DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with propertygrid

Screencast of the new TimeSpan editor for .Net

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:13:32 GMT

As promised last week, here is a screencast showcasing the features of the new TimeSpan editor and especially its powerful format string letting you input a duration the way you want.

A TimeSpan editor for .Net

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:46:16 GMT

At last there is now an editor to enter a duration with the format you want and with the usability brought by Smart FieldPackEditor.Net. It can be used standalone, in the DataGRidView and in the PropertyGrid.

How to: Set the PropertyGrid as Read-Only

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:37:19 GMT

The default PropertyGrid control provided by the WinForms collection doesn't support a read-only functionality. Setting the PropertyGrid as read-only might be useful if you want to allow your users to fully inspect a rich property object exposed by the PropertyGrid without the possibility to change something.

The PropertyGrid gets Office 2007 and other themes

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:19:29 GMT

... or how to theme the PropertyGrid with the free Krypton Toolkit.

How to synchronize two side by side PropertyGrids

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:04:14 GMT

A screencast about the synchronization of 2 PropertyGrids and the source code of the synchronizer class.

Smart PropertyGrid.Net knows how to target multiple collections

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:00:48 GMT

This screencast shows how the Microsoft PropertyGrid fails at targetting multiple instances and how Smart PropertyGrid.Net solves the problem.

PropertyGrid's SelectedObjects and immutable properties in SPG

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:52:44 GMT

VisualHint publishes two screencasts to show how Smart PropertyGrid.Net 2.5 handles multiple target instances better than the Microsoft PropertyGrid.

.Net Adventures : Validating properties in a PropertyGrid control

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:29:17 GMT

The easiest way to validate a certain property is using the PropertyValueChanged event.

PropertyGrid, value validation and Visualtips

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:57:30 GMT

Here is a preview of what value validation will look like in Smart PropertyGrid.Net. It merges a reworked validation engine (validation will be done against TypeConverters and custom validator classes) and a new compatibility with the free VisualTips product.

Programmatically resizing a column in a propertyGrid

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:38:45 GMT

A great hack for a missing feature of the MS PropertyGrid. The site is also a good list of resources for who often works with this component.

Smart PropertyGrid.Net - TAB navigation

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:31:01 GMT

Microsoft people, look at this, and please, add TAB browsing in the PropertyGrid embedded in Visual Studio.

The .Net MS PropertyGrid has a big brother

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:01:01 GMT

The PropertyGrid control from Microsoft is not the only PropertyGrid anymore. One guy found a way to rewrite it from scratch and the result is a far more usable control than the original one. This is definitely the one to use for me since I design my GUIs with a great care. And the icing on the cake, Nicolas, the author, answers about anything in a very short time, even during my eval period.