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PropertyDefinition Properties

Represents a property definition.
Name Description
ActualHeight Gets the rendered height of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ActualWidth Gets the rendered width of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
AllowDrop Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element can be used as the target of a drag-and-drop operation. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
AllowExpanding 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.
AllowInstanceInitializer Gets or sets whether to enable the instance initializer for the property definition. This is a dependency property.
ApplyingMode Gets or sets whether a condition for applying the property definition exists. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
AreAnyTouchesCaptured Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesCapturedWithin Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is captured to this element or to any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesDirectlyOver Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is pressed over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesOver Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is pressed over this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
BindingGroup Gets or sets the BindingGroup that is used for the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
BitmapEffect Gets or sets a bitmap effect that applies directly to the rendered content for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
BitmapEffectInput Gets or sets an input source for the bitmap effect that applies directly to the rendered content for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
CacheMode Gets or sets a cached representation of the UIElement. Inherited from UIElement.
CellTemplate Gets or sets the template that defines the presentation of data cells. This is a dependency property.
CellTemplateSelector Gets or sets an object that chooses a cell template based on custom logic. This is a dependency property.
ChildrenSortMode Gets or sets the sort mode for the nested properties. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
Clip Gets or sets the geometry used to define the outline of the contents of an element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
ClipToBounds Gets or sets a value indicating whether to clip the content of this element (or content coming from the child elements of this element) to fit into the size of the containing element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Command Gets or sets the command assigned to the property. This is a dependency property.
CommandBindings Gets a collection of CommandBinding objects associated with this element. A CommandBinding enables command handling for this element, and declares the linkage between a command, its events, and the handlers attached by this element. Inherited from UIElement.
CommandParameter Gets or sets the parameter to pass to the PropertyDefinition.Command. This is a dependency property.
ContentTemplate Gets or sets the template that defines the presentation of the property content. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
ContentTemplateSelector Gets or sets an object that chooses a property content template based on custom logic. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
ContextMenu Gets or sets the context menu element that should appear whenever the context menu is requested through user interface (UI) from within this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Cursor Gets or sets the cursor that displays when the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DataContext Gets or sets the data context for an element when it participates in data binding. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DefaultStyleKey protected Gets or sets the key to use to reference the style for this control, when theme styles are used or defined. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DependencyObjectType Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance. Inherited from DependencyObject.
Description Gets or sets the property description. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
DescriptionContainerStyle Gets or sets the style applied to the property description. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
DescriptionContainerStyleSelector Gets or sets an object that chooses a property description style based on custom logic. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
DescriptionTemplate Gets or sets the template that defines the presentation of a property description. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
DescriptionTemplateSelector Gets or sets an object that chooses a property description template based on custom logic. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
DesiredSize Gets the size that this element computed during the measure pass of the layout process. Inherited from UIElement.
Dispatcher Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. Inherited from DispatcherObject.
EditorHorizontalAlignment Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the editor nested in the current property‘s cell. This is a dependency property.
EditSettings Gets or sets an object that specifies the cell editor for the current property definition. This is a dependency property.
Effect Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the UIElement. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
ExpandButtonVisibility Gets or sets whether the expand button is visible within a property grid row that supports expanding. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
FlowDirection Gets or sets the direction that text and other user interface (UI) elements flow within any parent element that controls their layout. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Focusable Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element can receive focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
FocusVisualStyle Gets or sets a property that enables customization of appearance, effects, or other style characteristics that will apply to this element when it captures keyboard focus. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ForceCursor Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this FrameworkElement should force the user interface (UI) to render the cursor as declared by the Cursor property. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
HasAnimatedProperties Gets a value indicating whether this element has any animated properties. Inherited from UIElement.
HasEffectiveKeyboardFocus protected Gets a value that indicates whether the UIElement has focus. Inherited from UIElement.
