<miroslav.stam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Those properties are hidden from Form Designer with a reason -
> purposely hidden with assembly attribute [Browsable(false)]. Some of
> those properties are not advised to use or do not work properly (such
> as Dock of Form) in normal cases. This is most often caused by
> inheriting other controls - in first case it's normal to use one
> property but in new one maybe that property doesn't perform well.

> HTH :)

> p.s. if you hardly want to unhide those properties:

>     public class ButtonWithDock : Button
>     {
>         [Browsable(true)]
>         public new DockStyle Dock
>         {
>             get
>             {
>                 return base.Dock;
>             }
>             set
>             {
>                 base.Dock = value;
>             }
>         }
>     }

> Peted je napisao/la:

> > im using c# 2005 express edition.

> > Is there a setting in the IDE that i am missing that would allow ALL
> > the properties available to the selected control to be shown in the
> > properties list in the IDE

> > For example

> > some controls such as forms, have properties such as .Dock and
> > .MdiParent that you can set during runtime. But is it possible to have
> > these properties shown and set at design time in the properties list.

> > As another example a Button class has the .Dock property listed but
> > the Form class does not.

> > thanks for any advice

> > Peted- Hide quoted text -

>