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User Interactions and Usability (xamPropertyGrid)

Topic Overview

Purpose

This topic explains what actions can be performed by the user.

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Topic Purpose

This topic explains the features supported by the control from developer perspective.

This topic provides an overview of the visual elements of the control.

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User Interactions and Usability

User interactions summary chart

The following table summarizes the user interaction capabilities of the xamPropertyGrid control.

The user can… Using… Details Configurable?

Group the properties list by categories

Click the category grouped properties list button.

N/A

Sort the properties list alphabetically

Click the alphabetically sorted properties list button.

N/A

Toggle the properties list between alphabetically sorted and category grouped

Press Ctrl + S

N/A

Toggle focus between filter area and property area

Press Ctrl + F

N/A
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Add filter text

Enter text in the filter text box.

Only properties containing the filter text in their names will be listed. Multiple filter criteria can be entered by separating each criteria with a pipe symbol (i.e., '|') which are evaluated using an 'Or' operator

Clear filter text

Press Shift + Ctrl + F

The properties list should display all object(s) properties.

Scroll the properties list

  • The up and down arrow keys

  • The scrollbar at the right

  • The mouse wheel

For the arrow keys and mouse wheel to work the properties list must be focused.
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Enter property value edit mode

  • Start interacting with the property value editor

  • Press F2

The value should not be read-only (i.e. should not have its “ReadOnly” property set to true).

Exit property value edit mode

  • Press Enter

  • Press Esc

  • Interact with other parts of the UI

N/A
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Expand selected property

  • Click expand glyph on the left of the property name

  • Press +

  • Press right arrow key

For the keyboard shortcut to work the property must be selected.
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Collapse selected property

  • Click the collapse glyph on the left of the property name

  • Press –

  • Press left arrow key

For the keyboard shortcut to work the property must be selected.
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Topic Purpose

This topic lists the attributes which are used by the control when retrieving properties’ list from the objects.