Header Gets or sets the property header’s caption. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
HeaderShowMode Gets or sets the property display mode. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
HeaderTemplate Gets or sets the template that defines the presentation of property headers. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
HeaderTemplateSelector Gets or sets an object that chooses a property header template based on custom logic. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
Height Gets or sets the suggested height of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
HighlightingMode Gets or sets the currently selected property‘s highlighting mode. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
HorizontalAlignment Gets or sets the horizontal alignment characteristics applied to this element when it is composed within a parent element, such as a panel or items control. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
InheritanceBehavior protected Gets or sets the scope limits for property value inheritance, resource key lookup, and RelativeSource FindAncestor lookup. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
InputBindings Gets the collection of input bindings associated with this element. Inherited from UIElement.
InputScope Gets or sets the context for input used by this FrameworkElement. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
InsertDefinitionsFrom Gets or sets the property definition whose child definitions should be added to the child collection. This is a dependency property.
InstanceInitializer Gets or sets the instance initializer. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
IsArrangeValid Gets a value indicating whether the computed size and position of child elements in this element’s layout are valid. Inherited from UIElement.
IsEnabled Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element is enabled in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsEnabledCore protected Gets a value that becomes the return value of IsEnabled in derived classes. Inherited from UIElement.
IsFocused Gets a value that determines whether this element has logical focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsHitTestVisible Gets or sets a value that declares whether this element can possibly be returned as a hit test result from some portion of its rendered content. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsInitialized Gets a value that indicates whether this element has been initialized, either during processing by a XAML processor, or by explicitly having its EndInit() method called. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsInputMethodEnabled Gets a value indicating whether an input method system, such as an Input Method Editor (IME), is enabled for processing the input to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocused Gets a value indicating whether this element has keyboard focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocusWithin Gets a value indicating whether keyboard focus is anywhere within the element or its visual tree child elements. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsLoaded Gets a value that indicates whether this element has been loaded for presentation. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsManipulationEnabled Gets or sets a value that indicates whether manipulation events are enabled on this UIElement. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMeasureValid Gets a value indicating whether the current size returned by layout measure is valid. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptured Gets a value indicating whether the mouse is captured to this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptureWithin Gets a value that determines whether mouse capture is held by this element or by child elements in its visual tree. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseDirectlyOver Gets a value that indicates whether the position of the mouse pointer corresponds to hit test results, which take element compositing into account. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseOver Gets a value indicating whether the mouse pointer is located over this element (including child elements in the visual tree). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsReadOnly Gets or sets whether the property’s value can be changed by end-users. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
IsSealed Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only). Inherited from DependencyObject.
IsStylusCaptured Gets a value indicating whether the stylus is captured by this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusCaptureWithin Gets a value that determines whether stylus capture is held by this element, or an element within the element bounds and its visual tree. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusDirectlyOver Gets a value that indicates whether the stylus position corresponds to hit test results, which take element compositing into account. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusOver Gets a value indicating whether the stylus cursor is located over this element (including visual child elements). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsVisible Gets a value indicating whether this element is visible in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Language Gets or sets localization/globalization language information that applies to an element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
LayoutTransform Gets or sets a graphics transformation that should apply to this element when layout is performed. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Margin Gets or sets the outer margin of an element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MaxHeight Gets or sets the maximum height constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MaxWidth Gets or sets the maximum width constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MenuButtonTemplate
MenuCustomizations Allows you to customize a current property menu by adding new menu items or removing existing ones. This is a dependency property.
MinHeight Gets or sets the minimum height constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MinWidth Gets or sets the minimum width constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Name Gets or sets the identifying name of the element. The name provides a reference so that code-behind, such as event handler code, can refer to a markup element after it is constructed during processing by a XAML processor. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Opacity Gets or sets the opacity factor applied to the entire UIElement when it is rendered in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
OpacityMask Gets or sets an opacity mask, as a Brush implementation that is applied to any alpha-channel masking for the rendered content of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
OverridesDefaultStyle Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this element incorporates style properties from theme styles. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Padding Gets or sets the thickness of the padding space between the item’s borders and it’s contents. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
Parent Gets the logical parent element of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Path Gets or sets the path to the database field associated with current property definition. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
PersistId Gets a value that uniquely identifies this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PostOnEditValueChanged Gets or sets the way a value specified by a user should be posted. This is a dependency property.
