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.v25.1.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(True)>
<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatBehavior)>
Public Property UseTabbedView As Boolean

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

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.

C#

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();

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner
' ...
Dim designTool As New ReportDesignTool(New XtraReport())
Dim propertyGrid As PropertyGridDockPanel = CType(designTool.DesignRibbonForm.DesignDockManager(DesignDockPanelType.PropertyGrid), PropertyGridDockPanel)
propertyGrid.UseTabbedView = False
designTool.ShowRibbonDesigner()