PropertyGrid "help on each property"

[Steve Teeples]

Someone introduced me to PropertyGrid last night. It is a great feature for
what I need. A question though. I noticed that when I assign a "TextBox"
control to a property grid the description on each property is shown at the
bottom of the grid. Also, properties are divided into categories.

How can I do this with my own defined objects?

For example: I would like Name to be in one category with a description for
it and Days to be in another category with a description for it.

public Class A
{
public enum Days {Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri};
private Days days;
private string name;
public Class A() {}
public Days WeekDays
{
get { return days; }
set { days = value; }
}
public string AName
{
get { return name; }
set { name = value; }
}
}
--
Steve

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Steve,

In order to place a property in a certain category, apply the Category
attribute to the property with the name of the category you want the
property to appear in. This will cause all properties with the same
category to be grouped together.

To display a description, apply the Description attribute to the
property, and then it will show that string in the propertygrid.

Both attributes are in the System.Componen tModel namespace.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Steve Teeples" <St**********@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
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Someone introduced me to PropertyGrid last night. It is a great feature
for
what I need. A question though. I noticed that when I assign a "TextBox"
control to a property grid the description on each property is shown at
the
bottom of the grid. Also, properties are divided into categories.

How can I do this with my own defined objects?

For example: I would like Name to be in one category with a description
for
it and Days to be in another category with a description for it.

public Class A
{
public enum Days {Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri};
private Days days;
private string name;
public Class A() {}
public Days WeekDays
{
get { return days; }
set { days = value; }
}
public string AName
{
get { return name; }
set { name = value; }
}
}
--
Steve

[Steve Teeples]

This was perfect! Thanks.

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:

Steve,

In order to place a property in a certain category, apply the Category
attribute to the property with the name of the category you want the
property to appear in. This will cause all properties with the same
category to be grouped together.

To display a description, apply the Description attribute to the
property, and then it will show that string in the propertygrid.

Both attributes are in the System.Componen tModel namespace.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Steve Teeples" <St**********@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
news:C0******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Someone introduced me to PropertyGrid last night. It is a great feature
for
what I need. A question though. I noticed that when I assign a "TextBox"
control to a property grid the description on each property is shown at
the
bottom of the grid. Also, properties are divided into categories.

How can I do this with my own defined objects?

For example: I would like Name to be in one category with a description
for
it and Days to be in another category with a description for it.

public Class A
{
public enum Days {Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri};
private Days days;
private string name;
public Class A() {}
public Days WeekDays
{
get { return days; }
set { days = value; }
}
public string AName
{
get { return name; }
set { name = value; }
}
}
--
Steve