# RibbonProofingTab.FindItem Method

> Finds a control that has the provided RibbonProofingTab.RibbonItem identifier.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > RibbonProofingTab.FindItem Method
- **491 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonproofingtab/finditem-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonproofingtab/finditem-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonproofingtab/finditem-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Finds a control that has the provided [RibbonProofingTab.RibbonItem](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonproofingtab/ribbonitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt) identifier.

### Syntax

```csharp
public Control FindItem(RibbonProofingTab.RibbonItem ribbonItem);
```

```vbnet
Public Function FindItem(ribbonItem As RibbonProofingTab.RibbonItem) As Control
```

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| ribbonItem | Specifies the identifier of the requested control. |

### Return Value

The requested control, if found. Otherwise null.

### Examples

The following example finds a matching item in the ribbon proofing tab.

```csharp
System.Windows.Forms.Control result = ribbonProofingTab.FindItem(TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonProofingTab.RibbonItem.TXITEM_SpellingAndHyphenationGroup);
result?.Select();
```

```vbnet
Dim result As System.Windows.Forms.Control = ribbonProofingTab.FindItem(TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonProofingTab.RibbonItem.TXITEM_SpellingAndHyphenationGroup)
If result IsNot Nothing Then result.Select()
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonProofingTab Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonproofingtab/constructor/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonProofingTab.RibbonDropDownItem Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonproofingtab/ribbondropdownitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt)