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Properties Panel

The Properties Panel is the central access point to properties of any object that can be selected in the Visual Designer or Code Explorer.Object Properties Panel

  • Used to display and change object property values
  • Can be used with all objects in your source code
  • Changes made in the Properties Panel are immediately reflected in Code Editor and Visual Designer
  • Properties can be listed by category or in alphabetical order
  • Complex Properties (e.g. Size) displayed in sub-nodes
  • Enumerated and Boolean property choices displayed in a combo form
  • By default all single value properties are displayed
    • No configuration required to see a property value
  • Private and design time properties are hidden
  • Extra property information defined in meta-data
    • Public/private, design time, group name, default value
    • Flexibility for class designers
  • Column based properties (screen shot) are supported for column-based objects (e.g. grids)
  • Data and server bindings (screen shot) are maintained here for data-aware controls.
  • View all Events (screen shot) for classes or objects.

 

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