EditorBrowsableState Enumeration (System.ComponentModel)

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EditorBrowsableState Enumeration

.NET Framework Class Library

EditorBrowsableState Enumeration

Specifies the browsable state of a property or method from within an editor.

Namespace: System.ComponentModel
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Enumeration EditorBrowsableState

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As EditorBrowsableState

public enum EditorBrowsableState

Visual C++

public enum class EditorBrowsableState

JScript

public enum EditorBrowsableState

Members

	Member name	Description
	Always	The property or method is always browsable from within an editor.
	Never	The property or method is never browsable from within an editor.
	Advanced	The property or method is a feature that only advanced users should see. An editor can either show or hide such properties.

Remarks

This class is used by a visual designer to determine what is visible to the user. For example, the IntelliSense engine in Visual Studio never shows methods or properties that are marked as Never. Use EditorBrowsableAttribute to specify the EditorBrowsableState for a member.

Examples

For an example of using the EditorBrowsableState enumerator, see the sample code in EditorBrowsableAttribute class.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

System.ComponentModel Namespace

EditorBrowsableAttribute