How to show or hide properties dynamically in the PropertyGrid?

c# .net winforms propertygrid
Peter17 picture Peter17 · Apr 29, 2011 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

I am using a PropertyGrid for configuring objects. I need to be able to hide or show some properties depending on the values of other properties. How this can be achieved? I know about Browsable attribute, but it only works at a compile time.

Answer

Oliver picture Oliver · Apr 29, 2011

Take a look into the ICustomTypeDescriptor Interface.

Further informations on how to use it can be found in this article:

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