EditorBrowsableAttribute Class

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Specifies that a property or method is viewable in an editor. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
System::Attribute
System.ComponentModel::EditorBrowsableAttribute

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

Syntax

C++

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The EditorBrowsableAttribute type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	EditorBrowsableAttribute()	Initializes a new instance of the EditorBrowsableAttribute class with State set to the default state.
	EditorBrowsableAttribute(EditorBrowsableState)	Initializes a new instance of the EditorBrowsableAttribute class with an EditorBrowsableState.

	Name	Description
	State	Gets the browsable state of the property or method.

	Name	Description
	Equals	Returns whether the value of the specified object is equal to the current EditorBrowsableAttribute. (Overrides Attribute::Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides Attribute::GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

EditorBrowsableAttribute is a hint to a designer to indicate 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.