PropertyDefinitions Provides access to the child collection of properties. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
PropertyDefinitionsSource Gets or sets the source from which the grid generates the property definitions. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
PropertyDefinitionStyle Gets or sets the style applied to the property. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
PropertyDefinitionTemplate Gets or sets the template that defines the presentation of the property. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
PropertyDefinitionTemplateSelector Gets or sets an object that chooses a property definition template based on custom logic. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
RenderSize Gets (or sets) the final render size of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
RenderTransform Gets or sets transform information that affects the rendering position of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
RenderTransformOrigin Gets or sets the center point of any possible render transform declared by RenderTransform, relative to the bounds of the element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Resources Gets or sets the locally-defined resource dictionary. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
RowTemplate Gets or sets a template that defines the presentation of rows displayed within the property grid. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
Scope Gets or sets the path to the property’s parent. This is a dependency property.
ShowChildren Gets or sets whether to show child properties. This is a dependency property. Inherited from PropertyDefinitionBase.
ShowEditorButtons Gets or sets whether to display the buttons of the current editor nested in a property when the editor is not active. This is a dependency property.
ShowMenuButton Gets or sets whether to display the menu button within the property definition. This is a dependency property.
SnapsToDevicePixels Gets or sets a value that determines whether rendering for this element should use device-specific pixel settings during rendering. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Style Gets or sets the style used by this element when it is rendered. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
StylusPlugIns protected Gets a collection of all stylus plug-in (customization) objects associated with this element. Inherited from UIElement.
Tag Gets or sets an arbitrary object value that can be used to store custom information about this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TemplatedParent Gets a reference to the template parent of this element. This property is not relevant if the element was not created through a template. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ToolTip Gets or sets the tool-tip object that is displayed for this element in the user interface (UI). Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TouchesCaptured Gets all touch devices that are captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesCapturedWithin Gets all touch devices that are captured to this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesDirectlyOver Gets all touch devices that are over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesOver Gets all touch devices that are over this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
Triggers Gets the collection of triggers established directly on this element, or in child elements. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Type Gets or sets the type of the property that is associated with current property definition. This is a dependency property.
TypeMatchMode Defines the rules of type matching between the properties in the data source and the PropertyGrid’s property definitions.
Uid Gets or sets the unique identifier (for localization) for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
UseLayoutRounding Gets or sets a value that indicates whether layout rounding should be applied to this element’s size and position during layout. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
UseTypeConverterToStringConversion Gets or sets whether to convert values to a string with a TypeConverter. This is a dependency property.
VerticalAlignment Gets or sets the vertical alignment characteristics applied to this element when it is composed within a parent element such as a panel or items control. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Visibility Gets or sets the user interface (UI) visibility of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
VisualBitmapEffect protected Gets or sets the BitmapEffect value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualBitmapEffectInput protected Gets or sets the BitmapEffectInput value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualBitmapScalingMode protected Gets or sets the BitmapScalingMode for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualCacheMode protected Gets or sets a cached representation of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualChildrenCount protected Gets the number of visual child elements within this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
VisualClearTypeHint protected Gets or sets the ClearTypeHint that determines how ClearType is rendered in the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualClip protected Gets or sets the clip region of the Visual as a Geometry value. Inherited from Visual.
VisualEdgeMode protected Gets or sets the edge mode of the Visual as an EdgeMode value. Inherited from Visual.
VisualEffect protected Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOffset protected Gets or sets the offset value of the visual object. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOpacity protected Gets or sets the opacity of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOpacityMask protected Gets or sets the Brush value that represents the opacity mask of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualParent protected Gets the visual tree parent of the visual object. Inherited from Visual.
VisualScrollableAreaClip protected Gets or sets a clipped scrollable area for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTextHintingMode protected Gets or sets the TextHintingMode of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTextRenderingMode protected Gets or sets the TextRenderingMode of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTransform protected Gets or sets the Transform value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualXSnappingGuidelines protected Gets or sets the x-coordinate (vertical) guideline collection. Inherited from Visual.
VisualYSnappingGuidelines protected Gets or sets the y-coordinate (horizontal) guideline collection. Inherited from Visual.
Width Gets or sets the width of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
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