DesignPropertyDescriptor Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 v17.12.40392

The purpose of DesignPropertyDescriptor is to allow us to customize the display name of the property in the property grid. None of the CLR implementations of PropertyDescriptor allow you to change the DisplayName.

public ref class DesignPropertyDescriptor : System::ComponentModel::PropertyDescriptor

public class DesignPropertyDescriptor : System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor

type DesignPropertyDescriptor = class
    inherit PropertyDescriptor

Public Class DesignPropertyDescriptor
Inherits PropertyDescriptor

Inheritance

PropertyDescriptor

DesignPropertyDescriptor

Constructors

DesignPropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor)

Constructor. Copy the base property descriptor and also hold a pointer to it for calling its overridden abstract methods.

Properties

ComponentType	Delegates to base.
Converter	Return type converter for property
DisplayName	Delegates to base.
IsReadOnly	Delegates to base.
PropertyType	Delegates to base.

Methods

CanResetValue(Object)	Delegates to base.
GetEditor(Type)	Delegates to base.
GetTypeFromNameProperty(String)	Convert name to a Type object.
GetValue(Object)	Delegates to base.
ResetValue(Object)	Delegates to base.
SetValue(Object, Object)	Delegates to base.
ShouldSerializeValue(Object)	Delegates to base.