WinForms › Power Tab Strip › BinaryPowerTabPageDesigner

BinaryPowerTabPageDesigner

class.NET 6 / 8 / 10.NET Framework 4.8Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.TabControls.Designers

Visual Studio designer support for a BinaryPowerTabPage: lets controls be dropped onto the page, keeps the page inside a tab strip, and hides the inherited properties the strip manages itself.

public class BinaryPowerTabPageDesigner : ParentControlDesigner

Inherits from / implements: ParentControlDesigner

Remarks

Applied to BinaryPowerTabPage by its DesignerAttribute; there is no need to use it from code.

Members at a glance

Methods
`CanBeParentedTo`	Allows the page to be dropped only onto a `BinaryPowerTabStrip`.
`Initialize`	Attaches the designer to the page being designed.
`OnPaintAdornments`	Draws a dashed outline round the page on the design surface, so its edges can be seen.
`PreFilterProperties`	Removes from the property grid the inherited properties the strip sets for its pages, or that do not apply to a page – among them `Dock`, `Location`, `Padding`, `Margin`, `Font`, `AutoScroll`, `AutoSize` and `BorderStyle`.

Methods

CanBeParentedTo

public override bool CanBeParentedTo(IDesigner parentDesigner)

Allows the page to be dropped only onto a BinaryPowerTabStrip.

Parameters

parentDesigner: The designer of the intended parent.

Returns

true when the parent is a tab strip.

Initialize

public override void Initialize(IComponent component)

Attaches the designer to the page being designed.

Parameters

component: The page.

OnPaintAdornments

protected override void OnPaintAdornments(PaintEventArgs pe)

Draws a dashed outline round the page on the design surface, so its edges can be seen.

Parameters

pe: The event data.

PreFilterProperties

protected override void PreFilterProperties(System.Collections.IDictionary properties)

Removes from the property grid the inherited properties the strip sets for its pages, or that do not apply to a page – among them Dock, Location, Padding, Margin, Font, AutoScroll, AutoSize and BorderStyle.

Parameters

properties: The properties to filter.