ComponentDesigner Class

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.ComponentModel.Design

Assembly:: System.Design.dll

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.Design.dll

Source:: ComponentDesigner.cs

Source:: ComponentDesigner.cs

Source:: ComponentDesigner.cs

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Extends the design mode behavior of a component.

public ref class ComponentDesigner : IDisposable, System::ComponentModel::Design::IDesigner, System::ComponentModel::Design::IDesignerFilter

public ref class ComponentDesigner : IDisposable, System::ComponentModel::Design::IComponentInitializer, System::ComponentModel::Design::IDesignerFilter, System::ComponentModel::Design::ITreeDesigner

public class ComponentDesigner : IDisposable, System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesigner, System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerFilter

public class ComponentDesigner : IDisposable, System.ComponentModel.Design.IComponentInitializer, System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerFilter, System.ComponentModel.Design.ITreeDesigner

type ComponentDesigner = class
    interface IDesigner
    interface IDisposable
    interface IDesignerFilter

type ComponentDesigner = class
    interface ITreeDesigner
    interface IDesigner
    interface IDisposable
    interface IDesignerFilter
    interface IComponentInitializer

Public Class ComponentDesigner
Implements IDesigner, IDesignerFilter, IDisposable

Public Class ComponentDesigner
Implements IComponentInitializer, IDesignerFilter, IDisposable, ITreeDesigner

Inheritance: Object
ComponentDesigner

Derived: System.Diagnostics.Design.ProcessDesigner

System.Diagnostics.Design.ProcessModuleDesigner

System.Diagnostics.Design.ProcessThreadDesigner

System.Messaging.Design.MessageDesigner

System.ServiceProcess.Design.ServiceControllerDesigner

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Implements: IDesigner IDesignerFilter IDisposable IComponentInitializer ITreeDesigner

Examples

The following code example provides an example ComponentDesigner implementation and an example component associated with the designer. The designer implements an override of the Initialize method that calls the base Initialize method, an override of the DoDefaultAction method that displays a MessageBox when the component is double-clicked, and an override of the Verbs property accessor that supplies a custom DesignerVerb menu command to the shortcut menu for the component.

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Design.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::ComponentModel::Design;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

// Provides an example component designer.
ref class ExampleComponentDesigner: public ComponentDesigner
{
public:
   ExampleComponentDesigner()
   {
   }

   // This method provides an opportunity to perform processing when a designer is initialized.
   // The component parameter is the component that the designer is associated with.
   virtual void Initialize( IComponent^ component ) override
   {
      // Always call the base Initialize method in an of this method.
      ComponentDesigner::Initialize( component );
   }

   // This method is invoked when the associated component is double-clicked.
   virtual void DoDefaultAction() override
   {
      MessageBox::Show( "The event handler for the default action was invoked." );
   }

   // This method provides designer verbs.
   property DesignerVerbCollection^ Verbs 
   {
      virtual DesignerVerbCollection^ get() override
      {
         array<DesignerVerb^>^ newDesignerVerbs = {gcnew DesignerVerb( "Example Designer Verb Command", gcnew EventHandler( this, &ExampleComponentDesigner::onVerb ) )};
         return gcnew DesignerVerbCollection( newDesignerVerbs );
      }
   }

private:
   // Event handling method for the example designer verb
   void onVerb( Object^ sender, EventArgs^ e )
   {
      MessageBox::Show( "The event handler for the Example Designer Verb Command was invoked." );
   }
};

// Provides an example component associated with the example component designer.

[DesignerAttribute(ExampleComponentDesigner::typeid, IDesigner::typeid)]
ref class ExampleComponent: public Component
{
public:
   ExampleComponent(){}
};

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ExampleComponent
{	
    // Provides an example component designer.
    public class ExampleComponentDesigner : System.ComponentModel.Design.ComponentDesigner
    {
        public ExampleComponentDesigner()
        {
        }

        // This method provides an opportunity to perform processing when a designer is initialized.
        // The component parameter is the component that the designer is associated with.
        public override void Initialize(System.ComponentModel.IComponent component)
        {
            // Always call the base Initialize method in an override of this method.
            base.Initialize(component);
        }

        // This method is invoked when the associated component is double-clicked.
        public override void DoDefaultAction()
        {
            MessageBox.Show("The event handler for the default action was invoked.");
        }

        // This method provides designer verbs.
        public override System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerVerbCollection Verbs
        {
            get
            {
                return new DesignerVerbCollection( new DesignerVerb[] { new DesignerVerb("Example Designer Verb Command", new EventHandler(this.onVerb)) } );
            }
        }

        // Event handling method for the example designer verb
        private void onVerb(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("The event handler for the Example Designer Verb Command was invoked.");
        }
    }

    // Provides an example component associated with the example component designer.
    [DesignerAttribute(typeof(ExampleComponentDesigner), typeof(IDesigner))]
    public class ExampleComponent : System.ComponentModel.Component
    {		
        public ExampleComponent()
        {
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace ExampleComponent

    ' Provides an example component designer.
    Public Class ExampleComponentDesigner
        Inherits System.ComponentModel.Design.ComponentDesigner

        Public Sub New()
        End Sub

        ' This method provides an opportunity to perform processing when a designer is initialized.
        ' The component parameter is the component that the designer is associated with.
        Public Overrides Sub Initialize(ByVal component As System.ComponentModel.IComponent)
            ' Always call the base Initialize method in an override of this method.
            MyBase.Initialize(component)
        End Sub

        ' This method is invoked when the associated component is double-clicked.
        Public Overrides Sub DoDefaultAction()
            MessageBox.Show("The event handler for the default action was invoked.")
        End Sub

