Enumeration Properties

• Dec 18, 2025
• 2 minutes to read

In XAF, a combo box with text entries displays enumeration properties. The EnumDescriptor class gets images and localized item captions for the Property Editor. Refer to the following topic for implementation details: How to: Set Images and Captions for Enumeration Values.

Refer to the following topics for more information on enumeration properties related to your ORM:

• Enumeration Properties in XPO
• Enumeration Properties in EF Core

ASP.NET Core Blazor

In ASP.NET Core Blazor, BlazorPropertyEditorBase.ComponentModel returns an IComponentModel descendant that wraps properties and events of a corresponding ASP.NET Core Blazor Editor.

Property Editor	Component Model	Component
EnumPropertyEditor	DevExpress.ExpressApp.Blazor.Components.Models.DxComboBoxModel<TData, TValue>	DxComboBox<TData, TValue>

Windows Forms

Each Windows Forms Property Editor is available in two forms:

• A standalone control (displays property value in a Detail View)
• A repository item (displays property value in a List Editor that supports in-place editing)

Property Editor	Control	Repository Item	Description
EnumPropertyEditor	EnumEdit (an ImageComboBoxEdit descendant).	RepositoryItemEnumEdit (a RepositoryItemButtonEdit descendant).	Used for enumeration type properties. Press Alt + Down Arrow to expand the EnumEdit drop-down window. In this window, you can see items that consist of a caption and an image.
EnumIntPropertyEditor<TEnum>	EnumIntEdit (an ImageComboBoxEdit descendant).	RepositoryItemEnumIntEdit (a RepositoryItemImageComboBox descendant).	Used to display integer properties as enumerations. Refer to the following topic for more information: How to: Display an Integer Property as an Enumeration.