System.Windows.Forms.Design Namespace
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Contains classes that support design-time configuration and behavior for Windows Forms components. These classes consist of designer classes that provide support for Windows Forms components, a set of design-time services; UITypeEditor classes for configuring certain types of properties, and classes for importing ActiveX controls.
Classes
| AnchorEditor |
Provides a user interface for configuring an Anchor property. |
| AxImporter |
Imports ActiveX controls and generates a wrapper that can be accessed by a designer. |
| AxImporter.Options |
Represents a set of options for an AxImporter. |
| AxParameterData |
Represents a parameter of a method of a hosted ActiveX control. |
| AxWrapperGen |
Generates a wrapper for ActiveX controls for use in the design-time environment. |
| BorderSidesEditor |
Provides an editor for setting the BorderSides property. |
| ComponentDocumentDesigner |
Base designer class for extending the design mode behavior of a root design document that supports nested components. |
| ComponentEditorForm |
Provides a user interface for a WindowsFormsComponentEditor. |
| ComponentEditorPage |
Provides a base implementation for a ComponentEditorPage. |
| ComponentTray |
Provides behavior for the component tray of a designer. |
| ControlDesigner |
Extends the design mode behavior of a Control. |
| ControlDesigner.ControlDesignerAccessibleObject |
Provides an AccessibleObject for ControlDesigner. |
| DesignerOptions |
Provides access to get and set option values for a designer. |
| DockEditor |
Provides a user interface for specifying a Dock property. |
| DocumentDesigner |
Base designer class for extending the design mode behavior of, and providing a root-level design mode view for, a Control that supports nested controls and should receive scroll messages. |
| EventHandlerService |
Provides a systematic way to manage event handlers for the current document. |
| EventsTab |
Provides a PropertyTab that can display events for selection and linking. |
| FileNameEditor |
Provides a user interface for selecting a file name. |
| FolderNameEditor |
Provides a user interface for choosing a folder from the file system. |
| FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser |
Represents a dialog box that allows the user to choose a folder. This class cannot be inherited. |
| ImageListCodeDomSerializer |
Serializes string dictionaries. |
| ImageListImageEditor |
Provides an editor that can perform default file searching for bitmap (.bmp) files. |
| MaskDescriptor |
Defines a set of members for derived classes to provide options for the masked text box UI type editor. |
| MenuCommands |
Defines a set of CommandID fields that each correspond to a command function provided by the host environment. |
| ParentControlDesigner |
Extends the design mode behavior of a Control that supports nested controls. |
| PropertyTab |
Provides a base class for property tabs. |
| ScrollableControlDesigner |
Base designer class for extending the design mode behavior of a Control which should receive scroll messages. |
| ShortcutKeysEditor |
Provides an editor for picking shortcut keys. |
| ToolStripItemDesignerAvailabilityAttribute |
Specifies which types a ToolStripItem can appear in. This class cannot be inherited. |
| WindowsFormsComponentEditor |
Provides a base class for editors that use a modal dialog to display a properties page similar to an ActiveX control's property page. |
| WindowsFormsDesignerOptionService |
Provides access to get and set option values for a Windows Forms designer. |
Structs
| ThemedScrollbarWindow |
Represents a window and a value that indicates how its scrollbars should be themed when displayed in the Visual Studio designer. |
Interfaces
| AxImporter.IReferenceResolver |
Provides methods to resolve references to ActiveX libraries, COM type libraries or assemblies, or managed assemblies. |
| IContainsThemedScrollbarWindows |
Defines a method for getting information about how the scrollbars of windows need to be themed when displayed in the Visual Studio designer. |
| IMenuEditorService |
Provides access to the menu editing service. |
| IUIService |
Enables interaction with the user interface of the development environment object that is hosting the designer. |
| IWindowsFormsEditorService |
Provides an interface for a UITypeEditor to display Windows Forms or to display a control in a drop-down area from a property grid control in design mode. |
Enums
| ComponentActionsType |
Designer action items that can be associated with a component. |
| FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowserFolder |
Defines identifiers used to indicate the root folder for a folder browser to initially browse to. |
| FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowserStyles |
Defines identifiers used to specify behavior of a FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser. |
| SelectionRules |
Defines identifiers that are used to indicate selection rules for a component. |
| ThemedScrollbarMode |
A value that indicates whether the scrollbars of a window and its children will be themed when displayed in the Visual Studio designer. |
| ToolStripItemDesignerAvailability |
Specifies controls that are visible in the designer. |