        ' This method provides designer verbs.
        Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Verbs() As System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerVerbCollection
            Get
                Return New DesignerVerbCollection(New DesignerVerb() {New DesignerVerb("Example Designer Verb Command", New EventHandler(AddressOf Me.onVerb))})
            End Get
        End Property

        ' Event handling method for the example designer verb
        Private Sub onVerb(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            MessageBox.Show("The event handler for the Example Designer Verb Command was invoked.")
        End Sub
    End Class

    ' Provides an example component associated with the example component designer.
    <DesignerAttribute(GetType(ExampleComponentDesigner), GetType(IDesigner))> _
     Public Class ExampleComponent
        Inherits System.ComponentModel.Component

        Public Sub New()
        End Sub
    End Class

End Namespace 'ExampleComponent

Remarks

The ComponentDesigner base designer class provides a simple designer that can extend the behavior of an associated component in design mode.

ComponentDesigner provides an empty IDesignerFilter interface implementation, whose methods can be overridden to adjust the attributes, properties and events of the associated component at design time.

You can associate a designer with a type using a DesignerAttribute. For an overview of customizing design-time behavior, see Extending Design-Time Support.

The ComponentDesigner class implements a special behavior for the property descriptors of inherited components. An internal type named InheritedPropertyDescriptor is used by the default ComponentDesigner implementation to stand in for properties that are inherited from a base class. There are two cases in which these property descriptors are added.

To the root object itself, which is returned by the IDesignerHost.RootComponent property, because you are inheriting from its base class.
To fields found in the base class of the root object. Public and protected fields from the base class are added to the designer so that they can be manipulated by the user.

The InheritedPropertyDescriptor class modifies the default value of a property, so that the default value is the current value at object instantiation. This is because the property is inherited from another instance. The designer defines resetting the property value as setting it to the value that was set by the inherited class. This value may differ from the default value stored in metadata.

Constructors

ComponentDesigner()

Initializes a new instance of the ComponentDesigner class.

Properties

ActionLists	Gets the design-time action lists supported by the component associated with the designer.
AssociatedComponents	Gets the collection of components associated with the component managed by the designer.
Component	Gets the component this designer is designing.
InheritanceAttribute	Gets an attribute that indicates the type of inheritance of the associated component.
Inherited	Gets a value indicating whether this component is inherited.
ParentComponent	Gets the parent component for this designer.
SetTextualDefaultProperty
ShadowProperties	Gets a collection of property values that override user settings.
Verbs	Gets the design-time verbs supported by the component that is associated with the designer.

Methods

Dispose()	Releases all resources used by the ComponentDesigner.
Dispose(Boolean)	Releases the unmanaged resources used by the ComponentDesigner and optionally releases the managed resources.
DoDefaultAction()	Creates a method signature in the source code file for the default event on the component and navigates the user's cursor to that location.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
Finalize()	Attempts to free resources by calling `Dispose(false)` before the object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetService(Type)	Attempts to retrieve the specified type of service from the design mode site of the designer's component.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
Initialize(IComponent)	Prepares the designer to view, edit, and design the specified component.
InitializeExistingComponent(IDictionary)	Reinitializes an existing component.
InitializeNewComponent(IDictionary)	Initializes a newly created component.
InitializeNonDefault()	Obsolete. Obsolete. Initializes the settings for an imported component that is already initialized to settings other than the defaults.
InvokeGetInheritanceAttribute(ComponentDesigner)	Gets the InheritanceAttribute of the specified ComponentDesigner.
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
OnSetComponentDefaults()	Obsolete. Obsolete. Sets the default properties for the component.
PostFilterAttributes(IDictionary)	Allows a designer to change or remove items from the set of attributes that it exposes through a TypeDescriptor.
PostFilterEvents(IDictionary)	Allows a designer to change or remove items from the set of events that it exposes through a TypeDescriptor.
PostFilterProperties(IDictionary)	Allows a designer to change or remove items from the set of properties that it exposes through a TypeDescriptor.
PreFilterAttributes(IDictionary)	Allows a designer to add to the set of attributes that it exposes through a TypeDescriptor.
PreFilterEvents(IDictionary)	Allows a designer to add to the set of events that it exposes through a TypeDescriptor.
PreFilterProperties(IDictionary)	Allows a designer to add to the set of properties that it exposes through a TypeDescriptor.
RaiseComponentChanged(MemberDescriptor, Object, Object)	Notifies the IComponentChangeService that this component has been changed.
RaiseComponentChanging(MemberDescriptor)	Notifies the IComponentChangeService that this component is about to be changed.
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Explicit Interface Implementations

IDesignerFilter.PostFilterAttributes(IDictionary)	For a description of this member, see the PostFilterAttributes(IDictionary) method.
IDesignerFilter.PostFilterEvents(IDictionary)	For a description of this member, see the PostFilterEvents(IDictionary) method.
IDesignerFilter.PostFilterProperties(IDictionary)	For a description of this member, see the PostFilterProperties(IDictionary) method.
IDesignerFilter.PreFilterAttributes(IDictionary)	For a description of this member, see the PreFilterAttributes(IDictionary) method.
IDesignerFilter.PreFilterEvents(IDictionary)	For a description of this member, see the PreFilterEvents(IDictionary) method.
IDesignerFilter.PreFilterProperties(IDictionary)	For a description of this member, see the PreFilterProperties(IDictionary) method.
ITreeDesigner.Children	For a description of this member, see the Children property.
ITreeDesigner.Parent	For a description of this member, see the Parent property.

Applies to

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