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The Windows Forms 2.0 designer allows developers to perform common tasks and edit common properties directly from the design surface.

When a control is selected or when the mouse hovers over a control’s surface, a Smart Tag anchor is shown. Clicking this opens a panel containing common control properties and tasks that developers can perform without writing a single line of code. As example of this is the DataSource property on the DataGridView. The Smart Tag enables the developer to create and select a data source without leaving the designer.