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    copied!<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2881409/text-property-in-a-usercontrol-in-c-sharp">Text property in a UserControl in C#</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How do I mark the <code>Text</code> property of a <code>UserControl</code> as browsable?</p> <hr> <p>A .NET <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/97855yck.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>UserControl</code></a> class has a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y7k5hkke.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>Text</code></a> property.</p> <p>Unfortunately the <code>Text</code> property of a <code>UserControl</code> isn't <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.browsableattribute.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong><em>browsable</em></strong></a>:</p> <pre><code>// // // Returns: // The text associated with this control. [Bindable(false)] [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] [Browsable(false)] [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)] public override string Text { get; set; } </code></pre> <p>In my <code>UserControl</code> I <em>want</em> to expose the <code>Text</code> property (i.e. make it "<em>browsable</em>") in the properties window. I tried blindly declaring it browsable:</p> <pre><code>[Browsable(true)] public override string Text { get; set; } </code></pre> <p>and now it appears in the properties window, except now it does nothing.</p> <p>I tried blindly calling <code>base.Text</code> to bring back the functionality:</p> <pre><code>[Browsable(true)] public override string Text { get {return base.Text;} set { base.Text = value; this.Invalidate(); } } </code></pre> <p>and now the property does function at design-time, but the property value is not persisted to the <code>Form.Designer.cs</code> and it's <code>InitalizeComponent</code> code.</p> <p>What is the <em>proper</em> way to expose the <code>UserControl</code> <code>Text</code> property so that it: </p> <ul> <li>is browsable in the properties window</li> <li>is functional</li> <li>is persisted in the form designer</li> </ul> <p><em>and, as a bonus</em>:</p> <ul> <li>know when it changes</li> </ul>
 

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