PropertyGridOptions Class

Provides the Property Grid‘s options.

Namespace : DevExpress.Xpf.Reports.UserDesigner

Assembly : DevExpress.Xpf.ReportDesigner.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Wpf.Reporting

Declaration

• C#
• VB.NET

public class PropertyGridOptions :
    DockPanelOptionsBase

Public Class PropertyGridOptions
    Inherits DockPanelOptionsBase

Related API Members

The following members return PropertyGridOptions objects:

• ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions

Remarks

Use the ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions property to access a PropertyGridOptions class instance.

This class provides the following options:

• Visibility - specifies the Property Grid’s visibility state (visible, closed or auto-hidden).
• ShowFavoriteProperties - specifies whether to activate the Favorite Properties tab when the Report Designer runs.
• UseOfficeInspiredPropertyGrid - specifies whether to use MS Office-inspired editors.
• UseTabbedView - specifies whether to group properties into tabs or display all properties in a single tab.
• ShowExpressionsInSeparateTab - specifies whether to show the Expressions tab that contains all properties for which users can define expressions.

The following code demonstrates how to access and specify these options:

• XAML

<Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:dxrud="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/reports/userdesigner" 
        ... >
    <dxrud:ReportDesigner Name="designer"> 
        <dxrud:ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions>
            <dxrud:PropertyGridOptions UseTabbedView="False" ShowFavoriteProperties="True"/>
        </dxrud:ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions>
    </dxrud:ReportDesigner>
</Window>

See Hide and Customize Dock Panels (Report Analyzer, Report Explorer and others) in the Report Designer for WPF, Properties Window and Use Favorite Properties in the Report Designer for more information.

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• XAML

reporting-wpf-customize-dock-panels-in-report-designer/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L21

<dxrud:ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions>
    <dxrud:PropertyGridOptions UseTabbedView="False" ShowFavoriteProperties="True"/>
</dxrud:ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions>

Inheritance

Object DispatcherObject DependencyObject Freezable DockPanelOptionsBase PropertyGridOptions

See Also

PropertyGridOptions Members

DevExpress.Xpf.Reports.UserDesigner Namespace