Hi, I'm evaluating the PropertyGrid control and have a small problem:
I need a property grid in a smaller onscreen space where the full grid doesn't fit. Users scroll through the properties, but the summary box is often not visible, scrolled past the bottom. I need the summary information (information from the property's [Description("....")] attribute) available as a tooltip over each line item.
Is this possible with the PropertyGrid?
Hi John,
Yes, if you turn off the summary area, then just set this and you should get descriptions in the tooltips for the name cells:
<grids:PropertyGrid DataObject="{Binding}" CanClearDataObjectOnUnload="True">
<grids:PropertyGrid.DefaultStringNameTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Background="Transparent" ToolTip="{Binding Description}">
<shared:AdvancedTextBlock x:Name="textBlock" Margin="5,3,1,3" Text="{Binding DisplayName}"
TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Grid>
<DataTemplate.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsReadOnly}" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="textBlock" Property="Opacity" Value="0.7" />
</DataTrigger>
</DataTemplate.Triggers>
</DataTemplate>
</grids:PropertyGrid.DefaultStringNameTemplate>
</grids:PropertyGrid>
It's basically the default "DefaultStringNameTemplate" value, except a Grid was added with a ToolTip set.
This seems to work with some modification -- the tooltip needs to also be on the <shared:AdvancedTextBlock /> element.
You could just set IsHitTestVisible="False" on the AdvancedTextBlock instead.
Yes, that also seems to work well. Thank you!
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