You need to create your own designer for your control. Start this by adding a link to System.Design. A sample control might look like this:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;
[Designer(typeof(MyControlDesigner))]
public class MyControl : Control {
public bool Prop { get; set; }
}
Note the [Designer] attribute, it sets the custom constructor of the controls. To get started, get your own designer out of ControlDesigner. Override the ActionLists property to create a task list for the designer:
internal class MyControlDesigner : ControlDesigner {
private DesignerActionListCollection actionLists;
public override DesignerActionListCollection ActionLists {
get {
if (actionLists == null) {
actionLists = new DesignerActionListCollection();
actionLists.Add(new MyActionListItem(this));
}
return actionLists;
}
}
}
ActionListItem, :
internal class MyActionListItem : DesignerActionList {
public MyActionListItem(ControlDesigner owner)
: base(owner.Component) {
}
public override DesignerActionItemCollection GetSortedActionItems() {
var items = new DesignerActionItemCollection();
items.Add(new DesignerActionTextItem("Hello world", "Category1"));
items.Add(new DesignerActionPropertyItem("Checked", "Sample checked item"));
return items;
}
public bool Checked {
get { return ((MyControl)base.Component).Prop; }
set { ((MyControl)base.Component).Prop = value; }
}
}
GetSortedActionItems .
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