How do you change the text in the Titlebar in Windows Forms?

Question

I am trying to set a condition that would change the writing inside the title bar...

But how do I change the title bar text?

Answer 1

For changing the Title of a form at runtime we can code as below

public partial class FormMain : Form
{
    public FormMain()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.Text = "This Is My Title";
    }
}

Answer 2

All the answers that include creating an new object from Form class are absolutely creating new form. But you can use Text property of ActiveForm subclass in Form class. For example:

        public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        Form1.ActiveForm.Text = "Your Title";
    }

Answer 3

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    DateTime date = new DateTime();
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
}
    private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        date = DateTime.Now;
        this.Text = "Date: "+date;
    }
}

I was having some problems with inserting date and time into the name of the form. Finally found the error. I'm posting this in case anyone has the same problem and doesn't have to spend years googling solutions.

Answer 4

If you want to update it later, once "this" no longer references it, I had some luck with assigning a variable to point to the main form.

  static Form f0;
  public OrdUpdate()
  {
   InitializeComponent();
   f0=this;
  }
  // then later you can say
  f0.Text="New text";

Answer 5

Since nobody has given a proper answer that doesn't use the keyword this over and over or the property window has been "uncluttered" so that nothing is there anymore, here is 2022 code in a WinForm .net core app that will change the text and display the form when you run it.

    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Form1 form = new Form1();
        form.Text = "Your Text Here";
        Application.Run( form);                     
    }

Answer 6

this.Text = "Your Text Here"

Place this under Initialize Component and it should change on form load.