EditorBrowsableAttribute Class
Specifies that a property or method is viewable in an editor. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
'Declaration <AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class Or AttributeTargets.Struct Or AttributeTargets.Enum Or AttributeTargets.Constructor Or AttributeTargets.Method Or AttributeTargets.Property Or AttributeTargets.Field Or AttributeTargets.Event Or AttributeTargets.Interface Or AttributeTargets.Delegate)> _ Public NotInheritable Class EditorBrowsableAttribute _ Inherits Attribute 'Usage Dim instance As EditorBrowsableAttribute
EditorBrowsableAttribute is a hint to a designer indicating whether a property or method is to be displayed. You can use this type in a visual designer or text editor to determine what is visible to the user. For example, the IntelliSense engine in Visual Studio uses this attribute to determine whether to show a property or method.
In Visual C#, you can control when advanced properties appear in IntelliSense and the Properties Window with the Hide Advanced Members setting under Tools | Options | Text Editor | C#. The corresponding EditorBrowsableState is Advanced.
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In Visual C#, EditorBrowsableAttribute does not suppress members from a class in the same assembly. |
The following sample demonstrates how to hide a property of a class from IntelliSense by setting the appropriate value for the EditorBrowsableAttribute attribute. Build Class1 in its own assembly.
In Visual Studio, create a new Windows Application solution, and add a reference to the assembly which contains Class1. In the Form1 constructor, declare an instance of Class1, type the name of the instance, and press the period key to activate the IntelliSense drop-down list of Class1 members. The Age property does not appear in the drop-down list.
Imports System.ComponentModel Public Class Class1 Private ageval As Integer <EditorBrowsable(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)> _ Public Property Age() As Integer Get Return ageval End Get Set(ByVal Value As Integer) If Not ageval.Equals(Value) Then ageval = Value End If End Set End Property End Class
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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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