BrowsableAttribute Class
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
'Declaration <AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All)> _ Public NotInheritable Class BrowsableAttribute Inherits Attribute 'Usage Dim instance As BrowsableAttribute
/** @attribute AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All) */ public final class BrowsableAttribute extends Attribute
AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All) public final class BrowsableAttribute extends Attribute
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A visual designer typically displays in the Properties window those members that either have no browsable attribute or are marked with the BrowsableAttribute constructor's browsable parameter set to true. These members can be modified at design time. Members marked with the BrowsableAttribute constructor's browsable parameter set to false are not appropriate for design-time editing and therefore are not displayed in a visual designer. The default is true.
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| When you mark a property with Browsable(true), the value of this attribute is set to the constant member Yes. For a property marked with Browsable(false), the value is No. Therefore, when you check the value of this attribute in your code, you must specify the attribute as BrowsableAttribute.Yes or BrowsableAttribute.No. |
For more information, see Attributes Overview and Extending Metadata Using Attributes.
The following example marks a property as browsable.
<Browsable(True)> _ Public Property MyProperty() As Integer Get ' Insert code here. Return 0 End Get Set ' Insert code here. End Set End Property
/** @attribute Browsable(true)
*/
/** @property
*/
public int get_MyProperty()
{
// Insert code here.
return 0;
} //get_MyProperty
/** @property
*/
public void set_MyProperty(int value)
{
// Insert code here.
} //set_MyProperty
Browsable(true) public function get MyProperty() : int { // Insert code here. return 0; } public function set MyProperty(value : int) { }
The next example shows how to check the value of the BrowsableAttribute for MyProperty. First, the code gets a PropertyDescriptorCollection with all the properties for the object. Next, the code indexes into the PropertyDescriptorCollection to get MyProperty. Then it returns the attributes for this property and saves them in the attributes variable.
The example presents two different ways of checking the value of the BrowsableAttribute. In the second code fragment, the example calls the Equals method. In the last code fragment, the example uses the Browsable property to check the value.
' Gets the attributes for the property. Dim attributes As AttributeCollection = _ TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Me)("MyProperty").Attributes ' Checks to see if the value of the BrowsableAttribute is Yes. If attributes(GetType(BrowsableAttribute)).Equals(BrowsableAttribute.Yes) Then ' Insert code here. End If ' This is another way to see whether the property is browsable. Dim myAttribute As BrowsableAttribute = _ CType(attributes(GetType(BrowsableAttribute)), BrowsableAttribute) If myAttribute.Browsable Then ' Insert code here. End If
// Gets the attributes for the property.
AttributeCollection attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this).
get_Item("MyProperty").get_Attributes();
// Checks to see if the value of the BrowsableAttribute is Yes.
if (attributes.get_Item(BrowsableAttribute.class.ToType()).Equals(
BrowsableAttribute.Yes)) {
// Insert code here.
}
// This is another way to see whether the property is browsable.
BrowsableAttribute myAttribute = (BrowsableAttribute)
(attributes.get_Item(BrowsableAttribute.class.ToType()));
if (myAttribute.get_Browsable()) {
// Insert code here.
}
// Gets the attributes for the property. var attributes : AttributeCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this)["MyProperty"].Attributes; // Checks to see if the value of the BrowsableAttribute is Yes. if(attributes[BrowsableAttribute].Equals(BrowsableAttribute.Yes)) { Console.WriteLine("MyProperty is browsable."); } // This is another way to see whether the property is browsable. var myAttribute : BrowsableAttribute = BrowsableAttribute(attributes[BrowsableAttribute]); if(myAttribute.Browsable) { Console.WriteLine("MyProperty is browsable."); }
If you marked a class with the BrowsableAttribute, use the following code to check the value.
Dim attributes As AttributeCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(MyProperty) If attributes(GetType(BrowsableAttribute)).Equals(BrowsableAttribute.Yes) Then ' Insert code here. End If
AttributeCollection attributes =
TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes((Int32)get_MyProperty());
if (attributes.get_Item(BrowsableAttribute.class.ToType()).Equals(
BrowsableAttribute.Yes)) {
// Insert code here.
}
var attributes : AttributeCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(MyProperty); if(attributes[BrowsableAttribute].Equals(BrowsableAttribute.Yes)) { Console.WriteLine("MyProperty is browsable."); }
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
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