TextAlternate multiline

[Phrog30]

On the basicbutton, the text property allows multi line entry.  There is a drop that makes it simple.  Is it possible to add this feature to the textalternate property?

James

[Archie]

Edit BasicButton.vb and tell Visual Studio that you want to use a multiline editor for the property by applying an attribute to the property like this:

    <System.ComponentModel.Editor(GetType(System.ComponentModel.Design.MultilineStringEditor), GetType(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))> _
    Public Property TextAlternate() As String

[Phrog30]

Awesome, thank you!!

[Phrog30]

I couldn't get your snippet to work, I ended up with this...

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<EditorAttribute("System.ComponentModel.Design.MultilineStringEditor, System.Design", "System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor")>
 Public Property TextAlternate() As String

I'm guessing I was missing a reference to something, but couldn't figure out what.  Your post helped me Google what I needed, thanks.

James

[Archie]

Were you getting an error from the code I posted? I tried it out and it worked for me. One thing I did notice about VS2017 is that when you make a change to a control, just building the solution is not enough. If you have the form open, you must close it and re-open for it to take the changes in the designer.

[Phrog30]

I get an error in designer, says Type "System.ComponentModel.Design.MultilineStringEditor" is not defined.

[Archie]

I see what it is. I had a reference to System.Design in the project I tried it on.

[Phrog30]

Simple enough, I thought I tried adding that.  According to the site I got the snippet I used, you don't need to reference anything.