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DataFormView Properties

An edit form for a data object.
Name Description
ActualAppearance Gets the common appearance settings that are applied to the current DataFormView.
AllowCollapseGroups Gets or sets whether users can collapse and expand groups of editors. This is a bindable property.
CommitMode Gets or sets when to commit values that users enter in the data form’s editors to the bound data object. This is a bindable property.
ContentPadding Gets or sets the distance between editors and the data form’s borders or group headers.This is a bindable property.
DataObject Gets or sets a data object edited via the data form. This is a bindable property.
EditorBottomTextFontAttributes Gets or sets whether an editor’s help and error text is bold or italic. This is a bindable property.
EditorBottomTextFontFamily Gets or sets the font family name for an editor’s help and error text. This is a bindable property.
EditorBottomTextFontSize Gets or sets the font size of an editor’s help and error text. This is a bindable property.
EditorBoxMode Gets or sets whether the data form’s editors are outlined with borders or the border is displayed only for editors’ bottom edges. This is a bindable property.
EditorErrorColor Gets or sets the color of editor borders, in-place labels, error icons, and error messages if there are input errors. This is a bindable property.
EditorHelpTextColor Gets or sets the color of help text displayed below editors. This is a bindable property.
EditorHorizontalSpacing Gets or sets the distance between editors in a row. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelColor Gets or sets the color of editor labels (text or icons). This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelFontAttributes Gets or sets the font style for editor text labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelFontFamily Gets or sets the font family name for editor text labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelFontSize Gets or sets the font size for editor text labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelHorizontalAlignment Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of labels displayed above editors. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelIndent Gets or sets the distance between editors and their labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelMaxWidth Gets or sets the maximum width of the data form’s editor labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelMinWidth Gets or sets the minimum width of the data form’s editor labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelPosition Gets or sets the position of labels relative to editors. This is a bindable property.
EditorLabelWidth Gets or sets the width of the data form’s editor labels. This is a bindable property.
EditorMaxWidth Gets or sets the maximum width of the data form’s editors. This is a bindable property.
EditorMinWidth Gets or sets the minimum width of the data form’s editors. This is a bindable property.
EditorPadding Gets or sets the distance between edges of the data form’s items and their content (editors and labels). This is a bindable property.
EditorWidth Gets or sets the width of the data form’s editors. This is a bindable property.
GroupHeaderBackgroundColor Gets or sets the background color for headers of editor groups. This is a bindable property.
GroupHeaderFontAttributes Gets or sets the font style for header captions of editor groups. This is a bindable property.
GroupHeaderFontFamily Gets or sets the font family name for header captions of editor groups. This is a bindable property.
GroupHeaderFontSize Gets or sets the font size for header captions of editor groups. This is a bindable property.
GroupHeaderPadding Gets or sets the distance between the edges of the data form’s group headers and their content. This is a bindable property.
GroupHeaderTextColor Gets or sets the text color for header captions of editor groups. This is a bindable property.
Groups Gets the collection of the DataFormView groups.
IgnoreDataAnnotationValidation
IsAutoGenerationEnabled
IsEditorLabelVisible Gets or sets whether the data form displays editor labels. This is a bindable property.
IsGroupHeaderVisible Gets or sets whether the data form displays headers for groups of editors. This is a bindable property.
IsLastRowSeparatorVisible Gets or sets whether a row separator line is displayed below the bottom row of editors on the data form. This is a bindable property.
IsReadOnly Gets or sets whether the DataFormView is read-only. This is a bindable property.
Items Gets the collection of the data form’s editors.
PickerSourceProvider Gets or sets the data source used to generate drop-down list items of combo box editors. This is a bindable property.
ReserveBottomTextLine Gets or sets whether a line for help and error text below each editor is reserved. This is a bindable property.
RowSeparatorColor Gets or sets the color of lines that separate rows of editors on the data form. This is a bindable property.
RowSeparatorThickness Gets or sets the thickness of lines that separate rows of editors on the data form. This is a bindable property.
ValidationMode Gets or sets when to validate values that users enter in the data form’s editors. This is a bindable property.
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