I should emphasize that this isn’t normally the way you do this, the [DefaultValue] attribute is normally the correct choice. But you are working with a property of type Color, it is not simple to write the attribute for that in a flexible way. The arguments you can pass to an attribute constructor can be … Read more
The designer only serializes string for Text property. You can not set the Text property to a resource value directly using designer. Even if you open the Form1.Designer.cs file and add a line to initialization to set the Text property to a resource value like Resource1.Key1, after first change in designer, the designer replace your … Read more
The editor that helps you to pick color in visual studio is ColorEditor which doesn’t persists custom colors across different controls. To solve the problem, you should: Create a custom UITypeEditor based on ColorEditor Register the editor for type Color at visual studio startup Here is a detailed answer including codes which I used to … Read more
** Update**: 11/19/2019 Microsoft has released a new version of the control 150.1400.0 in their Nuget library. My short testing shows that it works again in the forms designer where 150.1357.0 and 150.1358.0 did not. This includes being able to resize and modify the ReportViewer Tasks on the control itself. ** Update**: 8/18/2019 Removing the … Read more
Short answer You should add the property to base class of your form, then you can see it in designer when you open the child form: public class Form1 : BaseForm { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } } public class BaseForm : Form { //The property is not visible in designer of BaseForm //But you … Read more
Does the designer run my code? When a form shows in designer, the designer deserialize the code of your form (Form1.Designer.cs or first class in Form1.cs) and creates an instance of the base class of your form and deserialize InitializeComponent and creates controls that you declared in your class and set their properties. So the … Read more
I KNEW there had to be a way to do this (and I found a way to do this cleanly). Sheng’s solution is exactly what I came up with as a temporary workaround but after a friend pointed out that the Form class eventually inherited from an abstract class, we SHOULD be able to get … Read more
You should do the following : For your user control, you need to create a new designer which enables the inner panel on design-time by calling EnableDesignMode method. For the inner panel, you need to create a designer which disables moving, resizing and removes some properties from designer. You should register the designers. Example You … Read more
You can use either of these options: DataGridView (Example) You can use DataGridView to show multiple columns of different types, including TextBox, Label, CheckBox, ComboBox, Image, Button, Link. You also can customize appearance of the grid by custom painting or adding new custom column types. UserControl You can create a composite control or UserControl containing … Read more
Windows Forms – Visual Studio 2019 (16.5 Preview 1 – .NET CORE 3.1) Starting from Visual Studio 16.5 Preview 1, there is builtin support for Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio. To use the designer: You must be using Visual Studio 16.5 Preview 1 or a later version. You need to enable the designer in … Read more