DesignerActionItem Class
Provides the base class for types that represent a panel item on a smart tag panel.
Assembly: System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
The DesignerActionItem class serves as an abstract base for classes that represent individual panel items in a smart tag panel, which represents a menu-like user interface (UI) for smart tags. The .NET Framework supplies derived classes that represent the different common entries in a smart tag panel, including plain text, header text, properties and methods of the associated DesignerActionList class, and designer verbs.
Typically, your DesignerAction feature is defined in a programmer-supplied class derived from DesignerActionList, which contains a GetSortedActionItems method that groups individual panel items together to form the smart tag panel. The DesignerActionPropertyItem and DesignerActionMethodItem types are associated with members of the class derived from DesignerActionList, and DesignerActionMethodItem objects are activated when their associated panel entry is selected by the user.
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Forms and dialog boxes can be displayed by members of the class derived from DesignerActionList. By default, the parent of these windows will be the container window for the smart tag panel. Explicitly parenting these child windows to another service or window may cause items to display improperly. |
The following code example demonstrates how to create a collection of DesignerActionItem objects.
For a full example of implementing smart tags, see How to: Attach Smart Tags to a Windows Forms Component.
System.ComponentModel.Design::DesignerActionItem
System.ComponentModel.Design::DesignerActionMethodItem
System.ComponentModel.Design::DesignerActionPropertyItem
System.ComponentModel.Design::DesignerActionTextItem
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
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.
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