Controls are instances of custom user controls that are placed in containers on a page.
Controls can be accessed via the Controls tab when a page is selected in the Project Browser.
![List of controls that belong to the Home page in the Project Browser. List of controls that belong to the Home page in the Project Browser.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image02.png)
They can also be accessed by selecting a page, then a container, and then switching to the Controls tab.
![List of controls that belong to container1 on the Home page. List of controls that belong to container1 on the Home page.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image04.png)
From the Project Explorer, controls can be accessed via the Show All Controls context menu action on a container.
![Show All Controls context menu option on container1 in the Project Explorer. Show All Controls context menu option on container1 in the Project Explorer.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image06.png)
The context menu option List will also open a list of controls.
![List context menu option on control1 on the Home page. List context menu option on control1 on the Home page.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image08.png)
A control can be located by entering the Id of the control in the configuration navigator.
![A control located in the configuration navigator. A control located in the configuration navigator.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image10.png)
The properties page of a control will be activated via the control Id link or by using the context menu option Open in the list of controls.
![Control properties page in the Project Browser. Control properties page in the Project Browser.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image14.png)
The context menu option Sync will synchronize the corresponding project configuration node in the Project Explorer.
![Control1 synched in the Project Explorer. Control1 synched in the Project Explorer.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image18.png)
The Rename option in the context menu allows changing the Id of the control.
![Rename context menu option in the Project Explorer. Rename context menu option in the Project Explorer.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image20.png)
Controls can be reordered in the container by dragging the control nodes in the Project Explorer.
![Control1 placed after control2 in container2. Control1 placed after control2 in container2.](/blog/2012/07/working-with-controls-in-designer/image24.png)