Questions tagged [design-surface]
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Set Value of Property When Delete Key is Pressed in PropertyGrid
I am currently working on a project that hosts WinForms designer. I am using PropertyGrid to display manipulate properties of the controls that are dropped on the DesignSurface.
I have created UITypeEditor's to modify values of my custom controls…
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BeginResize/EndResize Event for Control on WinForms Design Surface
TLDR: I would like to know how I can create a hook into a begin-resize and an end-resize event for a design-time control instance on the designer surface.
Detail: Specifically, I am working with a design surface produced by a BasicLoader in the…
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Inherited Control Visible/Enabled Property Value Always True: PropertyGrid
I have created a custom WinForms hosting environment. Which has a toolbox and a PropertyGrid.
The controls displayed in the Toolbox are inherited from existing WinForm controls.
DropDownList Source:
public interface IPropertyFilter :…
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Serialize alread-built instance of a WinForms.Form to VB or C# Sourcecode, just like the IDE does
I have about 500 WinForms that are generated dynamically from XML files by an old app. I would like to automatically convert these to VB or C# code I can edit in the designer.
I can do it by hand, which would take forever...
Or write an app that…
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Need To Hide A Designer-Only Property From PropertyGrid For A .NET Winforms Control Part II
This is a follow-up question to: Need To Hide A Designer-Only Property From PropertyGrid For A .NET Winforms Control
I have replaced the default TypeDescriptorFilterService with my own implementation (so cool!), and the FilterProperties event…
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Need To Hide A Designer-Only Property From PropertyGrid For A .NET Winforms Control
I am deep into using the Winforms designer (System.ComponentModel.Design namespace) in my C#/.NET solution so that my users have access to a form designer within my running application. Much of it works well, but I ran into a very specific problem:…
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DesignSurface and Zoom
I am trying to implement Zoom feature on a DesignSurface, which uses .Net 2 based Designer time architecture.
I have two approaches to handle ZoomChanged event:
Unload the Design surface and reload with Zoomed content.
Identify the affected…
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Keeping Adorner Glyphs On Top for Selected Control in Winforms Designer
TLDR: I'm seeking the correct method for timing the rendering of a juxtaposed graphic for a particular control on a design surface so that the graphic always is painted ahead of the adornment glyphs when that control is selected.
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Broken Silverlight Design-Surface in VS2008
In VisualStudio 2008, the design surface is just empty since I added this style to App.xaml: