Question

My app needs to be able to dynamically create new form elements and work with them. Right now I have a panel with buttons and labels in it. I need to be able to make a duplicate of this and show it in my app and then work with it.

For example, I have panel1. Inside are label1, button1, and button2.
Label 1 just counts up by seconds.
When you click button1, label1 starts counting up. When you click button2, the timer stops.
My problem is that I need to be able to duplicate panel1 many times and still have the new buttons correspond to the correct labels.

On button_click

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   Button theSender = (Button)sender;
   Panel parentPanel = (Panel)theSender.Parent;
}

From here, I can’t target any of the child control . I’m used to targeting and handles in jQuery, so I don’t even know the correct C# terminology for how to explain myself.

Answer 1

If understand your problem correctly, I recommend you to make a Usercontrol with a Panel and fill it with your Label, Button and whatever. Write the events for your buttons in the usercontrol. Then introduce this usercontrol in your form and it should work. You can introduce any number of usercontrols in your form and each button will behave/work for the label in that usercontrol only.

As you mentioned you are new in winforms and you are not sure what I am saying, let me know and I will help if I get enough time.

Hope it helps.