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PropertyGridDockPanel.UseTabbedView Property

Gets or sets whether the End-User Designer‘s Properties window shows properties organized in tabs.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

[DefaultValue(true)]
[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatBehavior)]
public bool UseTabbedView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
Boolean true

true, if the End-User Designer’s Properties window shows properties organized in tabs; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The table below illustrates how this property works.

UseTabbedView = True UseTabbedView = False
PropertyGridDockPanel PropertyGridDockPanel_ShowDescription

This property’s value is ignored when the UseOfficeInspiredView property is set to false.

See Properties Window for a detailed description of the Properties window‘s non-tabbed view mode.

Example

The code sample below illustrates how to invoke an End-User Report Designer and set its Properties window to the non-tabbed view mode.

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
// ...
ReportDesignTool designTool = new ReportDesignTool(new XtraReport());
PropertyGridDockPanel propertyGrid = (PropertyGridDockPanel)designTool.DesignRibbonForm.DesignDockManager[DesignDockPanelType.PropertyGrid];
propertyGrid.UseTabbedView = false;
designTool.ShowRibbonDesigner();
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