DesignerCategoryAttribute

DesignerCategoryAttribute

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System.ComponentModel (system.dll)

sealed class

You should apply this attribute to a class with a custom designer to indicate the nature of that designer. The design-time environment is entitled to refuse to use your designer if you do not supply this attribute.

The Category should be chosen from one of the standard options ( Component , Form , or Generic ) if you wish to integrate with the VS.NET designers. You could extend this with your own custom categories if you are providing your own design-time host.

 public sealed class  DesignerCategoryAttribute  : Attribute {  // Public Constructors  public  DesignerCategoryAttribute  ();    public  DesignerCategoryAttribute  (string  category  );  // Public Static Fields  public static readonly DesignerCategoryAttribute  Component  ;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute  public static readonly DesignerCategoryAttribute  Default  ;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute  public static readonly DesignerCategoryAttribute  Form  ;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute  public static readonly DesignerCategoryAttribute  Generic  ;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute   // Public Instance Properties  public string  Category  {get; }    public override object  TypeId  {get; }  // overrides Attribute   // Public Instance Methods  public override bool  Equals  (object  obj  );  // overrides Attribute  public override int  GetHashCode  ();  // overrides Attribute  public override bool  IsDefaultAttribute  ();  // overrides Attribute  } 

Hierarchy

System.Object System.Attribute DesignerCategoryAttribute

Valid On

Class