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DesignTimeVisibleAttribute Class

DesignTimeVisibleAttribute marks a component's visibility. If Yes is present, a visual designer can show this component on a designer.

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.ComponentModel.DesignTimeVisibleAttribute

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Interface)]
public sealed class DesignTimeVisibleAttribute : Attribute

The DesignTimeVisibleAttribute type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework DesignTimeVisibleAttribute() Creates a new DesignTimeVisibleAttribute set to the default value of false.
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework DesignTimeVisibleAttribute(Boolean) Creates a new DesignTimeVisibleAttribute with the Visible property set to the given value in visible.
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  Name Description
Public property TypeId When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public property Supported by the XNA Framework Visible Gets or sets whether the component should be shown at design time.
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  Name Description
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Equals Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Overrides Attribute.Equals(Object).)
Protected method Supported by the XNA Framework Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides Attribute.GetHashCode().)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsDefaultAttribute Gets a value indicating if this instance is equal to the Default value. (Overrides Attribute.IsDefaultAttribute().)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method Supported by the XNA Framework MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Public field Static member Supported by the XNA Framework Default The default visibility which is Yes.
Public field Static member Supported by the XNA Framework No Marks a component as not visible in a visual designer.
Public field Static member Supported by the XNA Framework Yes Marks a component as visible in a visual designer.
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfo Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.Invoke Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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The DesignTimeVisibleAttribute is a hint to the Designer. The Designer will ignore this attribute for components that have a UI presence. It can only be applied to classes.

The DesignTimeVisibleAttribute is most useful when you have a control that accepts child components. For example, the System.Windows.Forms.TreeView control's node items should not appear in the component tray because they are drawn by the System.Windows.Forms.TreeView control.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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