Description: The PropertyGridEx control shows how to add a new tab to the standard System.Winows.Forms.PropertyGrid. In this sample, a custom page shows all instance fields of the selected object. Additionally it shows how to implement and use the IPropertyValueUIService to show additional icons in the grid rows behind the property name.
I first saw this when I started using the .NET 3.0 Workflow classes and saw this little blue icon for the DependencyProperties. In this sample, the icons will show an icon if the member is serializable and a second icon if the member implements ISerializable. A double click on the icon will open a (very raw- and probably erroneous) assumption of the resulting serialization graph.
For the sake of brevity and readability, I omitted most of the source code from this article. I tried to focus on the approach and not on the implementation details. Those interested should read the source code.
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PropGirdExTest
..............\Form1.cs
..............\Form1.Designer.cs
..............\Form1.resx
..............\Program.cs
..............\Properties
..............\..........\AssemblyInfo.cs
..............\..........\Resources.Designer.cs
..............\..........\Resources.resx
..............\..........\Settings.Designer.cs
..............\..........\Settings.settings
..............\PropGridExTest.csproj
MemberGrid.sln
href.controls
.............\Hosting
.............\.......\DummySite.cs
.............\.......\PropertyValueUIService.cs
.............\href.Controls.csproj
.............\href.Controls.csproj.user
.............\Properties
.............\..........\AssemblyInfo.cs
.............\..........\Resources.Designer.cs
.............\..........\Resources.resx
.............\PropGridEx
.............\..........\DictionaryItemMemberDescriptor.cs
.............\..........\FieldMemberDescriptor.cs
.............\..........\ListItemMemberDescriptor.cs
.............\..........\PropertyGridEx.cs
.............\..........\RawMemberTab.cs
.............\Resources
.............\.........\Members.png
.............\.........\save16.png
.............\.........\save_as16.png
.............\.........\xmlattribute.png
.............\.........\xmlelement.png
.............\SerializationView.cs
.............\SerializationView.Designer.cs
.............\SerializationView.resx
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