed from properties windows. A property of a control is things like its Height, its Width, its Name, its Text, and a whole lot more ...