Register PropertyEditor for declared type

Hi Michael,

That is not currently support, but I've marked down a TODO item for that feature.

The PropertyGrid.ValueTemplateSelector, which is a DataTemplateSelector, is used to select the associated DataTemplate. Until we get around to adding this feature, you could use a custom DataTemplateSelector and a custom PropertyEditor (that has a property for the object's type) to build this functionality.

We initialize that property to a custom DataTemplateSelector (called ValueTemplateSelector) the performs the default look up (i.e. checking EditorAttribute, PropertyGrid.PropertyEditors, BuiltinEditors.PropertyEditors). Unfortunately, that type is internal so you can't extend it.

I've made these classes public for the next maintenance release, but your custom DataTemplateSelector could wrap the DataTemplateSelector in PropertyGrid.ValueTemplateSelector. Then you could perform your own look up, otherwise delegate it to our default DataTemplateSelector.

I just want to second Michael's request. I was able to workaround the lack of DeclaredType support as you suggested, but I'd much prefer having the PropertyEditor XAML handle this directly.

Thanks,

-Craig

Hi Craig,

Thanks for your feedback, and we'll make a note of your request.

Just fyi, we've implemented this feature for the next maintenance release. This allows you to map a property editor to a property on a specific object type. You can even specify a base class type and/or an interface type.

Hi,
nice to read that. What is the way to do that?
Thanks in advance,
Jrg

Hello,

The feature has not been release yet, but you will be able to specify the ObjectType, in addition to the PropertyType and/or PropertyName on instances of PropertyEditor. Previously, the object's type was not used in determining what editors to apply to properties. If ObjectType is left as it's default of null, then it will not be used.