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PropertyDefinition.AllowExpanding Property

Gets or sets whether the end-user is allowed to expand the property to get access to its nested properties. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.PropertyGrid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.PropertyGrid.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.PropertyGrid

#Declaration

public AllowExpandingMode? AllowExpanding { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Nullable<AllowExpandingMode>

An AllowExpandingMode enumeration value.

Available values:

Name Description
Default

Expands properties according to their type converters.

Never

Doesn’t expand any property.

ForceIfNoTypeConverter

Expands all properties that don’t have a type converter.

Force

Expands all properties.

#Remarks

If the AllowExpanding property is set to null, the property grid’s PropertyGridControl.AllowExpanding property specifies whether the end-user is allowed to expand the property.

If the AllowExpanding property is set to AllowExpandingMode.Default, the end-user is allowed to expand the property if it contains child properties.

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the AllowExpanding property.

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