How to open the Text property for UserControl?

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Text property in UserControl in C #

How to mark Text property for UserControl as view?

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The .NET UserControl class has a Text .

Unfortunately, the Text property for UserControl not viewable :

 // // // Returns: // The text associated with this control. [Bindable(false)] [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] [Browsable(false)] [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)] public override string Text { get; set; } 

In my UserControl I want to open the Text property (i.e. make it viewable) in the properties window. I tried to blindly declare it viewable:

 [Browsable(true)] public override string Text { get; set; } 

and now it appears in the properties window, but now it does nothing.

I tried blindly calling base.Text to return functionality:

 [Browsable(true)] public override string Text { get {return base.Text;} set { base.Text = value; this.Invalidate(); } } 

and now the property performs a function at design time, but the value of the property is not stored in the code of Form.Designer.cs and InitalizeComponent .

What is the correct way to display a UserControl Text property so that it:

• available for viewing in the properties window
• is functional
• saved in form designer

and, as a bonus:

• know when it changes

Answer 1

You are on the right track; just add [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]

To find out when it will change, override OnTextChanged :

 protected override void OnTextChanged (EventArgs eventArgs) { System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("OnTextChanged(): eventArgs: " + eventArgs); base.OnTextChanged(eventArgs); }