PROPERTYGRID Properties
The PROPERTYGRID supports the following properties in addition to the Common Properties except where noted below.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AUTOEXPAND | Specifies if the categories are automatically expanded when the LIST or LISTX properties are set. |
| *COLLAPSEDLIST | Returns a list of categories that are collapsed. |
| COLWIDTH | Gets/Sets the width of the Property Name column. |
| DESCRIPTIONDRAWHTML | Gets/Sets the drawing mode of the Description Pane. |
| EDITORHANDLE | Returns the window handle (HWND) of the item editor. |
| EMPTYTEXT | Gets/Sets the text to display when the control is empty. |
| ENABLED | Enables or disables mouse and keyboard input for the entire grid or for an individual property. |
| *EXPANDEDLIST | Returns a list of categories that are expanded. |
| LIST | Accesses the contents of the currently visible list of properties in the grid. |
| LISTX | Accesses the contents of the fully-expanded list of properties in the grid. |
| OPTIONSKEY | Specifies the key used to click the options button or dropdown/hide options list for properties. |
| PROPERTYNAMES | Returns a list of all visible property item names (I.e. from non-collapsed items) in the control. |
| PROPERTYNAMESX | Returns a list of all property item names in the control. |
| ROWHEIGHT | Gets/Sets the height in pixels of each row in the property grid. |
| ROWSTRIPE | Specifies if the row-striping effect is applied to the property grid. |
| SELNAME | Specifies the currently selected item in the property grid using its name. |
| SELPOS | Specifies the currently selected item in the property grid using the position in the currently visible list. |
| SELPOSX | Specifies the currently selected item in the property grid using the position in the fully expanded list. |
| SHOWCATEGORIES | Specifies if the property grid displays category items. |
| SHOWDESCRIPTION | Specifies if the Description Pane is visible or not. |
| SHOWTOOLTIPS | Specifies if tooltips are displayed for property item values. |
| VALUE | Returns the value of the currently selected property. |
| VALUES | Gets or Sets the value of all property items in the control, or a single property item if indexed. |
The following Common Properties are not supported:
* BACKCOLOR
* FORECOLOR
All colors in the Property Grid control are currently based on the system colors and are not modifiable at this time. They may be implemented in a future update.