Setting default properties for toolbox items?

Question

I don't want the button I add to have dotted borders when clicked, so I found out that I can disable that by turning off the focus cues. I don't want to have to change settings like this for each individual button I add. Is there any way to set property defaults in Visual Studio?

possible duplicate of [Hiding dashed outline around trackbar control when selected](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1484270/hiding-dashed-outline-around-trackbar-control-when-selected) — DaveShaw, Dec 18 '11 at 22:40
@MatthiasKoch - good point, posted an answer with how to implement. — DaveShaw, Dec 18 '11 at 23:00
Possible duplicate: [How to set/change/remove focus style on a Button in C#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/148729/how-to-set-change-remove-focus-style-on-a-button-in-c) — Gert Arnold, Dec 19 '11 at 08:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '11 at 23:00

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What you need to do is create a new Control based on Button and use it throughout your application.

public class MyButton : System.Windows.Forms.Button
{
    protected override bool ShowFocusCues
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
}

answered Dec 18 '11 at 23:00

DaveShaw

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Although it is a solution, it is not an answer to the question. This would also force him to replace all present buttons with the new MyButton class. – Matthias Dec 18 '11 at 23:08
I don't think it's possible any other way. A quick peek with ILSpy at the code inside ShowFocusCues doesn't render anything that can be set. – DaveShaw Dec 18 '11 at 23:16

Setting default properties for toolbox items?

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