PropertyGrid Description

Hi,

Is there a setting to enable the property grid to display the [Description("something")] when the user hovers over the property? I tried ToolTipService.IsEnabled="True" but the results were not as expected.

Thanks in advance,

Andy

Hi Andy,

This is how I've done it in the past:

Set ToolTipService.IsEnabled = True on the PropertyGrid control.

Set the PropertyNameToolTipTemplate property as follows:

<ms:PropertyGrid.PropertyNameToolTipTemplate>
  <DataTemplate>
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Converter={StaticResource desc}}" />
  </DataTemplate>
</ms:PropertyGrid.PropertyNameToolTipTemplate>

Implement a converter that takes a PropertyGridRow and returns its description. This converter gets used as "desc" in the binding above. Here is possible converter implementation code:

PropertyGridRow row = value as PropertyGridRow;
if (row != null)
{
  return row.Node.Property.Description;
}
return null;

Hope that helps, let me know if you have further questions about this.

-Jason Fauchelle

Thanks Jason it worked great.

For a similar question relating to property grids. If I have multiple groups of settings, I noticed that the group name will display the full class path on the right of it. Is there a way to not show them?

For example: The following code

namespace Test
{
  class Person
  {
      public LastName;
      public FirstName;
      public Age;
  }
}

The property grid will show up as follows but I don't want to show "Test.Person"

* Person           Test.Person
     LastName      ___________
     FirstName     ___________
     Age           ___________

Thanks in advance,

Jason

Hello,

To get rid of this, you'll need to provide a custom 'editor' template that simply displays nothing. You can provide this using a TypeEditor so that all Person objects are displayed correctly. Hope that helps you resolve it, let me know if you have further questions.

-Jason Fauchelle

Hi Jason,

I was able to create a custom editor to display nothing but it also took out any child property it contained. Is there a way to just take away the description but keep all the child properties?

Andy

Sorry Andy,

Not sure how I missed mentioning this - You'll want to set the AllowExpand property to true on the TypeEditor (or any editor that you used). That will get the behavior you want.

-Jason Fauchelle