Also, if you don't want the custom control to show in the ToolBox, add. Now that you have a control to visually select the DashStyle, you need to add an IWindowsFormsEditorService to make it work in the editor. Instead of just listing the text values, each DashStyle is drawn in that style. The BorderStyleEditor uses a simple CustomControl class ( LineStyleListBox) that inherits the ListBox and draws its own items in the DrawItem event. One uses an owner-drawn listbox ( BorderStyleEditor) and the other uses a separate UserControl, kind of like a mini-form. I have two kinds of DropDowns demonstrated.
Here is where you place a UserControl that edits and returns the property value. The DropDown mode creates an area that drops down below the property value. IsDropDownResizable - Indicates if a grip handle is visible to allow the user to resize the dropdown.PaintValue - Paints the graphic in the display value.GetPaintValueSupported - Returns True to allow overriding the PaintValue method.Sometimes, you want to have a small graphic representation displayed next to the text value, as in the color box next to the color name in a color type property like ForeColor. Optional if the following features are wanted. EditValue - Edits the property value using the UITypeEditor.GetEditStyle - Gets the editor style used by the EditValue method.What if you want a more visual way of choosing property values? UITypeEditors is the answer. ( Note: In addition, Font also has a Modal option.)Įnd Enum Private _FillType As eFillType = eFillType.Solid
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TabIndex -> Edit the value directly in the display textbox.īackgroundImageLayout -> Dropdown list of enumerated string values.įoreColor -> Dropdown area with graphical selection interface.īackgroundImage -> Separate dialog form opens to select the property value.įont -> Property with plus sign next to it to expand out all the child properties. These are the basic property types and a common example:
Different property value types have different interface types to edit their value. It converts the value 0 to the string " False" and the value -1 to the string " True". The value is either 0 or -1, but the property grid doesn't display this. For example, a control's Visible property is type Boolean. The property value displayed in the property grid is a string representation of the actual property value. This demo uses UITypeEditors, Smart Tags, ControlDesigner Verbs, and Expandable Properties. This gave me lots of options to demonstrate different design time editors. To demonstrate the Property Editors, I decided to make a control that draws itself in a selected shape. Hey Spiceheads,I've recently found that the account termination process has many steps in Office 365 depending on what the account is. When a client terminates an employee, we immediately Block Sign-In:This gives us time to plan out the next steps or send.This article assumes you have basic knowledge on creating a simple UserControl, so I am not going to go into much detail on creating one here.